Orange County’s John Wayne Airport is back to normal this morning following a power outage Friday night that forced officials to cancel all flights for the evening.

The University of California was hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging denial of due process, a month after a similar suit was filed against the Cal State system.

A look at California stories from the last week, including the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival

Maintenance crews scrambled to diagnose and repair the cause of an electrical outage affecting thousands of residents in Irvine and Newport Beach along with travelers flying in and out of John Wayne Airport on Friday evening, Aug. 2. More than 24,000 Southern California Edison customers had lost power as of 7:30 p.m., the utility said…

A 15-year-old high school student could face a felony charge after he tricked teachers into providing their computer login information and then changed grades — his for the better and others’ for the worse — according to Riverside police. The ruse, known as “spearphishing,” is increasingly common, said the investigator on the case, Riverside police…

FULLERTON — A man who threatened La Habra police officers with an ax that was inscribed with an insult to “pigs” on it was sentenced Friday to 14 years and four months in prison. Dan James Schuneman, 50, was convicted in February 2018 of four counts of assault with a weapon on a police officer…

A mother and daughter from Westminster are facing felony welfare fraud charges in what the Orange County District Attorney’s office says is the “largest housing fraud case” in county history. Errica Madkins Mickens, 55, and Brittany Monet Mickens, 29, were arrested Thursday, Aug. 1, on suspicion of bilking more than $190,000 from county housing services….

Firefighters found a honey oil manufacturing operation while tackling a blaze at a commercial building in Santa Ana on Friday, August 2, and authorities are investigating whether it was an illegal drug lab. The fire was reported at about 12:09 p.m., on the 2010 block of Main St., Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said….

Hossein Nayeri, who is accused of kidnapping, torturing and sexually mutilating a marijuana dispensary owner, denied playing any role in the headline-grabbing abduction as he took the stand for the first time during his Orange County Superior Court trial. During several hours of testimony late Thursday and early Friday, Nayeri described himself as having been…

Authorities arrested three suspects on Friday wanted in the killing of an off-duty LAPD officer who was gunned down in Lincoln Heights nearly a week ago. The arrests were made in the general area of Murrieta in Riverside County, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Warrants also were served in parts of Los Angeles…