Woke O.C. Supervisor Sarmiento endorses Jessie Lopez for the 68th State Assembly District
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...
GWRS Surpasses Half a Trillion Gallons of Purified Water
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...
Orange County Man Awaits Sentencing for Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Surfers’ Parked Cars
A man is set to be sentenced for stealing surfers’ phones and bank cards from their cars. Moundir Kamil, 56, of Orange County, orchestrated a scheme that saw him steal almost $1 million from surfers at beaches in San Diego County, Malibu, Manhattan Beach and others. As CBS8 reports,...
Orange County Supervisors Hike Trash Rates
Residents throughout Orange County could be paying a lot more for trash disposal by the end of the decade. It comes after OC Supervisors signed off on a new set of rate hikes on Tuesday for cities to dispose of their residents’ waste at the dump, with plans to almost double the current rates by 2030.
Yorba Linda High School students, staff ordered to shelter in place
Students and staff at Yorba Linda High School had to shelter in place for about an hour Wednesday amid an investigation, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. Deputies had to investigate "suspicious circumstances," the sheriff's department said but did not clarify what prompted the investigation. By 11:26...
Hawaii man sentenced after defrauding elderly Irvine man out of nearly $2 million
A Hawaii man who defrauded an elderly Orange County resident out of nearly $2 million — costing the victim his Irvine home and yacht — has been sentenced to four years in federal prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday. John Tamahere McCabe, 42, of Kailua, Hawaii, was sentenced to 48 months behind bars and ordered to...
New speed limit law taking effect – and it means strict 26mph rule could...
YEARS after being signed, a new law targeting speeding has taken effect, and a major city will soon begin its enforcement. If caught going over the speed limit, drivers risk fines of $200 or more depending on exactly how fast they were going once enforcement starts. The new law will...
Major traffic collision on toll road sends three to local hospitals in critical condition
A major traffic collision requiring a heavy and complicated rescue occurred Sunday evening (Jan. 25) on SB73 at Bonita Canyon Road. At approximately 8:20 p.m., Newport Beach Fire Department units responded to reports of a two-vehicle rollover collision. Upon arrival, crews discovered two extensively damaged vehicles...
Bank robber to be sentenced for $1M fraud targeting surfers in San Diego County,...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A convicted bank robber is expected to be sentenced in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday for running a nearly $1 million fraud scheme that targeted surfers at beaches in San Diego County and other Southern California areas whose bank cards and phones were lifted from their cars while they...
Suspect in drive-by jailed
Last July in Stanton, what prosecutors called “a brazen broad daylight” drive-by shooting in Stanton took the life of a 15-year-boy. Now one of the persons accused in the homicide is back in Orange County after being extradited from Vietnam to where he fled following the incident. Quoc-Bao...
