Free compost available at three O.C. landfills on Saturday, Dec. 6
Santa Ana, California, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) invites Orange County residents to a countywide Community Compost Giveaway on Saturday, December 6, from 7:30 a.m. to noon.…
SAPD seeks hit-and-run driver after multi-vehicle crash involving an OCTA bus
Traffic Detectives are attempting to identify a vehicle involved in a multi-vehicle hit-and-run collision near Fairview Street, just north of 5th Street (across from Lydia Romero Cruz Academy), according to…
A man with a prior DUI was convicted again after a Santa Ana crash that killed his girlfriend
Enrique A. Morales Murillo, a 41-year-old man with a previous DUI conviction, was found guilty on Monday of second-degree murder after his girlfriend was killed in a DUI crash in…
CA gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton launches a California Fraud Reporting Website
SACRAMENTO, CA - California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week urging a full federal investigation into visa and benefits fraud, and wider immigration…
The deadline for secured O.C. property tax first installment is Dec. 10
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Freidenrich reminds property owners that the first installment of FY 2025-26 secured property taxes must be received no later than Wednesday, December 10 to avoid…
Santa Ana’s Garage Sale Weekend is set for Dec. 6-7
Santa Ana residents, mark your calendars! The city’s Garage Sale Weekend is happening this Saturday and Sunday, December 6–7. This is a great opportunity to sell what you don't want…
Elderly woman with dementia has gone missing in Orange
The Orange Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating Romelia Hurtado, an 80-year-old at-risk missing person. She was last seen last night at approximately 6:30 p.m. in…
Water main break shuts down Eastbound Edinger Avenue at Standard Ave. in Santa Ana
Eastbound Edinger Avenue was closed today, December 1, this morning, at Standard Avenue due to a water main break. City crews are working to repair the leak and reopen the…
The SAPD made 109 arrests in a pre-Thanksgiving sweep of transients
Early yesterday morning, the Santa Ana Police Department's Quality of Life Team, Directed Patrol, Patrol Division, and Animal Control Unit carried out a large-scale enforcement and outreach operation along the…
Two repeat retail theft suspects were arrested in coastal O.C.
On Saturday evening, two individuals walked into two different stores, grabbed several hundred dollars' worth of merchandise, made zero attempt to pay, and walked right out the door, according to…
The SAPD arrested seven while targeting three smoke shops
The Santa Ana Police Department's Directed Enforcement Unit carried out a triple operation yesterday, targeting three smoke shops in the City. The results: 7 arrests for outstanding warrants, illegal nitrous…
Three California pest control companies will pay $3.15M for hazardous waste violations
SANTA ANA – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, along with 11 other District Attorneys across California, announced the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has reached a $3.15 million settlement…
The woman killed by a trash truck in Santa Ana this week was a cancer survivor
Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga, the 69-year-old woman who was killed by a Republic Services trash truck in Santa Ana earlier this week had beaten pancreatic cancer prior to her fatal…
Santa Ana DUI driver sentenced for killing a little boy and injuring his father, mother and sisters
SANTA ANA – A man who was driving with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit was sentenced today to 16 years and four months in state…