Irvine CA

Proactive policing sometimes starts with something simple. In this case, a car was driving through Irvine without license plates. Unfortunately for the driver a police officer took note. On Thursday, a sergeant stopped the vehicle near Michelson and Norton. The driver and passenger offered a story that did not quite...

Authorities are investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle that occurred just before noon in Palm Desert, California.Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department responded to the intersection of San Gorgonio Way and Monterey Avenue after receiving reports of a traffic collision.When deputies...

Ever feel safe at home, only for one thing nearby to change and everything to feel different? In Fullerton, a father says the abandoned train tracks behind his fence have become a hangout for trespassers. The story, he says, is that the situation escalated from repeated nuisance calls to incidents...

“She was a rescue dog from the streets of Oakland,” Rustan told Matador. “At one time she was a bait dog. No one loved her. She was running wild, missing all her bottom teeth.”. What began as a spur-of-the-moment rescue in Oakland became a partnership that, as he...

Police are searching for the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run in Buena Park after the car was found abandoned. According to the Buena Park Police Department, the crash, which involved a pedestrian and a Kia sedan, occurred at the intersection of Beach and Artesia boulevards at 1:53 a.m. Monday. While the...

An Orange County Sheriff’s deputy was charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting her fiancée in their Tustin home last summer, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. Aimee Alexis Hidalgo, 28, of Tustin, shot her fiancée, 35-year-old Brittany Shaw, nine times when the victim returned to...

Chapman University professor and paleontologist has left his position with the university after emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein were discovered in the recent release of Epstein's communication records. It has not been stated whether he was fired or resigned from his position. The professor, John "Jack" Horner,...

Three people were arrested for possession of 20 pounds of ketamine and $100,000 in cash during a narcotics investigation in Costa Mesa last week. Detectives with the Costa Mesa Police Department were performing a narcotics investigation in the area of Harbor Boulevard and Wilson Street when a suspect tried to escape...

Last night, police officers responded to the area of Alton and Jeffrey for a reckless driver doing burnouts and donuts in a parking lot, according to the Irvine Police Department. When the officers arrived, they saw a Mercedes losing control around a group of people. A 22-year-old man from Van...

Santa Ana smoke shops may soon have to follow new rules and get new permits to sell cigarettes, vapes and other tobacco products amid concerns of some stores housing illegal gambling, selling black market marijuana, underage smoking and other illegal activity. Officials in the heart of OC are the latest...