Top of the V Reopens as Spanish Steakhouse in Anaheim
Top of the V, the rooftop restaurant perched on the 12th floor of The Viv Hotel in Anaheim, is back in action after a short January shutdown, returning with a fresh Spanish-inspired steakhouse concept. The reboot shifts the kitchen from primarily tapas to a meat-focused lineup while hanging on to shareable plates and...
Garden Grove Moves to Ban Whippets
Another Orange County is looking to introduce restrictions on whippets, with Garden Grove officials eying a ban of the inhalant. Recreational nitrous oxide, known as “whippets” or “galaxy gas,” can be inhaled to create a high and can lead to “neurological, hematologic [related to blood], and psychiatric...
Irvine family says home lab belonging to teen trying to cure cancer was misread...
An Orange County family whose home was surrounded by FBI agents and SWAT Team members after “suspicious” items were found in its garage says there is nothing nefarious about the discovery. The investigation started on Feb. 23 when the landlord of the property, located in the gated Altair community near Cartwheel...
Newsom threatens California counties for failing to use his new mental health court
Far fewer people with mental illness are getting help in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court program than expected. This week, he blamed local governments for shortcomings.
Fish freak-out at The Beach: 2026 grunion runs return next week
“It was kind of like a miracle that we [even] walked into it accidentally,” Serena Logan, a 24-year-old Marketing Analytics Long Beach State graduate student, said. Logan accidentally discovered the California Grunion spawning on the shores of Inspiration Point in Newport Beach while visiting the beach around 10 p.m....
Former O.C. insurance broker arrested on grand theft and embezzlement charges
ORANGE, Calif., – Insurance broker, Andre De Gazon, 56, of Bellflower, was arraigned today at the Orange County Superior Court on multiple felony counts of grand theft and embezzlement after allegedly using his status as a licensed insurance agent to pocket more than $100,000 of unremitted insurance policy premiums...
South L.A. Follow-Home Robber Hit With 10-Year Federal Stretch
A South L.A. man who tailed shoppers from malls to their driveways across Los Angeles and Orange counties late last year has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a string of armed "follow-home" robberies that stretched from the Valley to Norwalk. Elijah Isaiah Potts, 21, pleaded guilty...
The SAPD arrested 7 transients on probation and drug charges
Community safety is a top-of-mind issue for residents across Orange County, and the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) is taking a proactive stance. In a recent operation, the Santa Ana Police Department’s AB-109 Task Force, in collaboration with the Orange County Probation Department, conducted 16 compliance checks...
Yamaha Moving U.S. Headquarters From California To Georgia
Announcement Concerning the Relocation of Our U.S. Subsidiary and the Sale of Fixed Assets. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has decided to relocate its U.S. group company, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (“YMUS”), currently located in Cypress, California, to Kennesaw, Georgia. This relocation will be happening,...
Man found shot to death in Compton
COMPTON – A man was killed Sunday morning in Compton, authorities said. The death was reported at 9:37 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of East Pacific Commerce Drive, between the Compton Creek and the Long Beach (710) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The...
