PHOTOS: Five Irvine High School athletes commit to continue careers in college
Irvine athletes from left Drake Brito, Joshua Campbell, Daphne Garcia, Abigail Sasaki and Cooper Stearns. (Photos courtesy Irvine athletics). Five Irvine High School athletes signed letters this week to continue their careers in college, according to Athletic Director Gabriel Cota. To see the slide show, click on the first photo: Read More
Laguna Hills captures consolation round tournament victory over University
Laguna Hills (2-1) led from wire to wire just holding off a late charge in the final minute to top University (1-2), 29-27, to win the South Division consolation championship of the North South Tournament at Mission Viejo. Ryan Stefani led Laguna Hills with eight points and two 3-pointers while Read More
O.C. auto repair businessowner pleads guilty to underreporting nearly $1.2M in income
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The owner of a Fullerton-based automotive repair business in pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns for tax years for tax years 2015 to 2022, underreporting his income by at least$1,184,914. In Chun Jung, 57, of Anaheim, owned and operated JY JBMT INC., doing business Read More
Seven Westminster residents have been infected with potentially deadly Legionnaire’s Disease
[embedded content] (Santa Ana, CA) –The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) was notified of seven confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s Disease (LD) among residents living in a community in a northwestern corner of Westminster (see attached map). Investigations have begun by the HCA’s Disease Control and Epidemiology team and HCA’s Environmental Read More
Winter Fest OC returns on Nov. 22nd at the OC Fair & Event Center
[embedded content] COSTA MESA, Calif. – Winter Fest OC, Southern California’s largest winter festival, returns to Costa Mesa for its 10th anniversary on select dates from November 22 through January 5. Winter Fest OC promises fun for all ages, transforming OC Fair and Event Center into a winter wonderland with Read More
O.C. deputies recovered 41 bottles of stolen booze and arrested a suspect after a traffic stop
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk Read More
Irvine man arrested for putting fake VINs on stolen luxury cars and then reselling them
A police detective has been working a complex auto theft operation, which led to an arrest yesterday, according to the Irvine Police Department. The suspect purchased stolen luxury cars and replaced the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) with fraudulent, fake VINs. He then sold the stolen vehicles. Yesterday, with the help Read More