The city of Orange continued a long-standing tradition, Tuesday night, with its annual July 3 fireworks show at El Modena High School’s Fred Kelly Stadium. The patriotic celebration included live music, a petting zoo, pony rides, children’s activities and a carnival. Residents watch fireworks from the field at Fred Kelly Stadium during the City of…

A 28-year-old parolee from La Mirada was arrested Tuesday on charges of selling more than a pound of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine, according to federal prosecutors. Matthew Belling, who allegedly sold more than a pound of meth in a drug deal in December in Garden Grove, was charged last week with conspiracy to distribute…

Kevin Cooper listens as a judge sentences him to the death penalty in 1985. Cooper was convicted of murdering the Ryen family and a neighbor and attempted murder of the Ryen son in Chino Hills in 1983. (Staff file photo by Walter Richard Weis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) The Governor’s Office wants more information from defense…

As the first graduating class of Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy leaves the school behind, its alma mater has received full national accreditation. “We’re thrilled,” Ronald Jordan, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said. “The first three classes I call my pioneer students. They were the ones who took a chance to join a new…

A 38-year-old man is facing more than 21 years in prison, while a 60-year-old co-defendant faces 15 years behind bars for allegedly bilking $365,000 from an Orange County man in an investment scam, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Isai Quezada, who faces 21 years and four months in prison if convicted at trial, was charged in…

Anaheim officials are on a short deadline to help Access California Services – a nonprofit that serves immigrants, refugees and low-income families – find a new, bigger location. AccessCal, as it’s known, has been in west Anaheim since 1998 and provides an array of youth and adult programs to about 10,000 clients a year, Executive Director Nahla…

Arnold Forde, a pioneering Orange County political strategist who was the brains behind campaigns that passed Proposition 13 and created the Great Park in Irvine, died Saturday following two years of illness. He was 82. Forde, of Laguna Beach, helped modernize political campaign strategy in the 1960s and 1970s by using polling data to target…

Emissions from fireworks set off on Wednesday, July 4 may contribute to unhealthy air quality in parts of Southern California this week, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The SCAQMD advisory, in effect from Wednesday through Thursday, says smoke and combustion byproducts from the fireworks are expected to add to the particulates already…

Gabriela Bryan surfs in the open women’s final during the NSSA National Open and Explorer Championships at the Huntington Beach pier on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Bryan won the event. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Gabriela Bryan carries the Hawaii state flag after winning the open women’s final during the NSSA National Open…

Summer is in full swing and our cities are planning ways to help keep kids, teens and families entertained. Like the recent Friday Fever at Etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest that featured contests, games, raffle prizes and pizza. Kids get ready to skate during the City of Lake Forest’s Friday Fever at Etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest…