Northgate González Market Returns Home
In a moment that felt like coming full circle, Northgate González Market opened its long-anticipated doors on January 14, 2026, marking a celebratory homecoming for the beloved Southern California grocery brand rooted deep in the city’s history and the González family’s American journey. The day was...
A viral Disneyland money-saving travel hack is shutting down
The city's ART bus is set to end operations in March.
Selling Sunset Alum Nicole Young Sold Her LA Home – She Now Resides In...
SOLD – Nicole Young officially closed the door on her life in Los Angeles by selling her home after her recent move to Nashville. Real estate sources told TMZ that the sale of the Selling Sunset alum’s 2,682-square-foot home closed last Wednesday for $2.1 million. The LA home boasts 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and is...
Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026
AS of Thursday, the count of people who have died in 2016 has risen to seven. (You can see the list in graphic at the top of this story.) As we wrote earlier, from 2016 to 2025, approximately 37.5 percent of the 345 people who have died in the LASD’s jails, died as a result of circumstances that, according to...
Missing 31-year-old Santa Clarita man found
A missing 31-year-old man last seen in Castaic has been found about 10 days after his disappearance, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Austin Boyd Kirby, 31, a former Spokane, Washington, resident, was last seen on Jan. 19 or 20. LASD sent out an alert to the public he’d been found on...
Southern California man could get life in prison after conviction in couple’s fentanyl OD...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the day of the conviction. A Long Beach man faces a possible sentence of life in prison after he was convicted Friday of selling cocaine laced with fentanyl that killed an engaged couple in 2023. Stephen Johnson, who is also known as “Stephen Jo,” was convicted on […]
Grieving Long Beach Family Says Cops Hid Files After Twin Deadly Crashes
The family of a bicyclist who died after an October crash is taking the Long Beach Police Department to court, accusing investigators of stonewalling them on critical records about the wreck and its aftermath. In their lawsuit, relatives of Raul Augustin Gallopa say the department wrongfully refused to release...
Hawaii man sentenced for leaving an elderly Irvine man homeless after stealing $2M from...
SANTA ANA, California – A Hawaii man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the...
Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Outstanding, modestly spicy fried chicken with Southern sides and pies. On occasion, we come across an Orange County restaurant that’s so fantastic at what it does that we’re willing to make a big exception to our health goals just to experience their food. Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is one of those places....
Man Gets 11 Years for Deadly DUI Crash in Garden Grove
A 37-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison to a DUI hit-and-run crash into a home that killed a woman in Garden Grove. The vehicle driven by Jadir E. Salazarmontano slammed into a home just before 2 a.m. on May 12, 2024, in the 11800 block of Magnolia Street, between Chapman and Orangewood avenues,...

















