SoCal homebuying Dec. 2022 (Chart by Flourish) 2022 was the year of the “big shift” for Southern California’s housing market, starting out last January with…
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Garden Grove Councilmember Kim Bernice Nguyen launches CA-45 campaign
By Orange County on January 25, 2023
Garden Grove Councilmember Kim Bernice Nguyen has her eyes set on a congressional seat. The two-term councilmember launched a 2024 bid for the 45th congressional…
Attorney for man on trial for Orange County cold-case rapes alleges client’s twin is guilty
By Orange County on January 25, 2023
A Highland man on trial for a pair of rapes that occurred in south Orange County more than two decades ago denies he was responsible…
Mistrial declared in rapper T.I. and singer Tiny’s lawsuit against toymaker
By Orange County on January 25, 2023
A federal civil trial pitting the rapper T.I. and his wife, singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris, against a Chatsworth toymaker over a popular doll line ended…
School administrators were warned 3 times the day 6-year-old boy shot teacher, says lawyer
By Orange County on January 25, 2023
By DENISE LAVOIE NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Concerned teachers and employees warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had…
‘Being homosexual isn’t a crime,’ says Pope Francis
By Orange County on January 25, 2023
By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are…
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes near Malibu, South Bay; aftershocks follow
By Orange County on January 25, 2023
LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Malibu and the South Bay at 2 a.m. Wednesday, according to reports from the U.S. Geological…
Retired San Gabriel cop injured in Monterey Park mass shooting called one of the best
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
One of those injured in the crowd during the Monterey Park mass shooting was James Goodman, a retired San Gabriel police lieutenant who served that…
City’s vigil for Monterey Park mass shooting victims honors those ‘dancing in heaven’
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
Several hundred people gathered at Monterey Park City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for the reading of prayers and a candlelight vigil organized by the…
Valentino Alvero was the ‘life of any party’
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
Valentino Alvero is being remembered for his love of ballroom dancing, community and his family. Alvero, 68, was also the “life of any party,” his…
Mission Tiki Drive-In in Montclair closes for good after 67 years
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
The last cars have driven out of the Mission Tiki Drive-In. Opened in 1956, the open-air theater in Montclair showed its last films — “M3GAN,”…
Murdoch dumps plans to recombine Fox, News Corp
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
By Oliver Darcy | CNN Rupert Murdoch has abandoned plans to combine Fox Corporation and News Corporation, a move that would have reunited his broadcasting…
Lawyer: Classified documents found at former VP Mike Pence’s house
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
By Jill Colvin | Associated Press NEW YORK — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home last week,…
Gov. Newsom meets with Brandon Tsay, man credited with disarming Monterey Park gunman
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom met with Brandon Tsay, the man credited with disarming the gunman suspected of killing 11 people at a dance hall in Monterey…
Another shot of swell expected to bring sizable surf to coast
By Orange County on January 24, 2023
Another dose of solid surf will be hitting Southern California beaches this week, with 4- to 6-foot waves expected along some stretches of coast. The…