IRVINE — Uncertainty lingers in the air inside the South County Outreach food pantry, along with a faint musty smell – both byproducts of a water leak that has disrupted the nonprofit’s ability to serve its clients the past two weeks. It could take at least two months before contractors can repair the extensive damage from…

Heat waves will grow more severe and persistent, shortening the lives of thousands of Californians. Wildfires will burn more of the state’s forests. The ocean will rise higher and faster, exposing California to billions in damage along the coast. These are some of the threats California will face…

A panel of State Bar of California judges has ruled that an Orange County prosecutor should be suspended from practicing law for six months for improperly withholding evidence for a 2013 child-abuse trial. An attorney representing Deputy District Attorney Sandra Lee Nassar indicated Monday that he plans to appeal the State Bar’s court decision to…

Peter Chang and his two boys stood with dozens who watched eight healthy sea lions dive into the ocean and frolic and surf through the waves off Aliso Beach. It was early Sunday, Aug. 26, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center was releasing its last large group of rehabilitated sea lions for this year. So…

You don’t have to be Brainiac to see that the Westminster Mall just ain’t what she used to be. Sears closed recently, knocking out one of its longtime anchor tenants, and walking through the mall today it feels dim and dated, with too many vacancies or stores with which you’re not familiar. So what would…

Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks and Capt. Thomas Oliveras are on leave while police investigate an incident at a concert in Irvine Friday, when the men were off duty. Fullerton officers were informed Saturday, Aug. 25, that the men were placed on paid administrative leave and Capt. Bob Dunn is now serving as acting chief,…

CALABASAS — One of the two people killed in the mass shooting at a gaming tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, was a former Calabasas High School football player and Woodland Hills resident, according to media reports. Eli “Trueboy” Clayton was identified by friends and family. Clayton, 22, was an experienced gamer was from Woodland Hills. He…

WESTMINSTER — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Monday released the name of a motorist was killed when his car rear-ended a big rig that was slowing for traffic on the northbound 405 Freeway in Westminster. He was Bryan Herrera, 18, of Huntington Beach, coroner’s Lt. Larry Deitz said. Herrera was pronounced dead in…

DIAMOND BAR — The body of a man was found early Monday on Brea Canyon Road near the southbound 57 Freeway, and an investigation was underway to determine if he died from a crash, authorities said. The discovery was made about 4:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said. The initial report was that a southbound…

FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Fountain Valley police on Monday investigated the death of a woman found near an intersection, authorities said. The body was found at 12:14 a.m. at Warner Avenue west of Bushard Street, the Orange County coroner’s office said. The woman apparently was hit by a motorist who fled the scene, Fountain Valley police…