The death toll from California’s worst fire on record rose to 76 as President Trump vowed Saturday to help California recover from the devastation and work to prevent catastrophic blazes. The number of those still unaccounted for continued to rise, standing at 1,276 people as of Saturday night….
Democrats are set to control every House seat in Orange County, completing their swift and historic sweep of the conservative bastion, after the Associated Press on Saturday, Nov. 17 projected that Gil Cisneros would win the 39th Congressional District race. The region’s sudden political shift marks a sharp rebuke of the GOP and of President…
President Trump said California can learn from Finland on how to fight fires. But the fires that burned Paradise and parts of Southern California are significantly different from the forest fires that hit Finland last year. In an interview this week, Jonathan Pangburn, a fire behavior analyst for…
The Surfing Santa event in the sand and surf at Salt Creek is all about spreading the holiday spirit. Surfers and stand-up paddleboarders hit the water Saturday for the 8th annual Surfing Santa event in Dana Point, put on by the The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel. The surf contest also serves as a fundraiser for Surfers Healing,…
Two men were stable at a hospital after they were shot in Garden Grove early Saturday morning, Nov. 17, authorities said. Just before 2:30 a.m., Garden Grove officers were called to the area of Harbor Boulevard and Buaro Street on a call of shots heard in the area, Sgt. M. Martinez said. When officers arrived,…
A woman was hospitalized after she was stabbed in Fullerton, but was expected to survive her injuries, authorities said. About 10:30 p.m., Fullerton officers responded to the 2300 block of Iris Court on a report of a possible stabbing. When they arrived, they found a woman who had been stabbed multiple times, Sgt. Carin Wright…
By SUDHIN THANAWALA | Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. — Some who fled a Northern California town leveled by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century waved American flags to welcome President Donald Trump, who walked among the scorched ruins Saturday, but others said they were focused on packing up what little they had left and…
Orange County’s employment winning streak grew to 99 months as local bosses added 14,400 workers in the 12 months ended in October while joblessness rose in a month to 2.9 percent. Here are nine Orange County job market trends from the state Employment Development Department’s monthly report: October (seasonally unadjusted) data compared with a year…
