In LA neighborhoods hardest hit by ICE, residents step up when local leaders won’t
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The Costa Mesa Police will conduct a DUI and CDL Checkpoint on Feb. 20
The Costa Mesa Police Department will be conducting a DUI and CDL checkpoint on Friday night, Feb. 20, from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. within city limits of Costa Mesa. This DUI checkpoint is funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety. By law, police departments in California are required to notify residents of...
For the 1st time, universal transitional kindergarten classes are available for 4-year-olds in California
DOWNEY, Calif. — Although transitional kindergarten classes have been available in California since the 2012-13 school year, a major change has taken place. For the first time in history, universal TK classes for 4-year-olds in the state are available this school year. "Working with this grade level is really...
California’s new fridge law has landlords scrambling
If you’ve ever apartment-hunted in Los Angeles, you know the shock of walking into a unit and finding an empty space where the refrigerator should be. For decades, Southern California landlords have told renters to bring their own. That bizarre tradition ends January 1, 2026, when a new state law kicks in.
Wildlife Cops Help Bust Big Meth Lab Hidden in Kern and L.A. Pot Grows
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...
GGUSD wins national honor for ‘sustained improvement’
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...
Irvine Police Alert Parents to Dangers in ‘Senior Assassin’ Tradition
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...
Washed-up whale in Newport Beach is a sub-adult humpback
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...
Santa Ana: One Killed, Another Injured In Double Shooting
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.
4 killed in fiery single-vehicle crash in Long Beach, authorities say
Four people were killed in a fiery crash early Saturday in Long Beach, authorities said.
