Placentia Uses Spending Cuts and Layoffs to Close Budget Deficit
Placentia City Council members are largely relying on spending cuts and layoffs to pull the North OC city out of a roughly $1.5 million budget deficit. It marks a different approach compared to a host of other Orange County cities that closed budget gaps by using reserves, reallocating money and issuing hiring freezes.
SoCal could feel more like Florida this week — yuck. Stay safe out there
Most of the region is expected to swelter, with temperatures in the 90s and 100s, along with tropical humidity.
Extreme heat, chance of thunderstorms in SoCal forecast
Extreme heat and high humidity levels are in the forecast this week when some parts of Southern California could see rain or thunderstorms. The highest potential for storms due to a system ushering increased humidity into Southern California this week will be in mountain and desert communities. Sprinkles are possible M
Orange County Author Stephanie Mack on Turning 40 Into Fiction
Costa Mesa-based author and podcaster Stephanie Mack’s new novel “Twenty Something Else” is a heartwarming and mystical ode to turning 40. Sutton Layne is facing her 40th birthday, and she can’t help but wonder if she could have done things differently in her life. After she gets knocked unconscious in a pickleball acc
Rider Tries to Get Away With Speeding 130 MPH But Stops at a Sushi...
Racing toward an arrest. The post Rider Tries to Get Away With Speeding 130 MPH But Stops at a Sushi Restaurant appeared first on Mandatory .
Mystery Buyer Shells Out $30 Million For Mosaic Shops In Downtown Long Beach
A deep-pocketed private investor has quietly dropped $30 million on a cluster of street-front retail buildings tied to the Mosaic shopping center in downtown Long Beach, locking up a key stretch of restaurants and small shops near Pine Avenue and The Promenade. The sellers were a joint venture of Waterford Property Co.
Driver with Multiple Prior DUI Violations Arrested Following Solo Vehicle Collision in Huntington Beach
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Officers from the Huntington Beach Police Department recently responded to a solo vehicle traffic collision. Upon arrival at the scene, responding personnel located the driver slumped over behind the steering wheel of the vehicle. Following the initial assessment, officers initiated a driving und
LBPD investigates after two wounded men show up at hospital, one dies
Police say a man died over the weekend after he and another man showed up at a Long Beach hospital with gunshot wounds. The two men arrived shortly after a shooting around 4:25 p.m. Saturday on Myrtle Avenue near East 10th Street, according to Long Beach police. Detectives are still trying to determine if that’s where
4.3 magnitude earthquake strikes east of Bakersfield
The epicenter was between Ridgecrest to the north and Edwards Air Force base to the south.
Suspect seen waving large knife during erratic standoff inside Orange County smoke shop
A suspect is in custody after he was seen waving a large knife during an erratic hours-long standoff inside Rodeo Smoke Shop in Fullerton on Sunday.
