In a one-two punch on Wednesday, coastal officials revived efforts to implement a long-delayed ranch-wide public route while also unanimously agreeing to start a new fight with one ranchowner.
An explosion blew the roof off of an auto body shop in Westminster, causing a two-alarm fire on Thursday, Oct.11 Two fire engines were dispatched to combat a blaze at Anthony Auto Body and Repair at 15156 Weststate St. at 3:34 p.m., said Westminster Police Sgt. Eddie Esqueda. Once there, crews saw heavy smoke and…
After a 23-year-old after-school instructor was arrested on suspicion of sex crimes involving three girls, a fourth came forward and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office believes there may be more. Eddy Bustamante Infante has worked at Greenville Elementary School in Santa Ana since 2015. He was arrested at his home on Friday and booked into…
The berm at Aliso Beach in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 separates the ocean, left, from the creek, right, that fills with urban runoff. For the first time in decades, the berm was not breached for the entire summer making it safer for beachgoers and reducing urban runoff into the ocean by 50…
Voters in every city in Orange County will go to the polls Nov. 6 to pick who will represent them on the City Council and, in several cases, as mayor. Ahead of the election, all candidates were invited to share information about themselves and answer questions about their priorities and local concerns for this voter…
The historic Fox Fullerton theater is screening two frightful classics this month in honor of the season. “Psycho,” the 1960 psychological thriller by Alfred Hitchcock, will be first up on Oct. 18. The terror will be turned up a notch on Oct. 25 with the screening of the 1978 horror flick, “Halloween,” by John Carpenter….
Edward and Robert Bolanos share a double bond as brothers in blue. The 38-year-old identical twins both serve as patrol officers assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Topanga Division. “You’re kind of like doubling up on the same person because they’re such good people and good workers,” said LAPD Sgt. Zoltan Mako, a watch…
Construction workers last week put up the final panel of a new border barrier in Calexico, Calif., a project touted by President Trump as the first part of his promised wall between Mexico and the U.S. Almost two years into Trump’s presidency, Congress has so far avoided funding a full-fledged…
A shark-detecting buoy installed off the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach is the latest tool in Southern California lifeguards’ attempt to get ahead of a growing number of shark-related incidents in the region. The system, called the Clever Buoy, became operational Wednesday as part of a 60-day pilot…
Let’s politely say the Inland Empire’s economic progress is often under-appreciated. For example, did you know Riverside and San Bernardino counties had the nation’s fastest job-growth among major metropolitan area during the past five years? When I filled my trusty spreadsheet with a new job study from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, I learned employment…
