Huntington Beach CA

The Cypress School District announced it is considering a plan that would include laying off teachers and classified staff due to projected budget shortfalls. In a statement released Jan. 16, the district said it balanced the budget this year by using $3 million in one-time funds. Looking ahead, it anticipates having...

The top federal prosecutor in the Los Angeles area is encouraging the public to use false information to flood the phone lines of organizations that track agents. First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli took to social media to respond to a post by U.S. Rep. Jimmy...

After several 7-Eleven stores were targeted by robbers overnight in Los Angeles and Orange counties, authorities are working to investigate if the incidents are connected.

ORANGE – One person was killed and a second person was injured in a multiple-vehicle freeway crash in Orange Monday morning. The crash, involving as many as four vehicles, was reported just after 7:30 a.m. Monday on the northbound Orange (57) Freeway near Chapman Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

On Sunday, January 18, 2026, at approximately 1:11 p.m., police officers responded to a traffic collision at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and 11th St. involving a grey Land Rover LR3 and a red Harley Davidson motorcycle, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD). Upon arrival, the...

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department has arrested a woman suspected of smuggling drugs into a jail using the mail. Kimberlylynn Alvarez, 48, of Irvine, was taken into custody by deputies who executed a search warrant in that city Friday, Jan. 16. The deputies found methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and firearm...

A nearly 5.0 magnitude earthquake was reported near Indio, California, and was felt in San Diego, Orange County and Temecula.

Los Angeles County has rolled out a new Sidewalk Vending Cart Program that will provide hundreds of California Health Code–compliant food carts at no cost to eligible sidewalk vendors operating in unincorporated areas of the county and within the City of Los Angeles. The program, administered by the county’s...

A triple fatal shooting in Lakewood on Thursday appears to have been a murder-suicide. Police believe that the shooting in the 5800 block of Lorelei Avenue just before 8 a.m. that day was perpetrated by Hector Lionel Alfaro, 52, the Los Angeles Times reports. Alfaro allegedly shot his 48-year-old wife and 17-year-old...

A counterfeit currency blitz that quietly began in the fall of 2025 has now emerged as one of the most striking fake cash busts of early 2026, with investigators tying a string of bogus $100 bills to 12 In‑N‑Out restaurants across Southern California. Police say the scheme relied on quick hits, small orders and...