California’s hot car in the pandemic era is a used vehicle — the older, the more coveted — with a rising price tag. Auto sales…
Orange County Coast
Motorist dies in single-vehicle crash in Seal Beach
A man died in a solo-vehicle crash in Seal Beach, a police spokesman said Saturday. The crash happened about 10:45 p.m. Friday at the intersection…
Bond fire claims outdoor environmental school in Silverado Canyon
Amid the flurry of evacuations from the wind-driven Bond fire on Wednesday evening, administrators and educators of a Silverado Canyon outdoor school grew nervous for…
Family loses Wildcat Ranch, beloved 1920s home, in Bond fire
For four years, Josh and Melissa Malpass looked at the vacant Wildcat Ranch two houses down with dreams of one day living within its century-old…
Bond Fire up to 40% contained; 5 structures destroyed
With cooperative weather conditions overnight, fire crews battling the Bond fire in Silverado Canyon increased containment to 40% and held the spread of the blaze,…
Southern California gets ready for expected, regional stay-at-home order
Southern California could enter a regional stay-at-home order as soon as Sunday night, Dec. 5, after state officials announced late Friday that only 13.1% of…
Southern California ICU capacity hits 13.1%, likely triggering stay-at-home order on Sunday
Southern California will likely soon be under a stay-at-home order, after state officials reported late Friday, Dec. 4, that the region’s intensive care unit bed…
Finding beds and services for the homeless? There’s an app for that
The heavily used app on the cellphones belonging to Buena Park Police Officers Cory Boudreau and Lindsay Cruz is called Outreach Grid. But it doesn’t…
Legislative aid says Sacramento culture kept her quiet about rape accusation against Assemblyman Bill Brough
It wasn’t just shame or fear of physical harm that kept Patricia Todd silent. Todd says she waited five years to file a criminal complaint…
Orange County’s Democratic leaders celebrate historic House vote to decriminalize marijuana
Orange County’s all-Democratic congressional leadership celebrated Friday after the House approved a bill to decriminalize and tax cannabis at the federal level. The vote, they…
U.S. judge orders DACA restored, reopening dreamers program
By Patricia Hurtado | Bloomberg A federal judge ordered the Trump Administration Friday to fully restore the so-called Dreamers program that protects undocumented immigrants brought…
Sons file federal lawsuit blaming Placentia senior care facility for father’s COVID-19 death
Three brothers have filed a lawsuit alleging their 89-year-old father died from COVID-19 largely because of staff neglect at a Placentia assisted-care facility. The complaint…
Firefighters work to get upper hand on Bond fire in Silverado
Crews have worked round the clock to get the upper hand on the Bond fire burning in the Silverado area after early wind gusts quickly…
Norma Lopez’s killer sentenced to death for 2010 slaying of 17-year-old
Jesse Perez Torres should be executed for murdering 17-year-old Norma Angelica Lopez of Moreno Valley 10 years ago, a Riverside County Superior Court judge ruled Friday,…
Cheesecake Factory didn’t tell SEC it was losing $6 million a week due to COVID. That’ll cost an extra $125,000.
LOS ANGELES — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that Calabasas-based Cheesecake Factory Inc. will pay a $125,000 penalty for making “false or misleading”…