Costa Mesa roommates rescue Vietnam War vet trapped in rising floodwaters
Two Costa Mesa roommates are running on barely two hours of sleep Friday after spending their night rescuing a Vietnam War veteran whose car began floating in fast-rising floodwater outside their home — a problem they say happens on their street in almost every storm. The rescue happened around 3 a.m. along Pomona...
Repeat DUI offender charged with murder
An Orange County man with two prior DUI convictions was charged with second-degree murder after he struck a boy walking to school.
41-year-old man arrested at Glass Hall after allegedly agreeing to meet with a minor
On Nov. 18, a video circulated on social media of a middle-aged man being arrested on Chapman University’s campus for allegedly attempting to meet with someone claiming to be a 16-year-old. The post, which garnered thousands of views, showed the man entering the Glass Hall residences with a Chapman...
Convicted felon busted with drugs and a firearm at a Buena Park Motel
On November 17, the Orange County Sheriff’s Stanton Specialized Enforcement Team (SET) located a stolen vehicle occupied by two individuals and conducted surveillance as it entered the Colony Inn Motel in the City of Buena Park. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of illegal narcotics,...
How Orange County became an unlikely bagel hotspot
Down south, a group of bagel makers is quietly generating excitement in the bagel-verse.
Elderly California Woman Decapitated By Garbage Truck
A tragic incident in a California neighborhood has left residents stunned. The small town is searching for answers after an elderly woman was killed in an accident involving a garbage truck. The woman, 69, was decapitated. Keep reading to find out what we know about the tragic accident that left a family in shambles.
California man sentenced to 16 years for drunken driving crash that killed 5-year-old and...
A Santa Ana man was sentenced Friday to 16 years and four months in state prison for a crash that killed a 5-year-old boy and critically injured his father and 6-year-old sister in Garden Grove last summer, prosecutors said. The driver, Ceferino Ascencion Ramos, 30, had a blood alcohol content nearly three times the...
Former Trinity Broadcasting headquarters is sold and set to be torn down for new...
Developer Meritage plans to build 122 townhouses and 20 single-family homes on the former Trinity Broadcasting site just south of the 405 Freeway.
CalOptima Health will host a free Thanksgiving food distribution in Orange on Saturday
CalOptima Health is making sure members don’t go hungry this Thanksgiving. Registered members will receive their choice of a turkey or ham, along with traditional side dish items, on Saturday, November 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the CalOptima Health headquarters in Orange. Non-members attending will receive...
Woman struck and killed by trash truck while walking in Santa Ana
A woman was struck and killed by a trash truck while she was walking in Santa Ana Wednesday. Santa Ana police responded to a residential neighborhood near Shelton and Bishop Streets just before 8 a.m. The pedestrian, Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga, 69, of Santa Ana, was crossing the street when she was hit by a […]
