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On December 6, 2025, at about 9:32 p.m., two police officers conducting gang-suppression patrols attempted to contact several individuals on S. Philadelphia Street, according to the Anaheim Police Department. The group ran toward a nearby residence, and the officers pursued. During the encounter, officers attempted...

Richard Flores, a 25-year-old man, was sentenced Friday, Dec. 12, to 44 years to life in prison for fatally shooting Jefferson Diaz, a 30-year-old man, in Anaheim back in 2021. Flores’ defense attorneys said the incident involved a dispute over a vehicle purchase. Flores was convicted on Oct. 23,...

The city of Brea issued a warning on social media last week over trash bin violations and said randomly selected addresses can have their trash cans checked.

Irvine is set to swap land with a developer, setting up a new 1,300-home neighborhood in the Great Park while the city picked up $15 million in the deal – slated to be spent on developing the park. [Read: Irvine Eyes Land Swap with Great Park Developer for More...

Candidates running for city council in Aliso Viejo will now be able to accept thousands of more dollars in campaign contributions per donor ahead of next year’s midterm elections. During a city council meeting on Dec. 3, Aliso Viejo officials voted to increase the city’s campaign contribution limit to...

Los Angeles County has taken a major step toward expanding permanent affordable housing in Downtown Long Beach. It has approved the acquisition of a vacant parcel at 1101 Long Beach Boulevard for a future 160-unit development, as first reported by Urbanize LA. On Nov. 12, the Los Angeles County Board...

Officials said the four suspects were arrested near the desert city of Twentynine Palms, California, home to a Marine Corps base.

Granite Construction has been awarded a roughly $24 million contract to transform the Perris South Metrolink Station and Layover Facility, a project aimed at improving service reliability and meeting rising commuter demand along the State Route 91/Perris Valley Line in Riverside County. The Riverside County...

The Inland Empire industrial market isn’t riding high as 2026 approaches. Not that the market is collapsing – far from it – but industrial development in Riverside and San Bernardino counties did ease up in 2025 compared with previous years, and its days as a juggernaut appear to be on hold, at least for now.

Hailey Angelique Rangel, a 22-year-old woman from Lake Elsinore, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last Friday. She was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for her involvement in a fatal car-to-car shooting of Nicholas Alistair Neaimi-Pour, a 19-year-old Irvine resident, two years ago. Co-defendant Jayden...