The 60-year-old Monarch Beach resident faces 40 years in prison.
Trial is delayed for a shooting suspect who allegedly led police on a chase crashing through the gates of the nuclear generating station.
Authorities identified a 27-year-old man who died while freediving 400 yards off the coast.
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.
Orange County firefighters rescued three hikers, including a 13-year-old suffering from heat exhaustion, after they got lost in the forest.
Orange County sheriff's deputies will deploy DUI saturation patrols in three south county cities.
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 San Clemente man faces more than 200 years in prison for bilking hundreds of investors with a phony apartment flipping scheme.
A jury convicted Ping Li of sexual battery against four clients and inappropriately touching an employee.
After two days of searching off the San Clemente Coast, authorities have called off the search for a man who fell overboard two miles out.
A shirtless man, allegedly on drugs, identified himself as Tarzan and tried to break into the Santa Ana Zoo's monkey exhibit, police say.
Authorities are continuing the search for a 43-year-old man who fell off a powerboat about two miles off the coast Tuesday morning.
A man was shot and killed by an Orange County Sheriff's Deputy in a standoff near the 5 Freeway.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued one boater from the water and is searching for another missing boater off the coast of Orange County.
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.
He was killed when a fire department truck crashed into his car on Mulholland.
Do you recognize the man in these surveillance photos?
Victims ranging in age from 22 to 90 were tied up during the robberies.
The attorney and reality star was found dead Wednesday when police responded to a call at their home.
Family members turned him in, according to the sheriff's department.
“If you don’t have to go, don’t go,” said a Caltrans spokeswoman. Alternate routes are listed.
Tickets for texting while driving increased 35 percent this year during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
A man apparently jumped in front of train in San Clemente Saturday.
The Freeway connecting Southern California to Las Vegas was scorched but is now reopened.
A dramatic scene unfolded as a wildfire ripped across the 15 Freeway, burning cars and shutting down the freeway connecting OC to Vegas.
The drones are endangering lives and homes, according to fire managers frustrated by the unauthorized flights.
A search and rescue effort was triggered when authorities found a listing sailboat, but its owner was never lost.
Two 24-year-old drivers were rushed to hospitals with traumatic injuries.
A 180-acre brush fire near Santiago Canyon is now 65 percent contained.
An oil shortage forces gas prices to spike. Patch has your cheapest prices around town.
A 20-year-old Dana Point man faces manslaughter charges for allegedly driving drunk and killing a cyclist on PCH.
An incident that left 17 sea lions sickened after chlorine was dumped into their rescue pool turned out to be an employee accident.
It's a scam, the FTC explains.