By The Associated Press President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year…
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Coronavirus: 246 new cases, 2 new deaths reported in Orange County on Sept. 27
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 246 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Sept. 27, increasing the cumulative total to 53,315 cases. There…
Nearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatments
The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save…
Deidre Pujols’ Open Gate Kitchen serves up hope daily
He dropped to his knees and asked God to kill him. “If You don’t want me here, take me out,” Fernando Escobar screamed at the…
School-issued computers a lifeline for Southern California schoolchildren during pandemic
As this weird fall of distance learning unfolds, new data show that the great majority of schoolchildren in Southern California’s major metro areas are staring…
Officer assaulted at LAPD station in San Pedro; suspect took officer’s gun and opened fire — no one struck in exchange of shots
Gunfire broke out in the lobby of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Station in San Pedro on Saturday night after a man came in,…
Coronavirus state tracker: Cases and hospitalizations in California down more than 60% from their previous highs
California agencies reported 4,159 new cases and 80 new deaths of the coronavirus as of Saturday, according to unofficial totals from public health websites. The…
Car rips through crowd at Black Lives Matter protest and counter-protest in Yorba Linda
A Black Lives Matter protest against police brutality and systemic racism was met with a counter-protest and turned violent when a car drove through the…
Amy Coney Barrett nominated to fill Supreme Court seat vacated by Ginsburg
President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate…
CSULB puts all on-campus students under quarantine after 5 test positive for COVID-19
All on-campus students at Cal State Long Beach have been placed under quarantine starting Saturday, Sept. 26 after five students tested positive after school officials…
Geek Squad van stolen in Temecula, recovered when suspect crashes in Santa Ana
A man was arrested after stealing a Geek Squad van from the Best Buy in Temecula and then leading police on a chase into Santa…
Rehab Riviera: What has happened since our series?
The Southern California News Group has spent years probing deaths, sexual assaults, drug use and illegal paying-for-patients in California’s loosely regulated problem-prone addiction treatment industry,…
Timmy Solomon, a guide through the Rehab Riviera system, dies of overdose at 31
Timmy Solomon, whose drug treatment odyssey was profiled in Southern California News Group’s law-changing Rehab Riviera series, died in early September. The 31-year-old overdosed at…
Man charged with threatening priest with wine bottle, dousing police with gas, and harming dog in Orange
SANTA ANA — A 34-year-old man was charged Friday with attacking a priest and police in a Catholic church in Orange. Marco Antonio Ortizrabadan is…
OC sheriff’s deputies who lied on reports testify that they didn’t know it was illegal
Two fired Orange County sheriff’s deputies convicted of lying on their police reports testified recently before a grand jury that they didn’t know it was…