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Orange County’s comedy scene is about to get a distinctly Filipino American flavor as the inaugural Orange County Fil-Am Fun Fest arrives October 22-24, offering three nights of free stand-up comedy, improv, sketch performances and live entertainment across Orange County. Organizers hope the festival will not only showcase Filipino...

LOS ANGELES - Multiple brush fires erupted across Los Angeles County on Thursday as powerful Santa Ana winds and rising temperatures whipped up critical wildfire conditions across the region. Red Flag Warning. What we know: — National Weather Service forecasters issued Red Flag Warnings through 8 p.m. Saturday, warning that...

A former CEO of an Orange County-based private equity firm was sentenced to prison for defrauding hundreds of investors out of $63 million. Marco Giovanni Santarelli, 57, of Laguna Niguel, was the founder and CEO of Norada Capital Management (NCM), a Laguna Niguel-based private equity fund. The scheme occurred from June 2020 to June 2024, […]

A fire at Camp Pendleton has prompted evacuation orders and a brief closure of the 5 Freeway.

Planning a beach day? Along Southern California, the ocean pushed beyond the shoreline this weekend, flooding streets and prompting temporary closures as powerful surf and unusually high water levels combined. The trouble intensified as Post-Tropical Storm Rachel reached Baja California on Saturday night. Even after the storm weakened, its swells...

First came the crack. Then came the collapse. After weeks of hurricane-generated surf and elevated tides hammered Southern California, a section of coastal bluff near Pacific Coast Highway at El Morro, beside Crystal Cove State Park, broke away toward the ocean. Laguna Beach skimboarder Blair Conklin has documented the deteriorating coastline in dramatic footage.

A suspected member of a group linked to repeated gift card fraud incidents at South Coast Plaza was arrested after allegedly attempting to use a fake California identification card to access a customer store account and purchase high-end luxury shoes, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. Police said the...

A 75-year-old woman has been added to the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters List for allegedly scamming California banks out of tens of millions of dollars nearly a decade ago while posing as the heiress to the McDonnell Aircraft Family.

A 31-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years to life in prison for killing his 84-year-old grandfather six years ago in Cypress

Souplantation is coming back to California. The owner of the revived Sweet Tomatoes brand plans to open a restaurant at 11179 Talbert Avenue in Fountain Valley under the original Souplantation name, with the opening targeted for sometime in 2027, Restaurant Dive reported Oct. 8. The site is a former Souplantation...