Some Anaheim Hills residents attending church got a brief scare Sunday morning when a fire started in the building housing the church’s offices and classrooms. About 185 people were on the campus of Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church when smoke and flames were seen coming from the roof of an outbuilding near the church’s parking lot….

Deputy Angel Reinosa claimed he was shot while in the parking lot of the sheriff’s station. He later said he used a knife to cut holes in his shirt.

After seeing news about yet another round of mass shootings in the United States, Anu and Shivani Sharma were nervous about bringing their twin 9-year-old daughters from their home in Melbourne, Australia for a vacation in Orange County. The parents are originally from India, so they worried their skin color could make them targets. In…

The dialysis industry spent about $2.5 million in California on lobbying and campaign contributions in the first half of this year to avoid regulation, according to a California Healthline analysis.

Tech entrepreneur Steve Gordon, the new director of California’s DMV, says his know-how can help turn around the troubled agency.

1,500-acre wildfire in Northern California prompts some evacuations

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — One person was killed Saturday when a bicycle and motorcycle collided in the Rancho Santa Margarita area, authorities said. The crash was reported just after 6 p.m. in the 19900 block of Live Oak Canyon Road at Monastary Road, the California Highway Patrol said. The Orange County coroner’s office was called…

Orange County sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Cammon lost consciousness during the SWAT tryout session in 2013 and never regained consciousness.

California Pizza Kitchen restaurants are hosting a statewide fundraiser on Tuesday, Aug. 27 to support the family of slain California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr. The pizza chain is partnering with Police and Fire: The Fallen Heroes for the all-day event, according to the nonprofit organization. California Pizza Kitchen is hosting a fundraiser for…

LOS ANGELES — A Newport Beach man was struck by at least one vehicle and killed Saturday while running in the Express Lanes of the Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles, authorities said. The report of “a man down” came at 2:45 a.m. on the southbound Harbor Freeway at Martin Luther King Boulevard, California…