South Coast Communications Group

Gloria Zigner appears to have landed on her feet. Following a crippling embezzlement discovered in April at her Costa Mesa public relations firm--an incident for which she has sued her former bookkeeper--Zigner has joined South Coast Communications Group in Tustin as a senior vice president. Another PR veteran has also joined South Coast Communications as a senior VP. He is Owen Daley, who has been working as a consultant.

Gloria Zigner appears to have landed on her feet. Following a crippling embezzlement discovered in April at her Costa Mesa public relations firm--an incident for which she has sued her former bookkeeper--Zigner has joined South Coast Communications Group in Tustin as a senior vice president. Another PR veteran has also joined South Coast Communications as a senior VP. He is Owen Daley, who has been working as a consultant.

Bradley Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Fairfield, N.J. has selected South Coast Communications Group in Irvine to handle its corporate, investor and financial public relations. . . . California AdNews in Newport Beach has changed its name to Marketing Communications magazine to reflect a broader focus. . . . Scott Montgomery, co-creative director of Bozell/Salvati Montgomery Sakoda in Costa Mesa, has been selected as the first recipient of Cal State Fullerton's "Vision and Visionaries" alumni award.

Jane E. Whaley has joined Clothestime Inc. in the newly created position of director of public and investor relations. She will be responsible for investor and media activities for the Anaheim-based women's clothing store chain. Before joining Clothestime, Whaley served as account manager for South Coast Communications Group, an investor relations agency, and was merchandise promotions coordinator at J.W. Robinson Co. in Los Angeles.

* John J. Millerick has been named senior vice president, finance, and chief financial officer of CalComp Inc., an Anaheim provider of computer graphics peripherals. He was formerly vice president, finance for Digital Equipment Corp.'s personal computer business unit. Before joining Digital in 1994, Millerick was with Wang Laboratories for 12 years, leaving as vice president-corporate controller and acting chief financial officer. * James R.

John L. Patterson has joined Leighton & Associates Inc., an Irvine geotechnical and environmental engineering services company, as vice president and chief operating officer. He was previously vice president of the National Industry division of Groundwater Technology Inc. * Paul Peffer, president and chief operating officer of Colorbus Inc., has been named chief executive officer of the company. He co-founded the company, an Irvine software and hardware developer, in 1989. * Kent J.

* Glenda Hoffman has joined Schraff Group, a Fountain Valley advertising and public relations firm, as art director. She was formerly involved in graphic promotions for Ingram Micro Inc., a Santa Ana computer products distributor. In addition, Jeff Perry was appointed senior copywriter. He also worked at Ingram Micro and was marketing communications manager at FVC Systems & Software Inc. in Irvine. * Hollon H. Bridges Jr.

* Stephen J. Rimel has been named executive vice president of operations for CT Realty Corp., a Newport Beach real estate investment company. He will be responsible for asset management, investor relations, public relations, capital markets and new business ventures. Larry Mathena has joined the company as chief financial officer and general counsel. He has served as CT Realty's outside attorney since 1994.