The Costa Mesa Police Dept. is targeting distracted drivers in April
COSTA MESA, Calif. (March 31, 2021) – April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) encourages drivers to give the phone a break and focus…
Santa Ana man charged with receiving illegal kickbacks from corrupt sober living homes
SANTA ANA, California – Special agents with the FBI this morning arrested an Orange County man on federal charges of soliciting and receiving illegal kickbacks from corrupt sober living homes…
Santa Ana man facing felony charges after stabbing his friend
Update: We were contacted today by the family of the suspect. They feel that he was defending himself in this incident and are upset at how the suspect and his…
Orange based solar energy contractor found to have misled consumers
SACRAMENTO – The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) today permanently barred James Jacob Berry and any company he owns or controls from seeking future enrollment as a PACE…
Convicted sex offender charged with molesting three more girls he met at a literacy program at Washington Elementary
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A registered sex offender convicted of molesting an elementary school student he met through a literacy program has been charged with molesting three more children in…
The Santa Ana Poem of the Week is “Charades” by Joshua Wood
The Santa Ana Literary Association will be presenting a new poem by a local poet every week this year. This week's poem is "Charades" by Joshua Wood. Charades I want…
Orange County to progress from the Red Tier to Orange on Wed., March 31
Santa Ana, Calif. (March 30, 2021) –Today the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that effective Wednesday, March 31, Orange County (OC) will move into the Orange Tier of…
The secured O.C. property tax payment is due by Monday, April 12
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The second installment deadline to timely pay secured property taxes for fiscal year 2020/21 is Monday, April 12, due to April 10 being on a Saturday. …
Limited visiting at the OC Jails resumes
SANTA ANA, Ca.: The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has resumed limited visiting at the Orange County jails, as of Friday, March 26. Due to successful COVID-19 mitigation efforts in the…
A serious car accident occurred this afternoon near Carl Thornton Park
An MCI (Multi-Casualty Incident) was declared after a two-vehicle traffic collision at W. Segerstrom/S. Raitt inSanta Ana this afternoon, by the OCFA. The collision occurred about a block west of…
Armed robbers have been targeting South Coast Plaza customers
You might have heard about the incident earlier this month in Beverly Hills, when an armed robber stole a $500K gold Richard Mille watch from a jeweler dining at an…
Suspect turned himself in after a fatal shooting at a Santa Ana mobile home park
On Friday, March 26, 2021, at approximately 8:57 PM, SAPD Officers responded to the mobile home park located in the 3100 block of W. 1st Street in response to reports…
This week’s Cochino List includes Main Teriyaki and Burgers and Restaurant Acapulco
The O.C. Health Care Agency has released a list of the eateries (including restaurants, caterers and even school kitchens) that they inspected and shut down for the week of March…
Suspect arrested in Fountain Valley with guns, drugs and cash
On 3/15/21 at approximately 11:15 pm, a Fountain Valley police officer conducted a traffic stop in the City of Fountain Valley near the area of Harbor Boulevard and Heil Avenue.…
Armed Tustin carjacking suspect arrested and is facing drug dealing charges as well
While on patrol, a Tustin Police Department officer located a vehicle wanted for carjacking in the area of Irvine Blvd and Yorba St. Additional police officers arrived to assist in…
