From local pool to Ivy League: Logan McCarroll’s homegrown rise to Division I MVP
Long before he was named MVP of the Northeast Water Polo Conference at Princeton University, Logan McCarroll was a nine-year-old kid diving into the pool with the Laguna Beach Water Polo Club. Raised in a town where athletics and community are deeply intertwined, McCarroll’s journey from Laguna’s shores to Division I...
Downtown Long Beach Turns Into Pit Lane as Grand Prix Build Roars to Life
Downtown Long Beach is already trading weekday traffic for race-week energy, as crews roll in concrete barriers and start stacking grandstands ahead of next month’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. It is the first full Grand Prix weekend under Penske Entertainment’s ownership, arriving just as longtime race boss Jim...
Orange County-Based Folks Pizzeria Opening Culver City Location
Costa Mesa pizza spot Folks Pizzeria is bringing a location to Culver City this spring. It will open in April in the space formerly home to Lustig at 3273 Helms Ave., according to a social media announcement this month. Joey Booterbaugh and Chloe Tran opened Folks Pizzeria in 2019. The...
Hotel tax increase and cannabis levy survey gets green light
A key step toward asking residents how they would feel about two possible tax measures was taken at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. What’s proposed – as a step toward achieving “financial stability” – is the city will spend $35,000 to hire an opinion research firm to conduct public opinion...
DJ Quik’s Son Sentenced to 15 Years to Life in 2022 Downey Shooting Case
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 30: DJ Quik attends the "Kings Of The West" concert presented by Bobby Dee at Peacock Theater on November 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) DJ Quik’s son, David Marvin Blake Jr., was sentenced on Friday, February 27, 2026, to 15 years to...
Police Arrest 14 and 19-Year-Olds In Connection with Shooting of 14-Year-Old Boy
Two teens were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a shooting that left a 14 year-old boy riddled with bullets, Long Beach police said Friday. Officers were dispatched about 12:50 p..m. Sunday to the 5300 block of Elm Avenue, where they found the 14-year-old boy suffering from gunshot wounds...
Westminster: Motorcyclist Killed In Freeway Crash
02.28.2026 | 3:14 AM | WESTMINSTER – A motorcycle rider died in a high-speed crash, early Saturday morning. The deadly collision was reported after witnesses say a motorcycle traveling at high speeds collided with a wall on the northbound I-405 Freeway, north of Springdale Street, around 3:14 AM. When...
Pre-Dawn 405 Crash Hurls Westminster Rider Into Wall, Proves Fatal
Early Saturday on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Westminster, a solo motorcycle crash turned deadly just before dawn at the Springdale Street interchange, authorities said. The impact sent the rider into the freeway’s right shoulder wall, and the motorcyclist was killed at the scene. Witnesses told...
Understanding the Cost of In-Home Care
Based in Laguna Hills, Dwight Brown, owner of Home Helpers explains expected costs and available financial resources for local in-home senior care in Orange County. When a loved one needs in-home support, most families know exactly what they’re hoping for: safety, comfort, dignity, and compassionate care. What they...
Mother charged after toddler falls from car
An Orange County mom is facing charges a month after video went viral of her toddler falling out of a moving vehicle.
