The Dana Point Planning Commission set public hours Monday night for accessing the Bluff Top Trail through the Dana Point Headlands preserve. Since a 2022…
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Sammy’s Law in California seeks to protect youth from social media drug sales
On Feb. 7, 2021, Sammy Berman Chapman, 16, was silently killed in his Santa Monica home. The culprit: a fentanyl-laced pill the teen had purchased…
Redlands boots embattled LA developer from homeless housing program
The city of Redlands has terminated its agreement with Shangri-La Industries to provide housing for the homeless amid allegations the embattled Los Angeles developer misappropriated…
Plan to kill Catalina deer using sharpshooters in copters is opposed by county
A plan to kill all the mule deer on Catalina Island using aerial sharpshooters from helicopters was strongly opposed by the Los Angels County Board…
Haiti’s fragile health system nearing collapse as chaos grips country
By Danica Coto | Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital,…
Reunited and it feels so good: Voyager 1 is talking sense again
Rocket science? Brain Surgery? A rescue mission? Reconnecting with NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft was all of that for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada…
Firefighter, forester, trail builder: The first US Climate Corps jobs are here
Alicia Clanton | (TNS) Bloomberg News Restoring coastal ecosystems with oysters in Florida, protecting forests from wildfire in California and maintaining a cultural site (the…
TikTok digs in to fight US ban with 170 million users at stake
Zheping Huang, Sarah Zheng | (TNS) Bloomberg News Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S., its Chinese parent…
Nonprofit accuses Orange of using unrealistic parcels in its housing plan
A pro-housing group is challenging the viability of the state-approved housing plan filed by the city of Orange, saying the plan fails to show how…
Bill allowing kids to pull animals from fair auctions (and slaughter) faces opposition
Phry was raised by a Fullerton Union High student in her school’s FFA program who asked Farm Sanctuary in Acton to take him as a…
Shooter gets life without parole for Santa Ana gang killing
SANTA ANA — A 25-year-old man was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the gang-related fatal shooting of a…
Paramount woman identified as passenger killed in suspected Santa Ana DUI crash
Authorities Monday released the name of a woman killed in a suspected DUI crash in Santa Ana. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Jocelyn Janet…
OC woman falls to death while hiking with family on Bear Mountain in Sedona, Arizona
By Kelly Murray | CNN A tourist from Orange County fell 140 feet to her death while on a family hike on Bear Mountain in…
Troy High School in Fullerton briefly placed on lockdown after phone threat later deemed unfounded
Troy High School in Fullerton was briefly placed on lockdown Monday, April 22, after the school received an anonymous threat that was later determined to…
Orange County School of the Arts placed on brief lockdown after car backfires, causing panic
A car engine backfiring near Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana caused a brief panic on Monday, April 22, authorities said. Around…