Search called off for 2 missing...

Search called off for 2 missing boaters

The U.S. Coast Guard and local safety agencies called off a search

Monday for two boaters who reportedly disappeared off Bolsa Chica

State Beach on Sunday, officials said.

Hyong Kum Kim, 46, of Burbank and Dae Kyu Kim, 35, of Los Angeles

were reported missing by the Huntington Beach Police Department after

Bolsa Chica lifeguards found the men’s abandoned boat outside the

surf line at Bolsa Chica, said Louis Hebert, spokesman for the U.S.

Coast Guard.

A Coast Guard boat and helicopter, the cutter Blackfin, Bolsa

Chica and Long Beach lifeguards, as well as the Costa Mesa Police

Department, Huntington Beach Harbor Patrol and State Park Service

searched for the two men for more than 25 hours, Hebert said.

The men were reportedly fishing Sunday afternoon before they

disappeared. Bolsa Chica lifeguards found a wallet and the keys to

the boat’s ignition on board, Hebert said. The lifeguards were also

able to start the boat’s engines without problems. Officials have

suspended the search pending further development.

Woman arrested after child left in car

Costa Mesa Police arrested a 34-year-old woman Tuesday on

suspicion of child endangerment after officers found her 4-month-old

daughter left in a car alone for about 30 minutes, officials said.

Mary Gisella Selby of Huntington Beach had parked her car in the

2300 block of Harbor Boulevard and gone grocery shopping, Costa Mesa

Police Lt. Dale Birney said.

“We initially got a call from the Fire Department about the

situation,” he said.

When officers arrived, they saw all four windows cracked open and

the baby in a car seat.

“But they saw that the baby was clearly in distress,” Birney said.

“Her face was red and she was sweating.”

Just as officers got the baby out of the car, Selby arrived

pushing a grocery cart, he said. Officers arrested her and took the

child into protective custody. She was later picked up by her father,

Birney said.

Selby is being held in Costa Mesa jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.