Costa Mesa Fire receives $4,000 grant The...

Costa Mesa Fire receives $4,000 grant

The city of Costa Mesa announced Tuesday that State Farm Insurance

Co. gave it a $4,000 grant for the Fire Department.

The department will use it to buy supplies for a recently

purchased public education trailer.

Funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance

to Fire Fighters 2002 grant program allowed the department to buy the

trailer.

The department will host a check presentation at 10 a.m. Sept. 4

at Fire Station No. 4.

John Wayne Airport receives A+ rating

John Wayne Airport officials learned Tuesday that Fitch Ratings

has given the airport an A+ rating on its $141-million in outstanding

general revenue bonds and upgraded its outlook from “stable” to

“positive.”

The A+ rating shows the airport has a strong financial position

marked by good liquidity, a low debt burden, strong debt service

coverage and a healthy passenger demand.

No trash collection on Labor Day in Newport

Areas of Newport Beach regularly scheduled for trash collection on

Sept. 1 will have to wait a day because of Labor Day.

There also will not be street sweeping on Sept. 1.

For more information, call the general services department at

(949) 644-3055 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.