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Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the day of the conviction. A Long Beach man faces a possible sentence of life in prison after he was convicted Friday of selling cocaine laced with fentanyl that killed an engaged couple in 2023. Stephen Johnson, who is also known as “Stephen Jo,” was convicted on […]

SANTA ANA, California – A Hawaii man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the...

A young boy named Jaxson from Porter Ranch nailed a live TV interview earlier this month, visibly impressing the KTLA 5 Weekend Morning News team with his coverage of Santa Ana winds.  After the live shot, Jaxson told KTLA 5’s Carlos Herrera that his dream is to be a broadcast meteorologist.  It goes a little […]

She won the first race she ever ran, at age 4, and seven years later won her first national title. But it was at age 17 when Summer Wilson’s speed flashed its brightest over consecutive, dominant weekends in November, a fitting extended stretch for a distance runner. A senior...

Outstanding, modestly spicy fried chicken with Southern sides and pies. On occasion, we come across an Orange County restaurant that’s so fantastic at what it does that we’re willing to make a big exception to our health goals just to experience their food. Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is one of those places....

Billy Gibbons and the BFG band brought down the house… well, the Grove of Anaheim. Diehards and new fans alike could not have been more pleased with a tour like this one; focused on intimate venues like this one, there’s no bad seat in the house!. The Texas...

Some of the best meals aren’t announced. You hear about them quietly, usually from someone who says, “You have to try this place,” and means it. There’s no advertising push, no flashy signs pulling you in from the road. What keeps these seafood spots busy is trust built over time.

A 37-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison to a DUI hit-and-run crash into a home that killed a woman in Garden Grove. The vehicle driven by Jadir E. Salazarmontano slammed into a home just before 2 a.m. on May 12, 2024, in the 11800 block of Magnolia Street, between Chapman and Orangewood avenues,...

There’s honestly nothing that hits harder than seeing a group of dogs dumped and forced to fend for themselves. No food, no safe place to sleep, nobody looking out for them, and it doesn’t take long before things get truly heartbreaking. That’s exactly what happened to three young...

A person had to be airlifted to safety after the car they were in careened 200 feet off the side of a cliff in Orange County on Friday evening. The Orange County Fire Authority posted on social media that they received reports of a single-vehicle crash in the area of Corsica Road and Napoli Way in Mission Viejo...