Leakage in sewer line prompts bay closure...

Leakage in sewer line prompts bay closure

A 50-gallon sewage spill prompted the Orange County Health Care

Agency to issue a bay water closure around the Newport Marina

apartments’ docks Monday.

The sewage leak was caused by a blockage in a private sewer line,

the agency reported. The water near the docks was closed at about

9:30 a.m. Monday. The spill could have made the water unhealthful for

people working on boats anchored at the docks.

“The biggest concern we have is not so much swimmers but the guys

who clean the boats -- underwater divers,” agency spokeswoman Monica

Mazur said.

If water samples collected Monday and today show the water is

safe, the closure could be lifted as early as today, Mazur said.

Man found dead in Costa Mesa yard

The death of a man found in the yard of a home Monday afternoon

does not appear to be suspicious, investigators said Tuesday.

A passerby called police at about 1:15 p.m. Monday to report the

body of a man in the 2200 block of Fordham Drive in Costa Mesa,

police said.

Coroners identified the man as 48-year-old Jeffery Roberts.

Roberts had no fixed address, supervising deputy coroner Kelly

Crawford said.

The cause of death has not been determined, but it is not being

investigated as a homicide, she said.