An Orange County Superior Court judge has denied attorneys for a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, who are accused of drugging and raping seven women, access to internal correspondence from prosecutors. The defense request came amid months worth of pretrial jockeying over hundreds, potentially more than a thousand, videos collected from Grant William Robicheaux…

Air quality officials will miss a 2019 federal deadline to clean smog in the Coachella Valley, saying the challenges of “hotter summer weather and the threat of climate change” are hampering efforts to slash health-damaging ozone. The South Coast Air Quality Management District said Friday that…

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order that would have stopped the Trump administration from returning asylum seekers to Mexico. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay Friday. A three-judge panel set a Tuesday deadline for civil liberties groups to…

Until recently, Adrian Salgado lived a quiet life mowing lawns and trimming trees in Santa Ana. Then the 65-year-old gardener got swept up in a drama, like the ones he sees in his old Mexican action movies — and his face was broadcast all over television: California Cops Pitch In To Buy Equipment…

While it attracts millions of visitors annually, many Southern California residents will likely never make the pilgrimage to Rome to experience Michelangelo’s magnificent frescoes painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. But they can more easily find their way to the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, where “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” will be…

A kitten is kept snuggles with a fluffy stuffed animal at OC Animal Care in Tustin on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Kitten season is in full bloom at the OC Animal Care shelter in Tustin. Public Education Officer Brittany Hayes holds a litter of 1-month old kittens on…

Authorities were searching for a 15-year-old who escaped from Orange County Juvenile Hall early Friday, April 12. He was in custody on suspicion of murder. (OnScene.TV) Authorities were searching Friday, April 12, for a teenage boy accused of murder who escaped from Juvenile Hall in Orange overnight. Ike Souzer, 15, reportedly escaped Orange County Juvenile…

Designer J. Mossimo Giannulli and actress Lori Loughlin wanted their daughters to attend USC — so much so, prosecutors say, that they turned to a college admissions consultant known as a miracle worker in rarefied circles of Hollywood, Silicon Valley and the Newport Coast. William “Rick” Singer…

By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON — The White House considered going after political opponents by pushing U.S. immigration authorities to release detained immigrants into “sanctuary cities,” three sources familiar with the idea confirmed Friday. They told The Associated Press that President Donald Trump considered the proposal amid his ongoing battling Democrats over border…

Authorities were searching Friday morning for a teenage boy who escaped from juvenile hall in Orange County overnight. The teen, who has not been identified, escaped from the detention center at 331 The City Drive in Orange. Law enforcement officers began looking for him shortly after midnight,…