Category: Orange County News

Newport Beach Film Festival Take 26: October 16 – 23

How do you top the 2024 Newport Beach Film Festival, which featured a slew of movie premieres, A-list talent, independent filmmakers, and memorable after-parties as part of the Festival’s 25th anniversary? Easy: Welcome to the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs October 16 through 23. During those eight days, Read More

The Westminster Police are searching for an obese man who tried to kidnap a child

The Westminster Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating potential witnesses to a possible kidnapping attempt that occurred on October 2, 2025. At approximately 3:40 PM, a young girl was walking home from school near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Bishop Place when she encountered a Read More

Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Benjamin Vazquez should apologize to the police union

Last week Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Benjamin Vazquez, who does not allow dissenters to tag him in social media posts, accused the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) of wrongdoing and ran to the media with baseless accusations of short changing the city. The recent audit of SAPOA’s healthcare Read More

Turning Tragedy into Triumph in ‘Stronger Than You Think’ at Newport Beach Film Festival

By Camden Tucker | Special to the NB Indy Janice Molinari and Melissa Forman’s documentary directorial debut, “Stronger Than You Think,” which screens October 19 and 22 at the Newport Beach Film Festival, tells the story of lifelong swimmer Alie Truwit, who lost her foot and later, part of her Read More

Pacific Symphony Welcomes Artistic and Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley for Four Concerts in the 2025-2026 Season

A new chapter – make that a new movement – begins this month when Alexander Shelley officially conducts his first concert of the 2025-2-26 season as Pacific Symphony’s Artistic and Music Director Designate (he assumes full directorship in the 2026-27 season). Music Director Laureate Carl St.Clair, who is passing the Read More

Costa Mesa police arrested a man sleeping in a vehicle and seized multiple guns and ammo

After receiving complaints about quality of life issues and trash in a certain area of the city, police officers recently conducted a patrol check in the area of Pullman Street and McCormick Avenue and found multiple individuals sleeping in their vehicles, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. One of Read More

Four transients with felony warrants were arrested by the Costa Mesa Police

Toward the end of September, the Costa Mesa Community Policing Unit (CPU) carried out a focused effort to locate individuals with outstanding warrants in Costa Mesa. As a result of their work, four subjects wanted on felony warrants were taken into custody. View this post on Instagram A post shared Read More

Two armed men with open warrants passed out in Costa Mesa and were arrested on felony charges

Recently, early in the morning, bicycle patrol officers found two men passed out in a parked vehicle at an auto parts store on W. 19th Street, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. One of the officers approached the vehicle and spotted a concealed fixed blade knife in a sheath Read More

The OCTA is offering an incentive if you fill out their online transportation survey

ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is preparing for the future of transportation throughout Orange County and invites residents, workers, and community leaders to help shape the long-range vision through the development of Directions 2050. Every four years, OCTA updates its Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), which evaluates how Orange Read More