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A roundup of news briefs and calendar items from around coastal Orange County, this week from the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

Martha Gutierrez DeRomero and her boyfriend Alfredo Ledezma were charged Friday with a felony count of insurance fraud and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report, according to court ...