Neighbors

Nicole Cagnolatti, a 24-year-old Orange Coast College airframe and

power plant technology major, is expected to receive her multi-engine

license this month. The Long Beach resident flies a tri-motor for a tour

company and recently received a special honor from the Federal Aviation

Administration and a $1,000 scholarship presented by an international

organization of licensed women pilots called The Ninety-Nines. She

completed her first semester at OCC’s two-year airframe and power plant

technology program with 18 credits ... Madeline Zuckerman Public

Relations & Marketing Inc., based in Newport Beach, has been selected by

Mikimoto (America) Co. Ltd. to handle public relations for its three West

Coast stores, including one at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Mikimoto

is the originator of cultured pearls ... Orange Coast College ranked

second of 57 community colleges in Southern California in the number of

students it transferred to the UC and Cal State systems during the

1999-00 academic year, according to statistics released by the California

Postsecondary Education Commission. OCC ranked fourth of the state’s 107

two-year institutions. For transfers to the Cal State system, the college

tops Southern California community colleges and ranks second in the

state. Three hundred thirty-nine students transferred to the nine UC

campuses, and 1,142 went to the 22 Cal State campuses. The number of

students transferring during 1999-00 increased by 1.8% from the previous

academic year ... Andrew J. Guilford, a Costa Mesa resident, is a member

of the newly appointed Supreme Court Advisory Task Force on

Multijurisdictional Practice. The group, appointed by the California

Supreme Court, was assembled to “study and make recommendations regarding

whether and under what circumstances attorneys who are licensed to

practice law in other states ... may be permitted to practice law in

California.” The task force is comprised of community and bar leaders

from various practices and backgrounds ... John Przybyla, regional

manager for the Newport Beach office of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate

Investment Brokerage Co., recently announced the sale of a Carl’s Jr.

Restaurant in Corona for about $1.6 million to a private family trust. He

also announced that Blockbuster Plaza in Mission Viejo sold for about

$2.5 million to Mosesian Land Co., Coco’s Restaurant in Ontario for

$970,000 to James Chung and the 17th Street Office Building in Santa Ana

for about $1.5 million to an individual.

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