Santa Ana CA

Special Crimes detectives have arrested a 26-year-old man for s*xually assaulting a woman at a retail business, according to the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD). On January 15, 2026, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a woman responded to the Santa Ana Police Department and reported a s*xual assault. The victim, a...

The long-held tradition of transferring offshore mooring permit ownership in Newport Harbor might be ending after state leaders found the practice could violate state law and recommended eliminating it. But advocates say the recommendation could impact people who’ve invested tens of thousands of dollars in the...

Newport Beach officials are reversing course on a previous approval to gut the local golf course and replace it with a surf park after residents gathered enough verified signatures to challenge the decision at the ballot box. City council members in Newport Beach voted in October to approve a project...

A Southern California woman is facing felony child-abuse allegations after video captured a toddler tumbling out of a moving SUV and narrowly avoiding being struck on a busy roadway. Jacqueline Hernandez, 35, of La Habra, was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after her 19-month-old child fell “from the...

SANTA ANA – A 27-year-old man believed to be transient suffered fatal injuries when a motorist accidentally ran him over while the victim was lying in a driveway at a Santa Ana car wash, police said Wednesday. Police were called just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to the Orange Coin...

BUENA PARK, Calif. — Knott’s Berry Farm, one of Southern California’s most popular theme park destinations, will debut a new eatery in the heart of Charleston Circle, right across from the famous fountain, this summer. The venue, currently a Johnny Rockets, will undergo a complete transformation starting April 15,...

Garden Grove City Manager Lisa Kim will be getting a raise said to be 7.5 percent, bringing her annual salary to $346,433. The city council approved the increase in her compensation at Tuesday night’s meeting by a 6-0 vote, with Councilmember Philip Nguyen absent. She will also get a...

The estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman found dead on the side of a mountain in Crestline last November has been arrested on suspicion of her murder last Friday (Jan. 23). Gordon Abas Goodarzi, 65, of Rolling Hills, was arrested in connection with the death of Aryan Papoli, 58,...

Woke Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento finally has endorsed a candidate in the hotly contested race for the 68th State Assembly District. As expected Sarmiento ignored one of his fellow progressives in the race, Santa Ana City Councilman Johnathan Ryan Hernandez, which makes sense since Hernandez’ campaign...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY – The Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) has reached a major production milestone of half a trillion gallons of purified water as it marks 18 years of service this month. A joint project of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San), the GWRS is the...