ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

First Fidelity Bancorp Inc.: The Irvine holding company for First Fidelity Thrift & Loan reported first-quarter net income of $3.8 million, or $2.66 a share, a five-fold increase over $721,000, or 57 cents a share, earned in last year’s first quarter. Quarterly revenue rose to $8 million from $5.6 million. At the end of March, the company’s assets were $362.2 million, up from $338.6 million a year earlier.