California’s wet winter has dumped an estimated 18 trillion gallons of rain in February alone. But much of it is simply going down the drain. In what has become a source of much concern in a state prone to droughts and water shortages, the vast majority of rainwater in urban areas flows into storm…

SANTA ANA — A worker was killed Tuesday night when a large tire for a walkway that connects the terminal with jets exploded during repairs at John Wayne Airport. Two men were working on disassembling a wheel inside a workshop on the airfield near Gate Three, said airport spokeswoman Deanne Thompson. “It’s under enormous pressure,”…

Carlos “Teo” Cruz defends world lightweight title in fight against Mando Ramos.

In a drug-peddling scheme that prosecutors say was so brazen that he advertised with posters around campus, an 18-year-old UC Santa Cruz student designed an app dubbed “Banana Plug” and used it to sell cocaine and methamphetamine. Collin Riley Howard, of Sunnyvale, was indicted by a federal grand…

Newport Beach police investigators and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, Feb. 20 plan to announce an arrest in a 1973 cold case homicide and are expected to name a Colorado man as a suspect in the death of 11-year-old Linda O’Keefe. KRDO, a television station in Colorado Springs, Colo., reported on Tuesday, Feb. 19, a…

First Place was awarded to Abhishek Vootukuru for his portrait of a model in Orange. Second Place went to Josh Tomsha for his photo of costumed dogs at Irvine Regional Park. Third Place went to Rick Barboza for his flag football photo at Santiago Middle School in Orange. Bailey Read received an Honorable Mention for…

On Monday, my wife and daughter and I traveled home from Oakland by plane, and on landing in Burbank, my wife immediately did the math. Door to door, our trip would have taken only 90 minutes longer if we had driven, and it would have been much cheaper. Should we have traveled by sedan instead…

SANTA ANA — A “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member is facing DUI charges for allegedly driving under the influence, at nearly three times the legal limit, according to court records obtained Tuesday. Gina Kirschenheiter, 34, was charged Friday with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood-alcohol level above the…

A Los Angeles judge dealt a blow Tuesday to law enforcement unions trying to limit the scope of a landmark transparency law, ruling that records from shootings, use of force and some misconduct by police officers in California are public even if they occurred before the new law took effect this…

The fate of California’s high-speed rail project was cast into further doubt Tuesday when the U.S. Department of Transportation announced plans to cancel $929 million in grant funds, a move that some viewed as political payback. The action marks an escalation in the battle between President Trump…