Infected mosquitoes detected in north central Orange County
Garden Grove, Calif. – The Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District (OCMVCD) has detected elevated West Nile Virus (WNV) activity in the Cities of Anaheim, Orange, Huntington Beach, Westminster, and Stanton, in North Central Orange County. OCMVCD routinely traps mosquitoes to test for the presence of...
Chapman students “Break the Tape” to protest book bans
Chapman’s English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, held its first “Break The Tape” campaign to take a stand against book bans in the United States, in coordination with Golden State Readers, a national organization that promotes freedom of expression in literature. According to PEN America, there have...
California attorney convicted in 2019 DUI crash that killed trucker
An attorney from California has been convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death of a big rig driver on the 22 Freeway in Orange County more than six years ago, officials announced on Tuesday. Lotfullah Sohaib Latif, 33, of Irvine, abandoned his blacked-out disabled Honda after crashing...
At least 3 dead in massive Southern California freeway pileup; semi-truck driver arrested for...
A gruesome crash involving several tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles on the 10 Freeway in Ontario, California, left at least three people dead and two hospitalized Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the freeway near the junction with Interstate 15, according to...
Controversial Streetcar Forever Changes the Face of Downtown Santa Ana
Orange County leaders are celebrating as they’re about to open a long overdue street car railway in Santa Ana – but many of the business owners who live and work right next to it say the project wrecked their businesses and disrupted their lives. “To all the politicians...
Former lawyer convicted in fiery DUI crash that killed truck driver on California freeway
A former attorney has been convicted on multiple charges related to a 2019 crash that killed a truck driver. On October 20, 2025, Lotfullah Sohaib Latif, 33, was convicted of one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury,...
Alleged package thieves wanted by Orange County investigators
Investigators with the Anaheim Police Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying two women accused of repeatedly stealing packages off residents’ porches. In a post to social media, department officials said the two women have been captured on home surveillance footage in the area of South and East...
The Anaheim Police are trying to identify two women who have been stealing packages
The Anaheim Police Department is attempting to identify two females, who have been caught on surveillance camera footage stealing packages off porches in and around the area of South Street and East Street. The same females have been seen on four separate occasions in this area committing these thefts. In...
Orange County DA clears deputies in fatal Cook’s Corner shooting of depraved retired cop
On August 23, 2023, a tragic mass shooting unfolded at Cook’s Corner, a popular bar in Trabuco Canyon, resulting in multiple injuries and the death of the gunman, 60-year-old John Patrick Snowling—a retired Ventura Police Department sergeant. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) has concluded its...
Four residents of north Orange County died of an apparent overdose
On October 21, 2025, at approximately 11:01 a.m., the Fullerton Police Department’s Communication Center received a 9-1-1 call from a male reporting that four of his friends had overdosed and were not breathing. Fullerton Police Officers and Fullerton Fire personnel responded to the 100 block of W. Wilshire Avenue,...

















