Santa Ana CA

Costa Mesa's City Council passed the "Safe Stores are Staffed Stores" ordinance 5-2 on February 17, making it the second California city to regulate self-checkout. The law limits one employee to three kiosks, caps purchases at 15 items, and takes effect April 18.

Five people were killed in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Long Beach after a car slammed into a tunnel wall near the entrance and caught fire. The crash was reported around 1:20 a.m. at Lakewood Boulevard and East Spring Street, near the tunnel that goes under the Long Beach Airport.

After noticing a suspicious charge for gold bars on their credit card, a victim realized that they had been a target of mail theft, according to the Brea Police Department. The victim didn’t just report it—they secured the tracking information and shared it with the police investigators. The...

ORANGE, Calif. (February 18, 2026) — Today, the CalOptima Health Board of Directors released the findings of an independent investigation it authorized into certain expenditures made during the period when former Supervisor Andrew Do served on the Board of Directors, which found no evidence of fraud. Board counsel...

Santa Ana offers 0% loans for first-time homebuyers. The City of Santa Ana is offering help for first-time homebuyers through the My First Home program. Qualified buyers can get a deferred loan of up to $120,000 at 0% interest to buy a home in Santa Ana. The program is open to income-eligible individuals and families.

A High Desert man accused of severely beating an Eastvale resident, inflicting life-threatening injuries, was charged Friday with attempted murder and other offenses. Jaiden Michael Vincent Brown, 21, of Victorville, in San Bernardino County, was arrested Wednesday following a roughly two-week investigation by the...

Gordon Telepun joins host Dave Schlom to discuss the Titan submersible implosion that killed five people, including Ocean Gate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush, in 2023. Rush appeared on Blue Dot in 2019 to talk about his plans to build a small fleet of submersibles to give the public and researchers access to the deep...

Hidden among Riverside’s palm trees and busy streets sits a time capsule of California’s golden age of car culture that happens to serve what might be the most perfect pastrami sandwich you’ll ever taste. George’s Drive-In isn’t trying to be retro-cool – it simply never stopped being...

We break down immigration raids and related news in Southern California. Below, you'll find links and references to everything discussed in the video, allowing you to take a closer look at each topic. If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in...

The Garden Grove Unified School District has been honored with so many awards and accolades in recent years, it may become necessary to build a new trophy case. Mostly recently, the GGUSD has been named a recipient of the first Carnegie Award for Impact, a national honor recognizing “significant and sustained...