Santa Ana CA

This January, the members of the Orange Unified School District Board of Education gave themselves a massive 400% pay increase, raising their monthly stipend from $400 to $2,000. From beginning to end, this naked cash grab has been a disturbing exercise in arrogance and contempt for the public. The huge...

Supermarkets and retail drug stores like CVS in Anaheim may soon be required to have employees watching and helping out at their self-checkout stands. At Tuesday’s 5 p.m. city council meeting, officials in OC’s largest city will be the latest in Southern California to consider drafting an ordinance establishing...

Problems associated with fireworks – especially the illegal kind – have plagued Orange County cities for years. Stanton, however, is taking steps to use financial penalties and other approaches to curb the dangers posed by the unlawful pyrotechnics. As part of its enforcement program in 2025, the city issued...

A Montecito couple was arrested last Thursday at their second home in Newport Beach and charged with 68 felony counts of fraud, conspiracy, grand theft, and money laundering in what authorities described as a long-running pattern of cons that left multiple victims across four California jurisdictions. If convicted on...

The FBI's week-long investigation into "suspicious materials" found at an Irvine home stems from a college student's science project, his family's attorney said.

Danaher Corp. will acquire Irvine-based medical device maker Masimo Corp. for nearly $10 billion, a deal that further underscores Irvine’s growing role as a hub for medical technology and health care innovation. Masimo develops patient-monitoring technologies such as pulse oximeters, noninvasive sensors and related...

A 24-year-old man gunned down a friend in Irvine following an argument in a plot to steal fentanyl, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while the attorney for the accused said her client did not plan to kill or rob the man and acted out of “jealousy.”. Noah Emmanuel Farmer...

At approximately 3:15am on February 28th, 2026, authorities received reports of a motorcycle crashing into a roadside wall on the on-ramp to northbound Interstate 405 at Springdale Street in Westminster. Witnesses reported the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed prior to impact and veered toward the...

Authorities Sunday sought the public’s help in locating a 79-year-old woman who went missing in Santa Ana. Maria Chaidez was last seen at 2 p.m. Sunday on South Towner Street at Edinger Avenue in Santa Ana, and is believed to be on foot, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A woman from Orange County has been arrested in connection with an incident in Fullerton in which a toddler fell onto a roadway from a moving vehicle, after video of the moment spread widely online. Police say the child, aged 19 months, was hurt in the fall and was treated at hospital, but is expected … The post...