Beloved Orange County restaurant closing its doors after five decades of mai tais
A beloved Orange County restaurant famous for its mai tais is closing its doors Tuesday after more than five decades in business. Wind & Sea Restaurant announced the closure in an Instagram post last month. “On September 15, 2026, we will close our doors at our beloved Dana Point Harbor home,” the restaurant said. The
Irvine Police arrest woman after suspected meth and fentanyl use inside a vehicle
The Irvine Police reported yesterday that officers arrested a woman, Mallory Marie Kurth, 35, of Costa Mesa, after discovering she was using narcotics inside her vehicle. Photos released by the department show stacks of cash, drug paraphernalia, and multiple baggies containing suspected controlled substances. The incid
Long Beach Silver Alert for Kerry Sanders, 60, Ends After He Is Found
A Silver Alert covering four Southern California counties for a missing 60-year-old Long Beach man has been called off after Sanders vanished on foot from a neighborhood near East 36th Street and Walnut Avenue. Kerry Sanders was located, according to the California Highway Patrol, which announced the alert's deactivati
CDL and DUI Checkpoint set for Sep. 17 in coastal OC
The Huntington Beach Police Department will conduct a DUI/CDL checkpoint on Thursday, September 17, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location within city limits. HBPD selects checkpoint sites based on DUI crash data, arrest patterns, and prior enforcement results. The goal is deterrence, not volume a
Rare giant whale shark surprises fishermen off Southern California coast
A fishing charter out of Newport Beach enjoyed an extremely rare, and extremely close, encounter with the ocean’s largest shark, one not typically found in Southern California waters. The encounter was captured on video Monday off San Clemente Island, the southernmost of the Channel Islands, about 55 miles from the coa
Armed robbery suspects arrested in minutes after victims flag down the police in north...
The Brea Police needed just four minutes to locate a suspect vehicle, detain four individuals, and recover a loaded handgun after armed‑robbery victims flagged down officers. While details remain limited, the incident fits a growing pattern of robbery‑related firearm arrests seen across Orange County in 2026. Firearm I
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself At Anaheim Walmart
A man was hospitalized after a firearm reportedly discharged accidentally while he was moving luggage inside a vehicle at an Anaheim Walmart Monday morning. Anaheim police and firefighters responded around 10:44 a.m. on September 14, 2026, to the Walmart at 440 N. Euclid Street following reports of a gunshot victim in
Florida woman flew to California to meet him. Hours later, both were dead.
A 22-year-old Florida woman has been identified by relatives as the second person killed in a fiery McLaren crash in Southern California that also claimed the life of a well-known car-show organizer. Authorities continue to investigate what caused the high-speed wreck in Irvine early Sunday morning, USA TODAY reported.
Queen Mary just unveiled a ‘Paranormal Passage’ for guests intrigued by ghosts
The Queen Mary's long, long halls — really, we want to write "loooong" here to truly convey the lengthy nature of these ship-traversing corridors — are lined with picturesque staterooms that feel, well, a spectral. Anyone who has ever joined one of the ocean-liner's haunting tours or ghostly...
Long Beach installs speed cameras aimed at curbing injuries
Citations will start to be given out in December, according to the city's public works director.
