Irvine CA

A person who'd gone looking for four others who hadn't returned from a hike was killed in Anza this weekend. Their body was found at the bottom of a 150-foot rock face, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department announced Sunday. The other four people were rescued. Deputies responded to the 56000 block of East State...

A fight broke out at Knott’s Berry Farm in Orange County Saturday night after a guest allegedly tried to cut the line and was stopped by a worker, according to a witness who recorded the incident. Video obtained by KTLA shows two guests and a security guard involved in an altercation near an outdoor entrance […]

The following is a year-by-year list of every person who has served on the Fullerton City Council, including the mayor (who is appointed by the council each year in what is known as fair rotation, which is often supplanted by majority rule) 1990: Buck Catlin (mayor), Richard “Dick” Ackerman, Don...

A sketch provided by the DNA Doe Project shows Virginia Irene Nelson, who was killed in a hit-and-run along the Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach in 1982 DNA Doe Project For more than four decades, a woman killed in a hit-and-run was known only as “ Laguna Beach Jane Doe.” Now, advances in DNA technology have...

On Jan. 9, 2026, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his proposed 2026-27 state budget. This includes a 5% increase in California State University’s funding, as promised under the state’s multi-year higher education funding compact. Last year’s budget cycle opened with Newsom proposing an 8% cut to CSU funding, before...

A quiet Whittier neighborhood turned into an active crime scene Tuesday night after a homeowner confronted someone trying to break into a parked car and an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy ended up exchanging gunfire with the suspected burglar. The incident was reported at about 9 p.m., and authorities...

Phillip (Phil) Johnson, 60, a retired Orange County fire official who once held a top post in the Orange County Fire Authority, has been ordered to stand trial in San Diego County on felony child-molestation charges tied to alleged abuse at family gatherings years ago. Court filings say the accusations date back...

Are drivers in Irvine allergic to letting pedestrians cross? Seems that way. Orange County-area driver and Redditor /u/Mytzplk shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in January (Jan 5, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing several drivers barging past a pedestrian despite the pedestrian having the...

Deputies said that the driver lost control of their vehicle and slammed into the building at around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Embroidery’s history spans millennia, originating around 30,000 BC with Cro-Magnon peoples using bone needles and sinew for decorating clothing, later progressing to a status symbol – for royalty and officials – in ancient China, the Near East and Viking cultures. Fast forward to 2026, technology has now...