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On Friday, October 23, 2009, the Laguna Beach Police Department made a welfare check at the residence of Damon Nicholson, who’d failed to come to work. “We saw a male slouched over the couch,” investigators told The Real Murders of Orange County. “The back of his head was covered in blood.”

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 39-year-old man was charged Friday with a stabbing attack in front of Kennedy Elementary School in Santa Ana. The stabbing occurred about 11 a.m. Wednesday in front of the school at 1300 E. McFadden Ave., near Grand Avenue, according to Santa Ana Police Department Sgt. Maria Lopez. The victim sustained a non-life-threatening and was taken to a hospital, Lopez added.

Native New Yorker Alec Glasser, founder of The Drake Restaurant in Laguna Beach, became passionate about music while attending public school programs in Queens. He learned to play saxophone, clarinet and flute, and even played gigs with teen bands at upscale resorts. Glasser also spent summers working at The Drake...

There's an exciting development on the food front in Orange County. A beloved burger chain is opening its first location in Orange County. It is their 40th restaurant to open in California and the 300th across the country.

A trio of raccoons were caught living it up in a Huntington Beach man's backyard pool.

I attended the May 2 Laguna Beach School District Open House, where the district revealed plans for the high school in a Facility Master Plan (FMP) for new tennis courts, administration buildings, aquatic center, two swimming pools, two parking structures, performing arts center, and astroturf for a proposed $88 million and change. Given additional soft costs (legal, EIR, approvals), project estimate costs for all four campuses will be closer to $150 million.

Laguna Beach officials sought to reassure the public that there have not been a string of fentanyl-related deaths in the city over the past week.

Fire pit removal and a rainbow-themed lifeguard tower celebrating Pride were discussed during the Laguna Beach City Council meeting on May 16. Residents gathered in person and via Zoom to express concerns and share thoughts on the next steps for the South Laguna beaches. Following the city’s acquisition of Laguna’s...

Joseph Valadez was just 11 years old when he started getting arrested. He was 12 when he started doing drugs. And after spending over 30 years in and out of prison, he now has a master's degree in sociology from Cal State Long Beach. Valadez recalls growing up in Orange...

UCI alumna Shelby Anderson ’18, ’19 is selected as one of the winners of the Walt Disney 100th Anniversary Teacher Celebration. Shelby Anderson’s classroom at Laguna Beach High School doesn’t look like your average classroom. With its six original military uniforms standing upright on dress forms and a soldier’s footlocker filled with World War II memorabilia, her room looks a little more like a museum.

Federal investigators say a Navy contractor's aircraft caught fire before it crashed off the California coast earlier this month, killing three people on board

Eating 63 succulent strawberries over the colorful course of one sweet summertime?. If you're a fan of the juicy, seedy, green-topped wonders, you likely polish off that many strawberries in far less time. But how many strawberries might you juicily devour over 63 years?. It is a quirky question to...

A crash involving an Orange County Transportation Authority bus and a Black Lexus sedan injured 5 people in Anaheim Friday night.  The crash occurred just after 10 p.m. outside the Disneyland theme park, near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Disney Way. Initial reports indicate the driver of the Lexus was making a right turn […]

Targeted News Service (Press Releases) Jonathan Vu Hoang , aka Co Vu Hoang , was sentenced today to 49 months in prison in connection with a scheme to create a bogus investment company and defraud multiple victim-investors by falsely promising them he would invest their money, announced U.S. Attorney. Ismail...

Attention all Reggaeton fans! Get ready for an unforgettable experience this Memorial Day weekend! Travesuras Reggaeton Experience OC Edition is coming to the Yost Theater in the OC arts district on Saturday, May 27th at 9:30 PM. This event is strictly for those who love Reggaeton and Perreo.

Has anyone noticed that half of every patch of mustard all over our Greenbelt has been killed off already? Huge patches of brown next to the mustard are places sprayed with Roundup. What is the problem with non-native plants that suddenly we must eliminate all of them from our greenbelt?

According to the report, there are almost 23,000 pending deportation cases awaiting decisions from an immigration judge at the Santa Ana immigration court.

California lawmakers announced this week they are reintroducing a bill to recognize the bravery of John Cheng, a doctor and father of two who was killed while attempting to stop a shooter at a Taiwanese church in Southern California last year. The bipartisan bill, first introduced by Democratic Rep. Katie...

Cozumel, Q.R. — A man believed related to an attack against a Cozumel restaurant Saturday night has been arrested. Agents of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) took Julián “T” (aka El Chino) into custody late Wednesday night. According to reports, Julián “T” turned himself...

A film event at the Frida Cinema this week showcased the work of Heninger Elementary and Santa Ana High School students and for some, the plotline was all too familiar.