The son of a wealthy San Diego businessman and Padres stakeholder allegedly threatened and tried to snatch a little girl from her school.
A small fire triggered the overhead sprinkler and caused some damage to Terminal A at John Wayne Airport overnight.
Students "sheltered in place" as police determined an armed man posed no threat at UCI today. A recent threat has the campus on edge.
Agents seized nearly 125 pounds of meth and heroin hidden inside two cars passing through San Clemente.
Erica Alonso, 27, has been missing since Valentine's Day after a night of clubbing in Newport Beach and a fight with her boyfriend.
A Bank robber admits to stealing the identity of Irvine Co. Chairman Donald Bren in order to cash his $1.4 million tax refund check.
Despite the rate at which prosecutors are refusing to try cases before Judge Thomas Goethals, there is no directive to avoid him, they say.
The state will try to fight a judge's ruling ordering the attorney general's office to try the case due to alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
Farhad Sharifi, of Aliso Viejo, pleaded guilty to a year-long South County robbery spree in which he was known to apologize during holdups.
Attorneys for the two men allege they weren't even present the day two robbers were shot to death trying to rob a SJC jewelry store.
A man suspected of drunkenly causing a 4-car pileup in OC, absconded with a patrol car. Tracked with GPS, he faces slew of charges.
Calling prosecutors' handling of the county's worst mass murder trial a "comedy of errors," a judge ordered the OCDA office off the case.
Southern California led the nation for foreign nationals deemed a public threat in a raid targeting foreigners deemed a 'public threat.'
Each month, the Orange County District Attorney publicizes the names and photos of newly convicted Johns.
A former Signal Hill Police officer from Lake Forest was arrested today on suspicion of abuse of power in a Nov. road rage confrontation.
A jury convicted a 62-year-old man of exposing himself to a girl, 11. Because of previous child molestations he could go to jail for life.
Two teachers pleaded not guilty to felony sex charges from San Clemente Beach Campout.
Luther Pete Haynes, 62, faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of child annoyance in the 20-year-old case.
Prosecutors are adding sex charges against two teachers they say gave drugs to minors while sexually abusing one school boy in San Clemente.
Two former Covina-Valley Unified School District teachers will face charges for a San Clemente campout involving sex with students
A man in his 20s is recovering after being pinned underneath his utility truck in San Juan Capistrano for nearly an hour.
Investigators suspect there are additional victims of a man they accuse of using his position to assault at least one potential employee.
Police say Michele Green stabbed her boyfriend during a argument Saturday night.
Local police respond after a Somalia-based terror group released a video encouraging attacks on American malls.
Stephen Richard Bartlett, 53, robbed several Orange County banks and led police on a 90-minute, four county chase that ended in a crash.
No one was hurt when a 29-year-old man crashed into a DUI Checkpoint in San Clemente. Naturally, he was arrested.
Police say the man suspected in 10 Orange County bank robberies over two months is a transient.
A DUI checkpoint will be held in San Clemente tonight.
Despite improved tidal conditions search crews found no trace of an 18-year-old Nevada boy swept off the rocks at Thousand Steps beach.
Several days of pounding surf have made it difficult for searchers to find an 18-year-old washed off the rocks near Thousand Steps Beach.
After hours of searching, OC Lifeguards have not found the missing teen.
Two teachers from West Covina will be arraigned for allegedly supplying alcohol to kids but not the sex charges they were arrested for.
The technology is expected to help break unsolved violent crimes and has already helped police link three Anaheim crimes.
Ronald Aviles, 56, of San Clemente, faces a felony count of hit and run in the death of a 23-year-old in Newport Beach on New Year's Day.
Jared Ray Hale has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for a drunken crash that killed three of his fellow marines.
Jared Ray Hale faces 12 years in prison, but his attorney is asking for a treatment center for post-traumatic stress disorder instead.
The Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors approved a new deal with employees that has them paying their own retirement costs.
A day after her 3-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries, Maricela Sanchez also died. Her two-year-old boy continues to fight for his life.
Jaiden Liborio succumbed to injuries from a condo fire so intense, a mother had to throw her babies out a second-story window to neighbors.
Nine people were injured, including several children, in a San Juan Capistrano Fire this morning.