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A person was critically injured overnight in a house fire in Long Beach, fire officials said. The Long Beach Fire Department was called to a home on the 4600 block of Goldfield Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, it said. There, a home was fully engulfed in smoke and fire conditions upon the crews’ arrival.

An elderly woman was critically injured during a second- alarm house fire in Long Beach, authorities said.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed a measles case with possible exposures in Montebello and at LAX between Feb 9–13. People who were at these places during that time should watch for symptoms for 7–21 days after possible contact.

Deputies in Orange County recovered drugs and a large collection of stolen alcoholic beverages from a trio of suspects earlier this week, officials said. The seizure occurred Tuesday night, OCSD’s San Clemente Station stated on social media, after deputies received a call regarding alcohol being stolen from a...

Costa Mesa's City Council passed the "Safe Stores are Staffed Stores" ordinance 5-2 on February 17, making it the second California city to regulate self-checkout. The law limits one employee to three kiosks, caps purchases at 15 items, and takes effect April 18.

Five people were killed in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Long Beach after a car slammed into a tunnel wall near the entrance and caught fire. The crash was reported around 1:20 a.m. at Lakewood Boulevard and East Spring Street, near the tunnel that goes under the Long Beach Airport.

After noticing a suspicious charge for gold bars on their credit card, a victim realized that they had been a target of mail theft, according to the Brea Police Department. The victim didn’t just report it—they secured the tracking information and shared it with the police investigators. The...

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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...

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...