Eight scholarships are won by seniors from the GGUSD
EIGHT AVID seniors from Garden Grove Unified School District were awarded $82,500 in college scholarship during the 2026 AVID Senior Standout Recognition and Scholarship Presentation hosted on April 15 by the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) at the Irvine Barclay Theatre at UCI. One of the featured speakers was...
Body Found in a Car on Highway 138 Last Week has been Identified as,...
HESPERIA, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> The body that was found in a car off of Highway 138 last week has been identified as 64-year-old Allen Yue of Newport Beach. The incident was reported around 11:33am on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, when California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched to Hwy 138 between the 15 Freeway and Summit Valley Road in Hesperia...
A thief who stole an e-bike outside an O.C. gym was promptly arrested
An expensive e-bike was stolen from outside a gym while the owner was working out inside the facility, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. CMPD Community Policing Unit officers found the bike and the suspect after it was reported stolen. The bike’s owner was thrilled and the theft suspect...
California corrections officer, accomplice charged in 20kg cocaine smuggling plot
LOS ANGELES - A California corrections officer and an alleged drug trafficker are facing decades in jail after being charged in a major cocaine smuggling operation centered in Los Angeles County. What we know:. Jesus Reyes, an employee of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and Jose Luis...
Carnival served a woman too much alcohol, jury says; awards her $300K
A federal jury in Miami has awarded a woman $300,000 after finding that Carnival Cruises overserved her alcohol during a 2024 cruise out of Long Beach. South Florida jurors ruled in favor of Diana Sanders, a 45-year-old nurse from Vacaville last week, according to media reports. The lawsuit filed by...
Planet Books near Long Beach escapes closure. Now it needs help to move
Store owner James Rappaport and manager Argyl Houser have been packing up the warehouse they have worked in since 2020. They must have it all out by the end of the month.
Long Beach officer stabbed multiple times by knife-wielding suspect, police say
A knife-wielding suspect was arrested after allegedly stabbing a police officer multiple times in Long Beach.
New cardroom restrictions are a crisis for some California cities — but not all
While the narrative has long been that restrictions on cardrooms would devastate city budgets up and down the Golden State, only some California cardroom cities are currently treating controversial new state regulations as a financial crisis. The Los Angeles County cities of Commerce and Bell Gardens recently made headlines after...
Cerritos teen invents AI-powered device to help detect and treat crossed eyes
An eighth grader from Cerritos has developed an artificial intelligence-powered wearable device designed to help people with strabismus, commonly known as crossed eyes, by detecting eye drift in real time.
2 killed after crashing into tree in Garden Grove
GARDEN GROVE – A motorist and his passenger were killed when a Chevy Silverado veered off the road and slammed into a tree Saturday in Garden Grove, authorities said. Officers were dispatched at about 2:45 a.m. Saturday to a report of a traffic crash in the 12900 block of Brookhurst Street, just north of Garden Grove Boulevard, according to Sgt. Willie Holloway of the...
