Responders extinguished the blaze, and the subject surrendered late in the afternoon, officials said.
The 8-year-old tragically was hit near Newport Heights Elementary School in Newport Beach.
Starting Friday night, the CHP will be in a "maximum enforcement period."
Authorities suspect the Santa Ana incident was gang-related.
Nearby homes briefly threatened. Cause of fire in Laguna Niguel area is unknown.
The defendant said he was sorry for his role in kidnapping and savage death of 24-year-old whose body was dumped near the 405.
The man told police he was attacked by someone scuffling with one of his riders.
Police from Riverside County say the man was arrested at a local house this week.
Authorities are asking the public for information about an alleged Mexican cartel stash house on Katella across from Disneyland.
A Cal State Fullerton hall was evacuated Tuesday because of a rambling letter with a "suspicious substance" on it addressed to a professor.
Traffic on the northbound 57 was closed at the 91, and east and west lanes on the 91 to the 57 northbound were also shut down, the CHP said.
A woman was talked down from an overpass where she threatened to jump into traffic on the 5 Freeway.
Police are asking for help finding a homeless labeled a person of interest in the death of a man killed in an arson fire.
A CHP motorcycle officer and an Uber passenger were both hospitalized following a crash in Orange County.
Fountain Valley Police arrested two men who allegedly threatened a clerk with a wrench while stealing a case of beer from 7-Eleven.
Investigators said they believe three more men are involved in the robberies that started on April 9.
Fountain Valley Police and the DEA will be accepting unwanted prescription pills from the community on April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Six people were hurt when an ambulance crashed and flipped near Fountain Valley Regional.
Two tree trimmers, who cut down a tree with the nest of a protected species over the protests of neighbors, will pay stiff fines.
Police arrested a 22-year-old Huntington Beach man for allegedly stealing from parked cars in Fountain Valley.
A police officer is recovering after being injured while apprehending a man allegedly trying to return stolen goods at Costco.
Police believe a Long Beach man is behind the burglary of a pharmacy in Fountain Valley.
A Fountain Valley man, 29, got a plea deal in the shooting of his fiancee because prosecutors only had his version of events to go on.
A suspect in several OC convenience store robberies got busted after he collected the winnings from several stolen lottery tickets.
Police received a report of an explosion in Anaheim around 1:50 p.m.
Fountain Valley arrested an LA man suspected of stealing more than $700,000 in eleborate jewelry store break-ins.
Police are looking for a woman suspected in a string of Buddhist temple thefts.
Police are investigating whether four men arrested in a Tustin Rite-Aid breakin are responsible for similar thefts around the county.
Two Orange County men were arrested in a a bust at an alleged drug lab that imported an opiate from China to make potent "fake heroin."
A Fountain Valley man was arrested in a a bust at an alleged drug lab that imported an opiate from China to make potent "fake heroin."
Brandon Matthew Sontag, 31, Nicole Lynn Quijas, 37, and Jorge Arroyo, 32, are each charged with a misdemeanor count of petty theft.
The southbound lanes of the 405 reopened after the SigAlert snarled morning traffic.
Three counter-protesters were stabbed and multiple Klan members were stomped in a melee that spread an entire block.
A group of counter-protesters attacked KKK member who had planned a rally in Anaheim Saturday, police said.
In the latest case to fall victim to prosecutors' handling of jailhouse informants, a man twice convicted of murder will get a third trial.
A 44-year-old man accused of using Instagram to track co-eds to steal their underwear and other belongings heads to court Tuesday.
Two Fountain Valley vehicle break-in suspects led police on two high speed chases today - both ending in crashes.
A suspect was traumatically injured and an officer suffered a graze wound near the Fountain Valley border.
The 'Whitewashed Bandit' who robbed two banks Friday and Tuesday may be the dormant "Gone Plaid Bandit" active in OC a few years ago.
A toddler is safe, and the child's father is in police custody after Orange County firefighters spent an hour sifting through trash.