Homebuying in Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and San Clemente fell 13 percent in May vs. a year earlier. May is traditionally a strong sales months for Orange County, as the prime spring selling season hits full stride. So we decided to see how neighborhood housing markets fared in this key period. ICYMI: O.C. housing’s…

FULLERTON — A 30-year-old Irvine man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to breaking into a home when a resident was home and peeping into three homes in La Habra. Pedro Chaverria Garcia was charged Tuesday with a felony count of burglary and three misdemeanor counts of peeking into homes, according to court records. He is accused…

SANTA ANA — A former Santa Barbara physician dubbed the “Candy Man” for writing illegal prescriptions for a high volume of narcotics for his patients, including one who died, was again sentenced to 27 years in federal prison, his attorney said Tuesday. Julio Gabriel Diaz, 69, was sentenced in December 2015 to 327 months behind bars…

SANTA CLARITA — A woman who led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase from the San Diego area to Santa Clarita was pulled from the vehicle and taken into custody Tuesday night on the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway. The chase began about 7:30 p.m. on the westbound state Route 52, approaching state Route…

It was a horrific scene: a screaming woman running from her house — her upper torso sliced by a chainsaw. Her husband, the alleged assailant, came out “showered in blood,” a neighbor said. At least two of the couple’s three young boys, all witnesses to the attack, were also sprayed by their mother’s blood, another…

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors offered a $10,000 reward Tuesday in hopes of tracking down the killer of an Irvine father shot to death while camping with his young children in Malibu. Day use is open at Malibu Creek State Park, however the camping portion of the park was closed…

Pioneer Road Park in Tustin is a good place to hitch your horse and chill out from the summer heat. The western-theme playground features a splash pad, chuck wagons to climb aboard, swings, a grass volleyball court, a basketball court, a large covered picnic area and a walking trail all surrounded by mature trees. The water play…

A San Bernardino County infant has died from whooping cough, the first infant the disease has claimed since 2016 statewide, county health officials said Tuesday July 17. Whooping cough outbreaks are not uncommon in California and tend to occur once every three to five years, according to a statement released by the San Bernardino County…