Record-high heat, gusty Santa Ana winds forecast for parts of Southern California
High wind warnings remain in effect through Saturday as dangerous Santa Ana winds with gusts up to 70 mph batter Southern California
‘Newport Beach Film Festival Honors,’ Featuring Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch, to Air Tonight...
The 26th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, featuring Variety ’s 10 Actors to Watch and their presentation of the Legends and Groundbreakers Award to Scarlett Johansson, airs Monday on PBS SoCal at 7:30 pm. It is also available to stream on their website. NAACP Image Awards 2026 Nominations: 'Sinners' Lands...
Counterfeit cash scam targets ‘approximately a dozen’ In-N-Out restaurants in Southern California
Police say they've nabbed two criminals who had cooked up a scheme to pass counterfeit cash at In-N-Out.
100-year-old Garden Grove toymaker receives hundreds of letters from fans
A 100-year-old toymaker in Orange County is gaining national attention. Harold "Hal" Yoak is a World War II veteran who makes wooden toys by hand in his garage.
Irvine attorney gets only one year in jail after a fatal DUI crash
Lotfullah Sohaib Latif, a 34-year-old lawyer and Irvine resident, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 9 to one year in jail and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service for a DUI crash that killed a United States Postal Service driver in Garden Grove. Latif was convicted on October 21,...
Community Rallies Against ICE Violence in Fullerton
Approximately 400 people gathered at Fullerton City Hall on January 9 for a community rally aimed at protesting the recent killing by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, as well as the increasing incidents of ICE abductions in Orange County. The event, organized for individuals of faith and...
High school coach reunites with San Clemente firefighter who saved his life
An Orange County man who suffered a heart attack on a pickleball court last month reunited with the off-duty firefighter who saved his life.
Abandoned Southern California mall overrun by vandals; 402 police calls since October
Authorities in Westminster, a suburb in Orange County, are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity. According to the Westminster Police Department, the mall has been boarded up since its closure; however, people...
PHOTO: L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Served Starbucks Coffee with ‘Extremely Offensive’ Pig Drawn on Cup
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was recently served a cup of coffee with an “offensive” image drawn on it, the news coming after many years of leftists not attempting to hide their anti-law enforcement stance. An employee at a Starbucks in Norwalk gave the deputy...
A DUI driver was arrested after doing spinouts at the Irvine Spectrum
On Thursday morning, a 22-year-old from Orange decided to spin her car around, like a pinwheel on a windy day, on top of one of the Spectrum parking structures, according to the Irvine Police Department. Working with Spectrum Security and IPD dispatchers, a police officer quickly located the driver and...

















