ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority on Tuesday, Feb. 4 will offer free rides on OC Bus all day in honor of Transit Equity Day. Nationally, Transit Equity Day has been held each year since 2018 to commemorate the birthday of Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give Read More
On Saturday, police dispatch received a call from a victim of an auto theft who said the Airpods in her stolen Volkswagon were tracking near Michelson and Culver, according to the Irvine Police Department. After obtaining the description of the victim’s car, our patrol officers quickly located it in the Read More
Yesterday evening, Orange County Sheriff deputies responded to Home Depot on El Toro Rd., where a suspect was caught breaking into a locked cage containing over $2,000 worth of power tools. A search of his vehicle uncovered even more stolen tools from multiple Home Depot locations. Instead of a big Read More
DANA POINT, Calif. – On Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at about 6:15 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a traffic collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Golden Lantern and Stonehill Drive in Dana Point. Deputies arrived and discovered a Land Rover SUV and a Read More
A 58-year-old man was struck by a motorcyclist and later pronounced deceased at the scene. On February 1, 2025, at 7:02 p.m., the Santa Ana Police Department received a call regarding a traffic collision in the area of 1000 N. Euclid Street. Officers, along with Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), Read More
Another anti-deportation protest will be taking place this morning at 10 a.m. at Sasscer Park, in Santa Ana, located at 600 W. Santa Ana Blvd. This protest appears to be the brainchild of OC Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento’s son, Diego Sarmiento, who heads up Say Votes, an organization that tries to Read More
SANTA ANA, Ca. – On Saturday, February 1, 2025, an inmate housed at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana died in jail. The 44-year-old inmate was booked into jail on July 9, 2024, by the Newport Beach Police Department for driving under the influence and a probation violation. His Read More
Dana Andrea Morales, 30-years-old, was probably not banking on being stopped by one of police officers as she passed through town recently, according to the Irvine Police Department. Morales, who is on probation, was found in possession of a syringe loaded with narcotics, as well as numerous identification and credit Read More
Over the past three years, an economic crimes investigator has been investigating a major fraud case in which a advertising agency’s Controller and her then-husband misappropriated nearly $5,000,000 from an Irvine company between 2012 and 2021, according to the Irvine Police Department. Deepak Lakhiani arrested by the Irvine Police The Read More
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
