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Costa Mesa's City Council passed the "Safe Stores are Staffed Stores" ordinance 5-2 on February 17, making it the second California city to regulate self-checkout. The law limits one employee to three kiosks, caps purchases at 15 items, and takes effect April 18.

Five people were killed in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Long Beach after a car slammed into a tunnel wall near the entrance and caught fire. The crash was reported around 1:20 a.m. at Lakewood Boulevard and East Spring Street, near the tunnel that goes under the Long Beach Airport.

After noticing a suspicious charge for gold bars on their credit card, a victim realized that they had been a target of mail theft, according to the Brea Police Department. The victim didn’t just report it—they secured the tracking information and shared it with the police investigators. The...

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Fellow scientist Fajardo-Acosta described Grillmair as both a mentor and close friend, calling his death a profound loss to the scientific community.

Wildlife officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) spent part of this week doing something that looks a lot more like a crime drama than a nature documentary, helping partner agencies dismantle a large methamphetamine conversion operation tied to illegal cannabis cultivation in Kern and Los...

The Garden Grove Unified School District has been honored with so many awards and accolades in recent years, it may become necessary to build a new trophy case. Mostly recently, the GGUSD has been named a recipient of the first Carnegie Award for Impact, a national honor recognizing “significant and sustained...

A Doorbell Camera Captured the Peril (Image Credits: Ca-times.brightspotcdn.com) Irvine – Local authorities have urged high school families to reconsider the risks tied to a longstanding senior prank known as “Senior Assassin.” A Doorbell Camera Captured the Peril In 2024, a resident spotted a teenager sprinting...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A dead juvenile humpback whale that washed up in Newport Beach could remain in place until Friday before crews try using a boat to tow the 10-ton carcass back out to sea. The whale washed up near 11th Street about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday , already...

02.20.2026 | 8:58 PM | SANTA ANA – One man was killed and another was injured following a double shooting, Friday night. The shooting occurred near the intersection of East Borchard Avenue and South Kilson Drive when two men inside a vehicle were shot by an unknown assailant around 8:58 PM.