Pacifica softball coach Mark Campbell is in intensive care after becoming ill Sunday while coaching a 14-and-under game with the Batbusters travel team at La Mirada Regional Park. (File photo, Orange County Register/SCNG) Pacifica softball coach Mark Campbell is in intensive care after becoming ill Sunday while coaching a 14-and-under game with the Batbusters travel…
Police have arrested an Oakland man on suspicion of trafficking at least three minors as prostitutes in Santa Ana. Patrol officers in the area of Harbor Boulevard and Hazard Avenue identified a 16-year-old human trafficking victim who was rescued on Saturday, March 9, according to a news release from the Santa Ana Police Department. It…
Lake Elsinore officials, with roads and staff overtaxed by tens of thousands of people arriving daily to view the giant California poppy bloom north of the city, ended the city’s shuttle service and closed the viewing area Sunday. “The situation has escalated beyond our available resources. No additional shuttles or visitors will be allowed into…
Calling the stampede a “poppy nightmare,” Lake Elsinore officials announced Sunday they had shut access to the popular poppy fields in Walker Canyon, where crowds had descended in recent weeks to see the super bloom of wildflowers. “The situation has escalated beyond [our] available resources,”…
SANTA ANA — Orange County authorities are seeking the public’s help in tracking down suspects in a series of robberies in the county, with four in Irvine, three in Santa Ana and two in Mission Viejo. Irvine police set up a tip line for information, and anyone who can help investigators catch the suspects was…
One or more thieves crawled under Andrew Olewicz’s Prius as he was fast asleep on the evening of Sept. 26. It was parked on the street in front of his house in Costa Mesa, so he didn’t hear a thing as someone used a saw to cut out his car’s catalytic converter. However, the god-awful…
Paddlers race into the water at the start of the Adler Paddler event Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer) Teva Fourcade of Huntington Beach gets an early start to the day at the Adler Paddler event, Sunday, March 17, 2019, at Alamitos bay in Long…
A man suspected of shooting his former girlfriend in Orange fled to San Diego County, where he apparently committed suicide, police said on Sunday, March 17. State park officials located the body of a man matching the description of Patrick Allen French, 33, of Costa Mesa in San Diego County on Saturday, March 16 after…
The college admissions cheating scandal that exploded last week — in which wealthy parents are accused of paying bribes to get their children into elite universities — speaks to a larger obsession about admission into big-name schools. The fraudulent operation was run by William “Rick” Singer of…
FULLERTON — A woman suspected of driving under the influence crashed her car into an apartment complex in Fullerton on Sunday, but no one was injured, according to police. DUI Suspect Crashes Into Apartment Complex in Fullerton; No Injuries Reported https://t.co/xoYZMtJEUv pic.twitter.com/SU0MOfYtv2 — KTLA (@KTLA) March 17, 2019 The woman slammed her vehicle into a…
