A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was hit by a car in an Aliso Viejo neighborhood.
Police nabbed three drivers and issued 31 citations at Friday's DUI checkpoint.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Unit will be hosting a DUI checkpoint starting at 7 p.m.
Temperatures are expected to inch back down, but today will be a scorcher, and a high surf advisory will be in effect from Hurricane Linda.
A sheriff’s SWAT team arrested an alleged gang member suspected of stabbing to death a 22-year-old man at a Laguna Niguel bar.
An 18-year-old church volunteer is accused of molesting a young girl while overseeing a children's group.
A report of a suspicious item, an apparent hoax, prompted a police search at Santa Margarita Catholic High.
A robber held up a pharmacy in San Clemente for a large haul of Oxycodone today. Police believe he robbed another South County pharmacy.
A domestic disturbance ended in death Monday, but investigators don't think the fatal stabbing was murder.
Police warn that a suspect in a Laguna Niguel bar stabbing frequents the South County area and is considered armed and dangerous.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV on Antonio Parkway.
The Orange County Fire Authority rescued a child that had his leg stuck in the pool filter at a Dove Canyon home.
Police are investigating a homicide at a bar n Golden Lantern.
Jorene Ypano Nicolas, who texted 13 times in 15 minutes leading up to the fatal 405 Freeway wreck, had rejected a 1-year plea deal.
A defense attorney for a Dana Point woman accused of killing a grandmother in San Clemente claims police arrested the wrong driver.
The owner Massage Clover in San Clemente will serve jail time for sexually battering several clients.
A biker was hurt when his motorcycle tipped and was struck by a car.
An injured woman had to be airlifted to safety after attempting and failing to rescue her kitten stuck up a canyon slope. The cat was fine.
The trial of Dr. Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng is the first time a California Doctor has been charged with murder in her patients' overdose deaths.
An immigration sting ended with 244 arrests, including two convicted sex offenders in LA and Orange County, according to authorities.
One person was seriously injured when a big rig crash left an SUV overturned and another car facing the wrong direction on the 5 Freeway.
The driver of a stolen truck allegedly tried to escape pursuing deputies and plowed into a service station at El Toro and Trabuco Roads.
Trial is delayed for a shooting suspect who allegedly led police on a chase crashing through the gates of the nuclear generating station.
A 19-year-old Trabuco man will go to prison for the brutal hammer attack on his sleeping father, a reserve sheriff's officer.
Hate crime is down in Orange County, but blacks continue to bear the brunt of attacks.
Authorities did not make news of the arrest public for a month.
Prosecutors report that Uber’s background check process fails to uncover many categories of sex offenders.
Three wildfires circling the region are affecting air quality in the region.
A fifty-two-year-old woman drowned in Mission Viejo Sunday.
Orange County firefighters rescued three hikers, including a 13-year-old suffering from heat exhaustion, after they got lost in the forest.
Three of the family members, including a teenager and four-year-old boy, suffered traumatic injuries.
With temperatures 10 degrees above normal forecast over the next several days, authorities are warning residents to take precautions.
The RSM resident and retired LAPD detective allegedly has a gambling problem as well as a storied career handling notorious crimes.
A jury convicted Ping Li of sexual battery against four clients and inappropriately touching an employee.
A shirtless man, allegedly on drugs, identified himself as Tarzan and tried to break into the Santa Ana Zoo's monkey exhibit, police say.
A man was shot and killed by an Orange County Sheriff's Deputy in a standoff near the 5 Freeway.
As the governor declares of a state of emergency, local firefighters are helping to contain the 18 wildfires currently plaguing California.
Photos from residents, firefighters and local photographers document the devastation caused by our most recent wildfires.
One firefighter has been killed, homes and outbuildings burned, thousands of acres blackened--with new evacuations ordered Saturday night.
Do you recognize the man in these surveillance photos?