LA County investing $100 million for mental health services by leasing empty state facilities
Local leaders have broken ground on a project to turn vacant state buildings at the Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk into a new mental health facility for Los Angeles County.
Anaheim homeless man charged after allegedly attacking mother, teenage daughter
A man is behind bars after police say he attacked a mother and her teenage daughter in public in Anaheim, threatening to sexually assault them.
Newport Beach Couple Charged in Multimillion Fraud
A Newport Beach couple is behind bars after what prosecutors describe as a yearslong, multimillion-dollar fraud operation that bankrolled an upscale lifestyle. The pair was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 26, and now faces 68 felony counts in Santa Barbara County, where judges are also weighing whether the money used to...
Bail Lowered to $100K Each for Couple Accused of Defrauding Montecito Woman
A Santa Barbara judge on Friday lowered bail for a Newport Beach couple accused of taking more than $2 million from a Montecito woman, among other charges, from $2 million each to $100,000 each. Defense attorneys had argued in court this week that the defendants, Byron Richard “Rick” Tarnutzer, 63,...
Pedestrian Killed in Traffic Collision By 7-Eleven
A woman was killed in parking lot of a 7-Eleven on March 3 after she sustained critical injuries during a traffic collision between two service providers. The woman, whose identity was being withheld by the police as of publication pending identification of next of kin, was a pedestrian. At around...
Las Vegas – Breeze Airways Debuts Four New Nonstop Routes from Harry Reid Airport
Daily Service to Orange County Ushers in Expansion (Image Credits: Flickr) Las Vegas – Breeze Airways expanded its network from Harry Reid International Airport with four new nonstop routes on Thursday, offering travelers fresh options to secondary markets in California, Idaho, and Nebraska.[1][2] Daily Service to...
Former executives of alcohol distributor indicted in alleged bribery and obstruction scheme
Five former California executives of Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits have been charged in a federal indictment accusing them of participating in a long-running bribery and obstruction scheme aimed at influencing wine placement in grocery stores. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of...
Orange County demolishes unfinished Vietnam War memorial mired in corruption scandal
LOS ANGELES - An Orange County Public Works crew has demolished a Vietnam War memorial that was left unfinished in Mile Square Regional Park in Fountain Valley. In 2023, then-Supervisor Andrew Do allocated $1 million in First District discretionary funds to the nonprofit Viet America Society for the design and...
A wanted suspect was arrested again in Anaheim on drug charges
In March, a police officer working at Anaheim’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) was monitoring cameras along Beach Blvd when they observed what appeared to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction, according to the Anaheim Police Department. At the time, no police officers were immediately available to respond. However, the...
Three O.C. burglars in a stolen vehicle were arrested and now face meth charges...
On Tuesday, just before noon, Orange County Sheriff FLOCK cameras alerted deputies to a stolen vehicle connected to a burglary in the city of Irvine according to San Clemente Police Services. Deputies quickly responded and, with assistance from the OCSD helicopter Duke, they located the vehicle at a storage facility...

















