Category: Orange County News

2025 Irvine Police Department Open House

Thursday, September 4, 2025 The Irvine Police Department will host an Open House Saturday, September 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held in the piazza and parking lot of the Irvine Civic Center located at 1 Civic Center Plaza. See police and fire vehicles along with skill demonstrations Read More

Hear How SaunaBox Got Its Start on This Week’s Episode of The Zest

Nolan Kahal and Sean Morrissey are the co-founders of SaunaBox, the Huntington Beach-based viral wellness startup that’s bringing the luxury of a steam room into your home. The young entrepreneurs are USC graduates and former NCAA athletes who started their company at just 25 years old and have created a Read More

The SAPD is trying to identify a woman who viciously attacked a food truck vendor

On August 9, at approximately 6 p.m., a victim was working at a food truck near Washington Avenue and Santiago Street when a female suspect assaulted her without provocation, according to the SAPD. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Santa Ana Police Department (@santaana_pd) In the surveillance Read More

Alabama man calling himself the ‘Angel of Death’ charged after threatening a Catholic Orange County monastery

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man claiming to be Michael the Angel of Death who drove from Alabama to St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon after sending an email threatening to “do the Lord’s reaping” at the church been charged with felony criminal threats and possession of six high-capacity gun Read More

The SAPD made a big drug bust on Labor Day weekend

Patrol officers went above and beyond this Labor Day weekend, taking more drugs and illegal weapons off our streets, according to the SAPD. Police officers served a search warrant at a residence in the 1200 block of W. Richland Ave. involved in suspected narcotics sales. During the warrant, officers arrested Read More

Two Santa Ana men were arrested while trying to burglarize a home in Irvine

Last Sunday, officers were called to a home on Sequoia Tree Lane, according to the Irvine Police Department. The homeowner checked his security cameras and saw a truck parked in front of his house and a masked man walking around his backyard. Officers quickly arrived and stopped the truck as Read More

Retail theft suspects with open warrants arrested again in Orange County

On Monday, just after 4:30 p.m., officers responded to a retail store regarding a grand theft that had just occurred, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department. Thanks to a detailed description of the getaway vehicle provided by a witness, the officers quickly located the car and conducted a traffic Read More

O.C. police officers catch retail theft suspects after a pursuit that ended in L.A.

What started as a quiet evening in Newport Beach quickly turned into a fast-moving investigation, according to the Newport Beach Police Department. On July 11, 2025, at 5:43 p.m., two suspects walked into a local store, casually browsing racks of women’s athletic wear. But this wasn’t shopping; it was a Read More