Huntington Beach CA

A suspected burglar with a felony warrant was able to escape police and a SWAT team despite a roughly two-hour search near an Alamitos Beach intersection. Shortly before 4:10 p.m. on Monday, a 911 caller reported that a person had broken into a home near the intersection of Third Street and Alamitos Avenue, according to Long Beach police.

Newport Beach police warn pet owners about scammers posing as animal control officers, falsely claiming pets were hit by cars and demanding payment for medical care. Authorities stress they never request money over the phone.

Dirty Birds—San Diego’s mighty chicken wing empire that has never stepped outside its home base—is officially opening a Downtown Long Beach location, according to a press release from the building’s owner, Bascom Group. Dirty Birds has signed a lease for roughly 3,000 square feet on the...

Long Beach residents are once again confronting concerns about public safety after two separate stabbings were reported within hours of each other on April 27, 2026. The first incident occurred around 6:16 p.m. in the 1000 block of Market Street. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing and located an adult male suffering from a non-life-threatening wound to the lower body...

K-9 Officer Perez and her partner K-9 Zero assisted an outside agency during a vehicle stop. K-9 Zero then alerted to the vehicle, according to the Placentia Police Department. In police terminology, an “alert” (also called a “hit”) is a behavioral change the dog is trained to perform—such as sitting,...

Theories abound, but one is fun: Mickey Mouse had hunger pangs and strayed from Disneyland to nearby Angel Stadium where he discreetly raided a forlorn concession stand in a nosebleed section adjacent to the right-field foul pole. That concession stand — high up in View Level Section 42 — was...

IRVINE, CA-An officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation on Sand Canyon last Tuesday, leading to a pursuit and the arrest of a 41-year-old man. The driver, identified as Mason Gerald Miller of Wasco, failed to yield and fled onto the 5 Freeway. During the pursuit, the driver was observed discarding bags of suspected illegal narcotics...

WESTMINSTER, CA-“On 4/16/2026, at approximately 1018 pm, WPD officers attempted to stop a reckless driver in the area of Beach Boulevard and Bolsa Avenue when the vehicle fled. A pursuit was initiated and the vehicle ultimately stopped in the area of Beach Boulevard and the 22 Freeway. At the...

CYPRESS, CA – Officers with the Cypress Police Department arrested a passenger on narcotics charges late last night following a traffic stop in the area of Blanca Drive and Denni Street. The stop was initiated after officers observed a lit cigarette being thrown from the vehicle’s window. Upon...

IRVINE, CA – Officers assigned to the Irvine Spectrum apprehended a 37-year-old Mission Viejo man yesterday following a theft at Target and a subsequent foot pursuit. The incident began when the suspect, identified as Robert Hansen Benedix, was observed removing security sensors from merchandise and concealing the items inside a backpack. Among the items taken was a portable fan. As the suspect exited...