Federal authorities said the charges include kidnapping, extortion, drug trafficking, and operating an illegal gambling business.
Orange County fire crews were battling the flames aggressively Wednesday morning.
The suspect had been intentionally ramming the victim's vehicle with his own car before the kidnapping, police say.
Two men are dead Monday in Orange County after they were killed in what police believe was a gang-related shooting.
Orange County fire officials are crediting a dog with saving his family from an early morning fire on Wednesday.
The man was arrested Wednesday when authorities found him in a motel room with a missing San Diego teen.
Police Thursday were investigating the crash, which involved a suspected impaired driver and killed a 54-year-old woman.
The 32-year-old man pleaded guilty for running over a woman in her 30s with a vehicle in Garden Grove.
The bomb threat was reported at Providence St. Jude Medical Center Monday morning, police say.
Police Monday were investigating the shooting of a 50-year-old man in the City of Anaheim over the weekend.
An Orange County woman said she was almost abducted as she arrived to work Tuesday morning in Santa Ana.
The man apparently passed a note to the bank teller demanding a cash sum before taking the note back and fleeing, police said.
A former Brea Olinda Board trustee was charged with two felony counts of contacting a minor with intent to commit a specified offense.
In the middle of the night last night, OCFA crews in Santa Ana saved multiple apartments from going up in flames.
The flight was headed from Southern California to Seattle before it was diverted, Delta officials said.
The former Fountain Valley police officer from Corona was charged with felony grand theft, county prosecutors say.
The crash happened at around 8:05 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Orange Park Boulevard and East Santiago Canyon Road, police said.
Six arrests were made during a homicide investigation that later led to a gambling raid in Orange County, authorities said.
Police were notified of the incident at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday from a report of a disturbance at Huntington Beach Central Park.
Kirn Young Kim was convicted in July 1994 of murder in the beating death of 17-year-old Stuart Tay on New Year's Eve 1992 in Buena Park.
A man and woman were ejected from the car, police said.
The suspects apparently told the victim they had a winning $2.7 million lotto ticket but could not cash it due to their immigration status.
The Santa Ana Police Department said detectives confirmed 21-year-old Yasmin Gonzalez Benitez is "voluntarily in Mexico."
Community members mourned the loss of a 14-year-old boy and a 70-year-old man that were killed in a high-speed crash in Anaheim.
The violent crash left debris car parts scattered across the roadway, police said.
A 28-year-old motorcyclist died when he was involved in a crash with a car in Huntington Beach.
It involved a white "work truck" and another vehicle, with at least one of the vehicles catching fire, the CHP said.
Four Santa Ana Police Department officers were awarded special recognition.
The FAA is investigating the close call after a Black hawk helicopter crossed into the path of a United Airlines flight.
The Santa Ana Police Department celebrated the work of its sworn and professional staff at the 2025 Recognition & Awards Ceremony.
The two-alarm fire was reported at 1 a.m. in the City of Tustin, authorities said.
The 35-year-old man was sentenced Friday for the triple homicide that happened in 2019 in Newport Beach.
The mural, which was painted by renowned muralist Emigdio Vasquez, has been housed at Santa Ana College for the past three decades.
The described serial criminal is accused of being a part of the Long Beach-based "Tiny Rascals Gang."
The 50-year-old woman was behind bars Tuesday on suspicion of killing her husband in an Orange County hotel room.
Two men were sentenced to prison for their roles in the abduction and sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman in 2021.
Authorities Thursday were searching for a pedestrian wanted in connection with a road rage attack in Orange County.
A heavy police presence was reported at Disneyland after local police received threats of a mass shooting inside of the park.
The twice-deported man was federally charged with carjacking a restaurant employee in Orange County last month.
Anaheim Fire and Rescue personnel responded to the theme park around 12:30 p.m. after receiving reports of an unknown odor.