Claim Jumper Restaurant

A man who said he felt guilty about robbing a bank drank himself into a stupor, then confessed the crime to employees at a local restaurant, authorities said Monday. Police summoned to a Claim Jumper Restaurant in Santa Ana arrested Michael Carl Hallgren, 45, on suspicion of robbing a Wells Fargo branch Dec. 20. "It's a very unusual situation," said Sgt. Raul Luna, a spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department. "In my 28 years, I haven't seen this. . . .

* An open reading will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Ugly Mug, 261 N. Glassell St., Orange. * Kerry Lee Maclean will read and sign "Sophie's Not Afraid" at 1 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. * The Schulz/Lockhart Project--Larry Schulz of Huntington Beach and Richard Lockhart of Foothill Ranch--will perform their new spoken word CD, "Spoken Songs," at 8 p.m. Friday at Taco Surf, 34195 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point.

Screenwriting guru Robert McKee, author of the critically acclaimed book "Story: Substance, Structure, Style, & the Principles of Screenwriting," will speak at the National Writers Assn. luncheon meeting Saturday. The meeting, which begins at 10 a.m., will be held in the Claim Jumper Restaurant, 18050 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley. Cost: $18 for prepaid members; $20 at the door for members; guests are $18. For reservation information call (562) 431-7795.

* Robert Bruce Woodcox will discuss and sign "The Golf Gods Are Laughing" at Borders Books and Music, 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. 3 p.m. today. (949) 631-8661. * Janet Eastman will discuss and sign "Simple Indulgence: Easy, Everyday Things to Do for Me" at a reception at Zov's Bistro, 17440 E. 17th St., Tustin. 6:30 p.m. Monday. (714) 838-8855. * Billy Balata will discuss and sign his golf book, "Being the Ball," at Borders Books and Music in the Block, 20 City Drive West.

It began with several hundred southern Orange County seniors contending their property management company was spending too much money on carwashes, expensive lunches and gifts for its employees. Those residents of Laguna Woods Village, a retirement community of 18,000, formed the group Residents Voice. They went after a bigger audience last month when they bought a series of quarter-page newspaper advertisements to publicize their complaints.

Irate residents of a southern Orange County retirement community called on their association board Wednesday to set limits on what they contend has been lavish spending by their property management company. Residents of Laguna Woods Village, a retirement community of 18,000, said financial records show property management staffers spent thousands of dollars on expensive birthday and holiday lunches and presents over the last several years.

A woman who vanished 14 years ago with her 7-year-old daughter was arrested Tuesday in Monrovia and her daughter was located unharmed, authorities said Friday. Wendy Hill, 52, was spotted at a local Claim Jumper restaurant and arrested on suspicion of abducting her own daughter. Jessica Click-Hill, now 22, was contacted by authorities after the arrest. She is believed to be living out of state and no longer goes by her given name, police said. "I'm just so excited that Jessica is found and well and that, physically, she's fine," said the girl's father, Dean Click.