Construction workers hurt in 20-foot fall...

Construction workers hurt in 20-foot fall

Two construction workers were hospitalized after they took a

20-foot fall from a Costa Mesa apartment building Friday morning when

some scaffolding gave way, fire officials said.

The men, who were working at the Merrimac Woods Apartments in the

400 block of Merrimac Way at about 10:30 a.m., suffered some broken

bones, Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Gregg Steward said. They were

lucky they didn’t hit their heads on the hard asphalt, he said.

“Both were bleeding and had scrapes and cuts,” he said. “They were

conscious all the time, and that was a good sign.”

One man was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, and the

other to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Both went to trauma

units, where they will be tested for internal injuries, Steward said.

Bomb threat made at Fashion Island

Newport Beach Police responded to a bomb threat at the La Salsa

Mexican Restaurant in the 400 block of Newport Center Drive East at

about 12:45 p.m. Friday, Sgt. Steve Shulman said.

He said the threat was called in. Police officers did not find any

device when they checked the restaurant. There were no suspects,

either Shulman said.

-- Deepa Bharath