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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2026) — The Orange County Black History Parade & Unity Festival returns to downtown Anaheim on Saturday, Feb. 7, bringing a day of music, culture and community. Now in its 46th year, the event is put on by the Orange County Heritage Council and marks...

A man walking in the area of Westminster Boulevard and Springdale Street in Westminster was fatally injured on Tuesday evening when struck by an automobile. According to WPD Commander Andy Stowers, around 6:50 p.m. arriving officers found the pedestrian on the ground and “barely breathing.”. He was transported to...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Feb. 4, 2026): Orange County Sheriff investigators have arrested three suspects allegedly running an ATM distraction theft operation involving multiple counties and at least a dozen victims across the state of California. North Operations investigators on Jan. 6 arrested three Romanian nationals on...

Yesterday, poice officers responded to a home improvement store for a theft/fraud in progress, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department. As the suspect exited the store, the HBPD’s Drone First Responder (DFR) was deployed and quickly located him, directing officers right to his hiding spot. The HBPD drone...

New laws are coming for electric bicycles in Fullerton as city leaders join a growing list of Orange County cities cracking down on reckless e-bike riding, especially for minors. “There are communities that have been — I’m sure social media has many examples of this — terrorized by scooter groups,...

An associate of the Mexican Mafia prison gang was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for participating in an attack involving a Valencia man on a fellow Orange County jail inmate in 2019, an assault that left the victim with his throat slashed. Robert Amezcua, 54, a.k.a. “Flaco,” of Santa Ana, was...

On February 2, 2026, Saeid Boustanabadi Maralan, a 67-year-old former rug merchant from Laguna Beach, was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison for s*xually assaulting women in his store. Maralan was found guilty of two counts of s*xual penetration by a foreign object, one count of r*pe, and...

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1-27-26, 2:26 p.m. On January 27, 2026, at approximately 2:26 p.m., the Santa Ana Police Department received a call regarding a vehicle that struck a pedestrian on the property of Orange Coin Car Wash, located at 117 N. Euclid Street. Officers, along with Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA),...

Last month, the Irvine Police investigated a theft from a vehicle on Via Lucca. The victim had their credit cards and thousands of dollars’ worth of personal belongings stolen. The stolen credit cards were later used for fraudulent purchases throughout Orange County. Additionally, another victim reported that their...

An Orange County judge is keeping the pressure on Huntington Beach in a closely watched fight over state oversight, but she is not pulling the trigger on a decision just yet. On Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Carmen Luege pressed attorneys on both sides of the California state auditor's lawsuit against...