Day: December 8, 2022

Bloom Restaurant & Bar Opens in Downtown San Juan Capistrano

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Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association continues support of Orange County Ronald McDonald House with large donation pledge

Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association (GGSFA), producers of the venerable FREE Garden Grove Strawberry Festival held annually every Memorial Day Weekend, is set to continue their support of the Orange County Ronald McDonald House with the completion of their $50,000 pledge in 2023. The Orange County Ronald McDonald House and Read More

Costa Mesa voters approve Measure K to support affordable housing for local families and revitalize commercial areas

With the certification of the Nov. 8, 2022, General Municipal Election by the Orange County Registrar of Voters and the Costa Mesa City Council, Costa Mesa residents have voted to approve Measure K, the Ordinance to Revitalize Commercial and Industrial Areas and Protect Residential Neighborhoods. Measure K protects residential neighborhoods Read More

CHP Investigative Services Unit arrests 27 suspects, shuts down fraudulent citation sign-off ring

In 2020, the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Southern Division Investigative Services Unit (ISU) personnel identified a street racing promoter who illegally signed off over 250 citations that were issued during street racing operations in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The promoter signed off the citations for profit and used the Read More

Mayor Derek Reeve Says Goodbye to Dais After over a Decade on City Council

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Long Beach Homicide detectives arrest 2nd suspect in April 22, 2022 murder

Update 12/6/22: Homicide Detectives continued their investigation and identified the second suspect in the murder of Jimmy Ray Hawkins. On Dec. 5, 2022, Special Investigation Detectives arrested Brandon Tyler Shackelford, a 30-year-old resident of Riverside, for the murder of Hawkins. Shackelford was arrested near the 500 block of Palmyrita Drive Read More