A man sought in connection with the abduction of a young girl in Los Angeles is also a person of interest in the violent death of the girl’s mother, police said Tuesday. Officers were called to the 2600 block of South Alsace Avenue in the West Adams neighborhood to conduct a welfare check around 12:30 […]

A new report found that a city in Orange County is one of the top places in the U.S. to raise a family. Personal finance website WalletHub looked at 180 cities across the country, with researchers studying things like housing, the quality of local schools, healthcare and opportunities for fun and recreation. Irvine was named […]

Authorities confirmed Tuesday morning that an Amber Alert for a 4-year-old girl abducted over the weekend is also connected to a homicide investigation. Investigators say 40-year-old Ruben Fregoso abducted the child, Daleza Fregoso, at about 4 a.m. Sunday. Although the suspect and the girl share the same last name, authorities have not confirmed their relationship. […]

Thousands of Orange County residents are returning home as the threat of a catastrophic explosion from a chemical tank in Garden Grove was eliminated. However, the threat of a smaller blast has 16,000 people still under evacuation orders Tuesday. “We are happy to report that the threat of a BLEVE is now off the table,” […]

A filmmaker out on an excursion to capture footage of sharks off the Southern California coast last month unexpectedly got the shot of a lifetime when a great white shark took a bite out of one of his cameras. The harrowing ordeal unfolded in late April when Carlos Gauna, who goes by The Malibu Artist […]

Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 4-year-old girl who was abducted out of Los Angeles on May 24, according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities say that 40-year-old Ruben Fregoso abducted the child, Daleza Fregoso, at about 4 a.m. Sunday. The two were last seen near the intersection of Alsace Avenue and Ferndale […]

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2, shook portions of the Southern California coast Monday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 8:12 p.m. The epicenter was roughly 5 miles southeast of Malibu and 11 miles west southwest of Santa Monica, at a depth of about 7 and a half miles. So […]

Orange County officials announced Monday evening that they have significantly reduced the boundaries of the evacuation zone surrounding the failing chemical tank at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove. Emergency evacuations began on May 21, as a tank containing a highly volatile and flammable industrial chemical began overheating at GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc., located […]

Hazardous-materials crews are still working to determine whether a crack in a Garden Grove tank filled with toxic chemicals has helped release pressure, potentially reducing the risk of an explosion. The incident began Thursday afternoon at the GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems facility on Western Avenue after a 34,000-gallon tank containing methyl methacrylate, a highly flammable […]