Go home! Evacuations are over
A crisis with a worst-case scenario of a giant chemical explosion is over. Around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Orange County Fire Authority announced that all evacuations connected to the hazmat incident at a plastics factory in West Garden Grove have been lifted and residents can go home. That means the...
Orange County mobile home killer takes plea deal, avoids life sentence
A convicted felon accused of killing an Orange County couple in a mobile home before setting it on fire to cover up the crime has taken a plea deal sparing him a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. The June 10, 2022, incident unfolded in the Bit O’Home Trailer Park at 5002 West […]
San Diego steps in to supply Orange County food programs disrupted by Garden Grove...
As roughly 16,000 people remained under evacuation orders due to hazardous material concerns at a Garden Grove aerospace facility, the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank began assembling food and necessary items Tuesday for those affected. The ongoing incident, which began Thursday, has disrupted operations at the
Social media helps raise money for Orange County veteran working to put mother through...
Thousands of dollars have been raised for a John Wayne Airport employee who became the subject of a viral video on social media, which showed him clearly working through pain. He says it's all to help put his 90-year-old mother through hospice care.
California crews working to get people home after chemical tank threat
There are 16,000 residents who are still under evacuation orders.
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Open Mon-Fri 9 AM–9 PM | Sat-Sun 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM. Hidden in a Fountain Valley plaza, Nep Cafe has become Orange County’s go-to destination for reimagined Vietnamese brunch. This modern Vietnamese eatery transforms familiar staples into Instagram-worthy experiences where egg foam crowns your coffee and cast-iron...
Suspect detained, real and replica firearms seized in west Orange County standoff
Despite the Garden Grove chemical leak incident, Orange County Sheriff deputies responded to a call for service outside the evacuation zone regarding a subject who brandished a weapon before fleeing into a residence, according to Stanton Police Services. The deputies quickly established a perimeter while announcements
California Evacuees Return Home in Anger
(This content was created with the help of AI.) Tens of thousands of Southern Californians are finally back home after days of watching a chemical tank's temperature—and their nerves—slowly come down. Orange County officials on Tuesday night ended the last of the evacuation orders around a GKN Aerospace plant in Garden
Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Mobile Home Couple in Santa Ana
A 47-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting a man and woman in a mobile home that was torched to cover up the crime in Santa Ana. Jason Blanchard pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter with sentencing enhancements for the discharge of a gun in a plea deal with prosecutors, who dismissed
Two men arrested for stealing an Audi in Irvine
Last Sunday, an Audi was stolen from a parking garage on Miramonte, according to the Irvine Police Department. IPD detectives found the Audi in the Kohl’s parking lot on Jeffrey. While doing surveillance on the Audi, an off-duty police officer reported two men were suspiciously looking into parked cars...

















