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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

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...

One of SoCal’s Most Awarded Pizzerias Finds Its Second Home on North Coast Highway. The wait is over for North Laguna locals: Truly Pizza has officially opened its second location at 320 N. Coast Hwy, right next to Urth Caffé and across from the Laguna Art Museum. The Dana Point original has spent the last couple of ye

GKN Aerospace, the company that owns the tank involved in the chemical incident in Garden Grove, issued a statement, along with an apology, on Sunday morning.

Although many environmental experts praised the efforts of first responders, they remained skeptical that no toxic substances had been released.

A July 14 trial date was confirmed Tuesday for a 33-year-old man accused of attacking a Corona fitness club patron with a hatchet and knife, injuring the victim until he was able to overpower the defendant. Ronald Vikash Chand of Santa Ana allegedly perpetrated the attack in 2023 inside the...

After opening a criminal investigation into the aerospace company behind the chemical tank crisis in Garden Grove, the top prosecutor for Orange County said Tuesday he's expanding the scope of the probe. District Attorney Todd Spitzer told NBC Los Angeles that the case will now include price gouging and predatory...

A lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior Court Tuesday against a supplier and restaurant chain where a man’s daughter dined and fell ill in Costa Mesa. The lawsuit alleges the girl is expected to face a “life-long battle following her severe kidney injury.”. Jeffrey Gogue ordered chicken...

In the heart of Southern California’s suburban sprawl, emergency teams have spent days managing a volatile situation at an aerospace manufacturing site in Garden Grove. A large storage tank holding thousands of gallons of a flammable industrial chemical began releasing vapors last week, forcing authorities to act quick

Residents impacted by the ongoing threat of a hazardous chemical in Orange County, California, may be able to recoup the money they’ve spent due to evacuation orders, experts say. However, other questions will be worth posing to your insurance company as the incident unfolds. Tens of thousands of people were in limbo f