One person was detained by sheriff’s deputies following a residential fire in San Clemente on Sunday morning. The fire broke out shortly before 5:30 a.m.…
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Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without grand prize
By Orange County on April 7, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that stretched…
Rep. Jay Obernolte is driving the AI conversation in Congress — and he’s optimistic about it
By Orange County on April 7, 2024
Jay Obernolte was a seventh grader when his father came home with a transformative gift: an Apple II Plus computer and a book on how…
California lawmakers hold high hopes for new congressional AI task force
By Orange County on April 7, 2024
The theory of artificial intelligence has been around for a long time — it’s older than many members of Congress — but federal leaders are…
Gov. Gavin Newsom, spend that $6.4 billion from Prop. 1 on treatment that works
By Orange County on April 7, 2024
Hey, Gov. Newsom — whew! You must be so relieved that Proposition 1 squeaked by. California will have $6.4 billion more to spend on mental…
Josh Waring, son of ex-‘Real Housewives’ of OC cast member Lauri Peterson, dead at 35
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
Josh Waring, the son of a former cast member of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” has died just days after being released from jail…
Cecil Murray, first AME pastor who calmed LA after ’92 Riots, dies at age 94
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
The Rev. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, who served as pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church for 27 years and was noted for his calming…
How might affordable housing affect voter decisions in November?
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
Housing affordability, the shortage of affordable homes and homelessness have been a perennial national issue, but perhaps nowhere more apparent than in California, where housing…
With whales present, wildlife department stops crab fishing to reduce entanglement threat
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
With humpback whales heading back to their feeding grounds off coastal California and gray whales migrating north to Alaska, the California Department of Fish and…
Californians face 76% surge of cities with million-dollar home prices
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: The number of million-dollar cities in five pricey California regions rose by 76% since…
Meet Amanda Nguyen, set to be the first Vietnamese woman in space
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
For Amanda Nguyen, not even the sky is the limit. Nguyen, 32 years old and a Southern California native, is set to be the first…
Solar Eclipse 2024: What Southern California should know as things go dark(er)
By Orange County on April 6, 2024
On Monday, April 8, at 11:07 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the Earth’s familiar sun will briefly disappear for people in North America as a total…
Veteran San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy arrested on gun charges, ties to Mongols gang
By Orange County on April 5, 2024
Since January, San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators have been secretly watching Deputy Christopher Bingham, a firearms expert and former gun shop owner with suspected ties…
Controversial plan takes shape to protect Joshua trees from climate change, fire and development
By Orange County on April 5, 2024
Picture Joshua Tree National Park, but without the Joshua trees. Modeling shows that could be reality for the vast majority of the park by the…
As kitten season arrives, ‘Bottle Baby Brigade,’ scores of fosters are keeping baby felines fed
By Orange County on April 5, 2024
A litter of newborn kittens at the Long Beach Animal Care Services shelter. (Photo courtesy of LBACS). Anywhere between 1,200 and 1,400 kittens come into…