Merced boxer loses world championship bout in Anaheim
Merced boxer Jesus “Chiquito” Haro won’t be bringing a world championship belt back to the Central Valley. The 23-year-old suffered a TKO loss to three-belt minimumweight champion Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday night. Collazo dominated the bout, winning every round until Haro...
11-year-old pilot-in-training takes flight in Costa Mesa
An 11-year-old with big dreams of becoming a pilot is already making moves and logging hours at a flight school in Costa Mesa.
Riverside County foster father arrested for alleged molestation of two children over 10-year span
Investigators say that the foster father, a 57-year-old man from Perris, allegedly molested and sexually assaulted two children over 10 years.
Yamaha departure adds to the growing wave of companies leaving California
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA will relocate its U.S. headquarters from Cypress, California, to Kennesaw, Georgia, ending nearly five decades in Orange County. The phased transition, starting in 2026 and finishing by 2028, will affect about 250 employees as the company consolidates operations and aligns key divisions closer...
Two arrested for package theft at Irvine apartments
A mail carrier reported a suspicious couple stealing packages at The Park at Irvine Spectrum Apartments. The suspects caused property damage while fleeing through the apartment landscaping. Officers later found their vehicle at The Marketplace, where the pair attempted to escape in a rideshare before being arrested.
A sweet honor for ‘Sugar’
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council, the closing item is a proposal to declare each Dec. 5 as “Sugar the Surfing Dog Day.”. As indicated by Mayor Casey McKeon, Sugar is a five-time world dog surfing champion, a five-time Huntington Beach Surf City Dog Champion and a Surfers’ Hall of Fame inductee.
Irvine is America’s Safest Big City
The Mayor also reported that violent crime in Irvine dropped by 5% and property crime fell by 16% last year. Mayor Agran thanked the City’s public safety officers: “On behalf of a grateful Irvine community, I want to take this moment to thank Chief Michael Kent and our entire Irvine Police Department for yet another...
Council moves forward with hospital action plan in response to possible ER closure
City Council this week unanimously agreed to move forward with a Mission Hospital strategy framework for the city to approach the possible closure of the emergency room and larger site changes at Providence Mission Hospital Laguna Beach. Councilmembers voted 4-0 (Mayor Pro Tem Hallie Jones was absent) on Tuesday...
Casa Romantica Welcomes California Art Club
Casa Romantica presents California Art Club’s Orange County Chapter Exhibition. This spring, a unique exhibition for artists of the California Art Club (CAC) is about to open on the grounds of a historical villa in San Clemente, built in the mid-1920’s. Forty Artist, Signature, and Mentor members of the Orange County...
Teen on E-Motorcycle Strikes 70-Year-Old Woman in Seal Beach, Los Angeles
The rising popularity of high-powered electric two-wheelers is creating new dangers on local streets. A recent crash in Southern California has once again started the debate over the potential issues of teens riding unregistered electric motorcycles, leaving a local pedestrian fighting for her life in the hospital....
