Officials said canyon residents can count on the closure of at least one lane of the main road as workers remove the tree.
Authorities issued a voluntary evacuation order for Orange County residents living in the Bond fire burn area due to possible flash floods.
Authorities said the suspect was arrested in Perris after stealing a Rancho Santa Margarita woman's purse in Oct. 2023.
The recent crimes in Rancho Santa Margarita involved warehouses and work vehicles, officials said.
The fire was reported at around 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Rancho Santa Margarita, authorities say.
A woman was charged Tuesday for attacking two co-workers with a knife in a south Orange County restaurant.
The fire was reported Christmas Day in the second-story unit of an apartment complex in Rancho Santa Margarita.
The crash hospitalized at least one person after it was reported Tuesday afternoon, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after witnesses reported seeing him dragging a woman out of a house in San Clemente.
At least one person was pronounced dead at the scene of the fatal crash after it was reported on Santiago Canyon Road.
The robbery was reported at around 5:40 a.m. in the area of Calle Sonoma and Calle Alamitos in Rancho Santa Margarita.
The security guard remains in critical condition after he was shot while sitting in his car in South Orange County.
A veteran firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority was indicted on a felony charge for a fatal hit-and-run in Dana Point.
The well-known fitness trainer was convicted of a felony count of attempted sexual penetration by a foreign objects of an underage victim.
The mass shooting was carried out by a retired police officer who opened fire inside a famed south Orange County biker bar in August.
OC Sheriff's investigators re-shared images of a John Doe found in Trabuco Canyon almost 25 years ago in an effort to find new leads.
Authorities are looking for a woman, whose last known address was in South Orange County, in connection with the stabbing of her boyfriend.
The 33-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday and was immediately sentenced for stabbing a 72-year-old Coto de Caza resident.
The south Orange County high school received the anonymous threat at around 9 a.m., the OC Sheriff's Department reported.
Two of the six people wounded in last week's deadly mass shooting at Cook's Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon are now recovering at home.
The two old friends were having a beer in the picnic area behind the bar when a woman came running towards them.
Orange County Public Works crews inspected roadways hammered by the rains after Tropical Storm Hilary blasted through the region.
The flood watch comes as Hurricane Hilary is expected to bring a surge in rainfall across Southern California.
The three men and two women were arrested in connection with several commercial burglaries of UPS stores throughout south Orange County.
The fire was reported Monday night on Santiago Peak in the Saddleback Mountains, officials say.
Two suspects were arrested for drug possession during a traffic stop in Rancho Santa Margarita over the weekend.
The robbery was reported at around 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, the Orange County Sheriff's Department reported.
Three pedestrians were struck and injured by an SUV in Laguna Hills Thursday evening.
The fire was reported at 1 a.m. after residents living inside of the home woke up to sounds from their garage.
The wildlife photographer was checking his motion-activated cameras in Trabuco Canyon when he noticed a mountain lion staring at him.
The house fire was reported in Coto de Caza Monday morning, the Orange County Fire Authority said.
The south Orange County man was sentenced Thursday for using hundreds of Twitter accounts to torment an online gamer.
A 14-foot wooden cross at the Santiago Retreat Center in Silverado was sawed down this week, organizers say.
The woman was sentenced to six months in jail for stealing several bicycles from schools in the Ladera Ranch area.
The suspect was arrested in Aliso Viejo Tuesday morning as a part of an arson investigation, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
The Orange County music and dance instructor pleaded guilty Thursday and was immediately sentenced to nine years behind bars.
The truck apparently drove off the side of Alicia Parkway near Santa Margarita Parkway on Monday.
The NorCal man was arrested for allegedly making a series of threats involving a south OC high school, authorities said Monday.
Authorities sought the public's help in finding a 38-year-old woman after she was reported missing from her Aliso Viejo home.
The OC man accused of setting a blaze at his neighbor's remote cabin was acquitted Thursday of arson charges.