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The crash was reported at 7:17 p.m. Thursday and resulted in the death of one motorcyclist, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
The shark sighting prompted authorities to close the coastline during a busy Memorial Day weekend.
Beachgoers can sit on the sand but all water activities are banned in San Clemente, officials said.
A new rendering of the victim was released in hopes that authorities may identify the young woman after she was found dead in 2006.
Orange County firefighters made quick work of a house fire in Laguna Niguel on Sunday.
The crash was reported in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday shortly before noon, the Orange County Fire Authority said.
Firefighters managed to save a portion of the coastal home, though damages were expected to range between $750,000 and $1 million.
Alan Schwalbe was killed inside his home more than 30 years ago. New technology prompted the reopening of the case, but it's gone cold.
The fertility doctor was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing his wife in their San Clemente home.
The Laguna Niguel man who was involved in a standoff with Orange County sheriff's deputies was charged Tuesday with attempted murder.
A 10-year-old horse named Nala was rescued by firefighters in South Orange County after she fell into a ditch.
The Laguna Niguel man was arrested after a brief stand-off with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The former Laguna Niguel resident was charged last year of threatening to kill a sitting judge but remained at large until this week.
The multi-million dollar homes on the Dana Point coast appeared to be in danger of collapsing due to a landslide over the weekend.
A cul-de-sac on Avenida Columbo in San Clemente dropped about five feet and sent mud and debris at least 150 feet below, reports said.
New landslides along the coast of South Orange County have prompted more closures of a popular beach trail in the area.
A San Clemente elementary school was locked down Tuesday afternoon after an unknown man was reported on the campus.
The crash was reported at 10:02 a.m. on Crown Valley Parkway, between Sea Island Drive and Pacific Coast Highway.
The suspect killed his friend in a dispute over whether Los Angeles or Orange County was better, according to the defense.
The man scheduled to be sentenced over the beating death of his friend faces 15 years to life in prison next week.
A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally beating a drummer for a local punk rock band in Anaheim.
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing another 18-year-old in the groin in San Clemente.
Newport Beach police investigated allegations of an inappropriate relationship between Thunder guard Josh Giddey and a teen.
Anyone with information should call deputies at (323) 890-5500. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers via their website.
The Laguna Niguel former rug merchant was convicted of sexually assaulting two women at his South Orange County rug galleries in 2010.
The surf advisory comes after a massive rogue wave hit the coast of Ventura, hospitalizing eight people.
Prosecutors said the fertility doctor was "smacking around" his wife before strangling her and staging her death as an accident.
The south Orange County man pleaded guilty Friday for defacing a landmark mural in Costa Mesa with white supremacist messages.
The defaced mural is well known in the community and spans over 70 feet of a block wall and honors immigrant Latina women.
The small landslide prompted San Clemente city officials to close a popular trail flanking the city's coast.
The defendant's attorney said the San Clemente doctor had no part in the incident and characterized her death as a "horrible accident."
At least one person was killed in the fatal crash that was reported on the 5 Freeway in south Orange County.
The 54-year-old man was sentenced to 87 years to life in prison for the 2019 attack.
A Colorado man with experience as a volunteer firefighter was arrested on suspicion of DUI and murder after his car crashed in Dana Point.
A rug merchant from Laguna Niguel was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting two women in his store more than a decade ago.
The former merchant was accused of sexually assaulting four women he was doing business with in his store.
A veteran firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority was indicted on a felony charge for a fatal hit-and-run in Dana Point.
Orange County authorities are still searching for a former Laguna Niguel man accused of threatening a mass shooting at a county courthouse.
A person was killed Sunday morning in a three-vehicle crash on the Interstate 5 Freeway in San Clemente.