In a gesture of thanks, Grand Prix drivers swap helmets with Long Beach firefighters
Ten days out from the 50th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, two drivers in town for the race swapped helmets today with two Long Beach firefighters who helped at the scenes of the Eaton and Palisades fires that tore through parts of Los Angeles earlier this year. It was...
Man charged in connection with teen’s shooting death in Irvine
A 56-year-old man was charged Tuesday in the fatal self-inflicted shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Irvine. Christian Douglas Yeager of Irvine was charged with three felony counts of child abuse and endangerment and a count of criminal storage of a firearm, all felonies, as well as a misdemeanor count of possession of...
Teens riding scooter hospitalized in wrong-way Orange County crash
Two teenagers riding a scooter were hospitalized in critical condition after a wrong-way crash in Orange Tuesday night. The teens were riding on a single motorized scooter and traveling on the wrong side of the road on Hewes Street, the Orange Police Department said. At around 2:05 p.m., the scooter collided with the...
Anaheim High Schools Cypress and Loara Deploy High-Tech Vape Detectors in Restrooms and Locker...
Two Anaheim high schools are taking a high-tech approach to combat vaping on campus with the installation of new sensors designed to detect vape use. Cypress High School and Loara High School have both added vape-sensing detectors to restrooms and locker rooms as part of the Anaheim Union High School District's...
For the first time in 25 years, California has a snowpack trifecta
California's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains measures 96% of average. It's the third straight year the state has had near-average or above-average amounts of snow.
Dickies Clothing Laying Off Texas Workers, Moving To California
When I was a young teen in the 1990s, I thought Dickies, especially the pants, were so cool. Sadly, no matter how low my weight got, I never had the body type to wear them. Dickies have had moments of trendiness throughout the years- and have always been a good choice for durable work clothes (assuming you can fit...
A BBQ Restaurant and A Cafe Ordered Closed After Failing Health Inspections
Orange County is packed with restaurants serving a multirange of cuisines. To ensure all of them maintain health guidelines, the Orange County Health Care Agency conducts timely inspections. In one such routine inspection on March 31, a BBQ restaurant and a neighborhood cafe failed to show satisfactory results. As...
Westminster To Crack Down on Homeless Camps, Illegal Street Vending
Westminster officials are joining a growing list of Orange County cities laying down anti-camping laws to crack down on homeless people sleeping in city parks, streets and other city facilities. Last month, city leaders also revisited city laws for illegal street vending – an issue that elected officials are...
Inmate dies while in custody at Orange County jail facility
Orange County authorities are investigating after an inmate died inside his cell at a Santa Ana facility. The 55-year-old inmate, who has yet to be identified, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana Monday afternoon. He had been in custody since his arrest by Anaheim police in...
Garden Grove to Charge Residents For Using Bank Cards
Paying a utility bill in Garden Grove just became more expensive. Residents can now expect to be charged a convenience fee when paying bills or other city fees using a credit or debit card, adding a 2.2% tax or minimum $2 to submit payments for city expenses – a move city officials say is necessary to recover costs...