Category: Orange County News

John Wayne Airport offers Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Tips

As the busy holiday travel season quickly approaches, airports across the country are anticipating another year of record passenger volume. The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the most heavily traveled periods, and passengers traveling through John Wayne Airport (JWA) between Friday, November 18 and Monday, November 28 will experience higher-than-normal Read More

Weekend ramp closure at Avery Parkway on southbound I-5 Nov. 18-21, 2022

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in partnership with the Orange County Transporatation Authority (OCTA) is scheduled to conduct a weekend closure of the southbound Avery Parkway off-ramp on I-5 beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, November 18 through 5 a.m. Monday November 21. The on-ramp at Avery Parkway will also Read More

Former Fresno businessman sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for a classic car restoration scheme

Jeffrey Scott Hedges, 51, of Huntington Beach, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for committing wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud customers of his classic car business, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between November 2015 and January Read More

Rep. Young Kim helps introduce bill to apply quantum computing to critical manufacturing priorities

U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-39) joined Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04), House Science, Space and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (OK-03) and Rep. Jake Ellzey (TX-06) to help U.S. industries take advantage of emerging technologies by introducing the Quantum in Practice Act. This bill would facilitate federal research in quantum modeling Read More

Richmond man indicted in connection with attempted kidnapping and assault at Pelosi residence

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Richmond man with assault and attempted kidnapping in connection with the break in at the Pelosi residence on Oct. 28 in San Francisco. The indictment supersedes the federal criminal complaint filed on Oct. 31.  According to the indictment, David DePape, 42, Read More