O.C. rail service cleared to resume through San Clemente
ORANGE – The rail line through San Clemente is set to reopen for passenger rail service on Saturday, May 27, as emergency work has stabilized a hillside north of the…
Orange County releases their FY 2023-24 recommended budget
Santa Ana, Calif. (May 25, 2023) – The County of Orange’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Recommended Budget has been released for review by the Board of Supervisors and the public.…
Damon Blythe named OCTA’s Director of Bus Operations
ORANGE – Damon Blythe, a proven transit leader with 25 years of industry experience and a public transit rider himself since childhood, has been named Director of Bus Operations for…
O.C. pickaxe attacker arrested
Lake Forest, Ca. (May 24, 2023): Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies at 11:54 a.m. on Monday, May 22, were dispatched to the 22000 block of Robin Street regarding a vehicle…
O.C. man arrested after crashing into a home and threatening the residents with a pickaxe
An unnamed male suspect was arrested in Lake Forest on Monday, May 22, for allegedly crashing a car into a home and then threatening two people with a pickaxe, according…
Full OC ACCESS service set to resume this Monday
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority’s OC ACCESS paratransit service is expected to return to regular, full service by Monday after the contracted drivers who have been on strike…
More than 140 suspects charged with O.C. home invasions, smash & grab robberies and burglaries
SANTA ANA, Calif. – More than 140 defendants have been charged in the last year with committing Orange County home invasion robberies and burglaries, commercial burglaries, and smash and grab…
Cheerleading coach charged with molesting six little girls in Orange County
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County competitive cheerleading coach has been charged with multiple felonies for molesting six girls as young as 11 years old while coaching at…
Man convicted of scamming timeshare owners in L.A. and Orange County out of over $3.5M
SANTA ANA, California – A former Long Beach resident pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for leading a telemarketing scheme in which boiler room tactics were used to…
Local O.C. schools have received non-credible threats again via social media
A few police departments have once again posted that their local schools are receiving vague threats about school violence, on social media, which have been deemed to be non-credible. Earlier…
Caloptima will spend over $25M on O.C. youth mental health interventions
ORANGE, Calif. (May 9, 2023) — CalOptima Health’s Board of Directors approved up to $25.5 million in funding for all 29 Orange County school districts to boost access to behavioral…
Learn how to do business with the County of Orange at a Vendor Outreach event on May 11
This Thursday, the Orange County Procurement Office will host a Vendor Outreach Event at Orange County Parks’ Mile Square Park. The County of Orange has over 4,800 contracts worth almost…
O.C. man gets 20 years in Federal prison for selling Fentanyl that killed two people
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of two victims – one…
A Florida teenager was arrested for making shooting threats against schools in Orange County and Florida
Coral Springs Police arrested an 18-year-old student of Taravella High School, Florida, in connection with the social media posts that were circulating in Southern California and Florida referencing a school…
A man died in an O.C. flood channel this morning
The OCFA's emergency command center received a call for a water rescue in the area of Coyote Creek and Cerritos Ave., in Los Alamitos, shortly after 10:00 AM. Resources from…