The biological mother allegedly abducted them, but then she showed up Wednesday night disoriented and without the children.
Officials pledge to continue routing pimps, freeing prostitutes and breaking up smuggling rings.
In court documents, Paul Michael Barbour admitted to watching child pornography since he was a teenager and using hallucinogenic drugs.
Lonnie Loren Kocontes, who lived in Mission Viejo, is accused of killing his wife by dumping her into Italian waters.
Antolin Brito Soto, San Juan Capistrano, was supposed to show up for a court hearing today, but when he didn't, an arrest warrant was issued
Judge Thomas Goethals said a recent appellate decision raises the bar "pretty high" for Scott Dekraai to get his way.
“Don’t drink and drive or you will be arrested for DUI,” said Deputy Shane Stewart.
Sheriff's deputies tracked down the gift-giver who left porcelain dolls at homes in a gated community and learned she meant it as a gesture of goodwill.
Border Patrol agents find narcotics with an estimated street value of $67,614.
The dolls have been delivered only to homes with daughters, whose parents say the dolls resemble their girls.
The chief of San Clemente Police Services and other Orange County deputies will be in town to share a cup o' Joe with you.
One man claimed to be in the process of moving to Los Angeles. Yeah, moving drugs to Los Angeles. Another woman claimed to be headed to Santa Ana to shop. With a Mercedes full of pot.
It was one of three drownings in Orange County in the last two days. The girl had removed her floaties.
Alberto Flores Ramirez used eggs and ammonia in his strange rituals that ended with sexual assault. "There's nothing I can do to repair the harm... I have made a mistake that cost my freedom," he says.
The burning candle was left alone in a second-floor bathroom, where the fire originated.
Together, the marijuana and cocaine bundles have a street value of more than $600,000.
When agents tried to arrest her, she put her 9-year-child between her and the officers.
Alfred Alexander Hollimon, 24, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
A row of garages caught fire this morning, sending flames as high as 40 feet into the air.
The fire broke out around 7:20 p.m. at a three-story building on West El Portal.
They weren't even creative in where they hid the meth ... in a black duffle bag on the back seat. A guy Tuesday managed to float marijuana in the gas tank. Dogs still smelled it, though.
When her husband returned from work, Anne Brady was no where to be found.
A U.S. citizen and a Mexican national were detained.
A search uncovered that the back seat of a Chevy Impala was not attached to its frame.
The San Mateo fire -- first called the Talega fire -- is now 25 percent contained.
"These [alleged] criminals conspired to convince consumers to invest their life savings in bogus investments, which left many of them financially devastated," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
The drugs were hidden inside the lining of an ice chest near a child’s booster seat.
The flames caused extensive damage to a San Clemente home.
A mom, a dad and a 2-year-old child were inside when the fire started in a bedroom, but the occupants got out.
When federal agents caught up to him, the U.S. citizen allegedly had 250 pounds of marijuana inside his car.
By having the seasonal ambulance located in town, response times and service levels should improve, officials said.
Alberto Flores Ramirez was accused of rubbing eggs on two women in separate incidents before assaulting them. Jurors deliberated about 90 minutes before handing down the verdict.
The smell of gasoline wasn't enough to hide the odor from a drug-sniffing dog.
Alberto Flores Ramirez apologized after rubbing eggs on a woman then raping her, saying he was "overcome by her beauty," a prosecutor alleged.
The Orange County District Attorney's office alleges Alberto Flores Ramirez used raw eggs and ammonia before sexually assault two women.
Taken into custody was a brother-sister duo from Mexico.
The goal of the program is to reduce the rate at which local residents are killed or injured in DUI-related collisions, officials said.
The U.S. Navy confessed to being the culprit
Alexander A. Romaniolis, 48, of Irvine, also has to pay a $17,500 fine.