Cary Jay Smith, the pedophile who was released from a state mental hospital on Tuesday after two decades and moved into an adult residential facility…
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Weekend protests for social justice continue in Southern California
By Orange County on July 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES – Demonstrators will again gather on Saturday throughout Southern California for more protests and other actions challenging systemic racism and police brutality, and…
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press ATLANTA >> John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965…
All Orange County schools expect to start year with online classes
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Orange County’s public and private schools will reopen with online learning in the fall, unless the number of coronavirus cases drop significantly. California Gov. Gavin…
Staffordshire terrier mix Fannie Mae would make a great family dog
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Breed: American Staffordshire terrier-pit bull terrier mix Fannie Mae is ready for a family of her own, but isn’t keen to share with another pup.…
Coronavirus: 405 new cases, more than 340,000 tests given in Orange County as of July 17
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported another 405 new cases of the coronavirus as of Friday, July 16, less than half of the new…
Orange police say they are monitoring newly released sex offender
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Police are actively monitoring an admitted sex offender who reportedly moved to a residential facility in Orange after a more than two-decade-long forced-stay in a…
Orange County will warm up for the weekend
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Temperatures won’t reach the advisory levels seen last weekend, but residents in inland Orange County areas can still expect highs in the 90s this Saturday…
OC courts add online portal for easier access to traffic and criminal cases
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Orange County Superior Court on Friday introduced an online portal for those with traffic infractions and lower-level criminal cases, part of an ongoing effort to…
Military medics deploy in California, Texas as virus surges
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
By FREIDA FRISARO and DAVID CRARY MIAMI — Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients,…
Drive-through job fair to be held Saturday in Laguna Hills
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Laguna Hills Express Employment Professionals will host a drive-through job fair on Saturday, July 18. The event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
Report: Tamar Braxton hospitalized after possible suicide attempt
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Actress and singer Tamar Braxton was hospitalized this morning with stable vital signs after she may have tried to commit suicide inside a downtown Los…
Katie Porter, Young Kim lead in campaign fundraising for Orange County House races
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
Democratic Rep. Katie Porter in the 45th District and Republican challenger Young Kim in the 39th District are the top fundraisers in the seven House…
Virtual OC Fair kicks off with contests, how-to videos and musical performances
By Orange County on July 17, 2020
OC Fair lovers won’t get to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the fair in person this year, but organizers are set to unleash…
Coronavirus rising in kids, teens with school approaching
By Orange County on July 16, 2020
By Anna Edney, Bloomberg As the school year draws near, children and teens represent a ballooning percentage of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. as the…