Westminster Police have arrested a 25-year-old Huntington Beach man on hate crime and felony vandalism charges after he was caught spray-painting swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases on public infrastructure near Magnolia Street and Bolsa Avenue.
Orange County Fire Authority crews battled a significant blaze at a Westminster automotive repair shop early Saturday morning, keeping the fire from spreading to several adjacent businesses in the same industrial strip center.
Fountain Valley is sitting on $9.4 million in housing funds it cannot spend on anything but affordable housing. After a contentious two-hour study session, the council sent staff back to find a different location.
The California Park and Recreation Society has given its 2025 Park Planning Award of Excellence to Cypress Arnold Park, which reopened in May after a $40 million renovation of the 76-year-old facility at 8611 Watson Street.
A La Habra detective shot a Seal Beach man twice during a pre-dawn federal search warrant raid in February 2024. The OC DA cleared the officer — then dropped assault charges against the man who was shot, concluding he may have had reasonable grounds to believe he was defending himself from intruders.
The Cypress School District Board of Trustees holds a special meeting Tuesday amid the sudden departure of Superintendent Anne Silavs, a $3.3 million budget shortfall, and an open session item on the conduct of a board member at a recent school event.
The California Republican Assembly has endorsed Chuong Vo for California’s 45th Congressional District after rival candidate Charlie Nguyen reportedly expressed support for allowing Sharia law to operate alongside American law at a Republican grassroots forum. The comments drew audible gasps from activists in attendance, according to Vo’s campaign.
Vietnamese American community groups plan to rally outside the Vietnam-U.S. Innovation and Investment Forum at the Anaheim Convention Center on Tuesday, backed by Assemblyman Tri Ta’s formal letter to Mayor Aitken urging cancellation.
The Stanton Planning Commission meets Wednesday to consider a mixed-use project that would put 159 townhomes and nearly 16,000 square feet of commercial space on parcels that include the longtime ORCO Block manufacturing site at Beach Boulevard and Katella Avenue.
State Senator Tony Strickland has introduced two bills targeting children's health -- one updating how preventive health is incorporated into California's curriculum framework, the other seeking to limit CalFresh purchases of sodas, candy, and ultra-processed foods.
Assemblyman Tri Ta sent a formal letter to Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken on March 13 urging the city to cancel a Vietnamese government-backed innovation forum scheduled for the Anaheim Convention Center on March 17 -- days before it was set to begin.
The Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce has named theater director and One More Productions co-founder Damien Lorton as Man of the Year and Azteca Restaurant owner Jennifer Stewart as Woman of the Year for 2026.
Officers from the Fountain Valley Police Department Traffic Bureau and the Cypress Police Department joined forces for a three-hour pedestrian safety enforcement operation, issuing 38 citations — 36 of them for crosswalk violations.
Orange County is under an extreme heat watch from Monday through Friday, March 20, with inland temperatures potentially reaching 105 degrees and coast readings hitting the upper 80s — unusually dangerous for mid-March.
Months after a federal judge ordered former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do to pay $250,000 in restitution for his corruption scheme, the payment has not arrived — and Do transferred his $2.2 million family home to his wife the day after the order was issued.
An elderly woman suffered major injuries Friday afternoon after being struck by a juvenile riding a Surron electric bicycle near the intersection of Main Street and Ocean Avenue in Seal Beach.
The Chinese Consulate contacted Assemblyman Tri Ta's office to complain about a photo he posted with Taiwan's Director General. Ta's response: California elected officials do not take orders from the Chinese Communist Party.
The Huntington Beach Police Department is hosting a free car seat check-up event on Friday, March 20, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at HBPD headquarters. No appointment needed — certified technicians will be on-site, and free car seats are available for qualifying families.
Orange County ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested Praney Sa Em, 33, on March 10 — months after the arrest of his brother Sambath Sa Em in November. Both men have extensive criminal records and ties to the Tiny Rascals Gang. Both are now in ICE custody pending removal to Cambodia.
The American Red Cross, Orange County Fire Authority, and community partners are hosting a free smoke alarm installation event at Leisure World Seal Beach on Saturday, March 28. Volunteers are needed to test alarms, install new ones, and educate residents — bilingual Spanish and Korean speakers especially welcome.
Garden Grove is accepting front yard nominations for its Garden Grove Gems beautification program starting April 1. Four randomly selected nominees win $100 Home Depot gift cards, with district winners receiving citywide recognition and an invitation to a City Council awards reception.
The City of Stanton has selected Captain Matt Stafford as its new Chief of Police Services, effective March 6. Stafford is a 20-year Orange County Sheriff's Department veteran with a background in narcotics suppression, human trafficking investigations, and jail operations.
Cypress Police nightshift officers spotted a stolen carjacking vehicle near Lincoln and Moody, triggering a pursuit with Anaheim PD air support that ended with a 14-year-old Los Angeles suspect in custody and a loaded handgun recovered from the car.
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond announced the 2026 California Distinguished Schools list on March 10, recognizing 408 middle and high schools statewide. Fourteen schools serving North Orange County communities made the list, with Garden Grove Unified accounting for nine of them.
The Orange County Grand Jury called the supervisors secret pay raise a breach of public trust. This week, the board voted 3-1-1 to formally disagree and Supervisor Janet Nguyen voted yes without saying a word.
Rep. Derek Tran voted against the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2026 over objections to ICE funding. Days later, his office announced more than $5 million in federally funded local projects — money that came through the same appropriations process he opposed.
North OC Pulse ran the official ballot statements of all five Republican candidates in the CA-45 congressional race through Grok AI and asked it to predict a winner. Here is what it found.
Tom Vo has emerged as the leading fundraiser among Republican challengers in the CA-45 race, reporting $502,800 for the most recent quarter — while Amy Phan West draws support from a broad base of small individual donors.
The Westminster City Council approved spending $35,000 to survey residents on two new potential tax measures — a cannabis sales tax and a hotel tax hike — continuing a years-long pattern of tax increases that Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen has supported, even as previous hikes were sold as solutions to the city's budget woes.
Hellman Ranch wants to install 56 solar tables on its oil and gas production facility next to the Los Cerritos Wetlands. After two council deadlocks and a city website outage that forced a continuance, the matter returned for a final hearing in February. Environmental groups are demanding a full environmental impact report.
Loan Nguyen has entered the race for Westminster City Council District 4, challenging incumbent NamQuan Nguyen. But a visit to her campaign website raises questions about how ready for prime time this challenger really is.
From a Vietnam War Veterans ceremony in Westminster to a community cleanup in Garden Grove, here's a roundup of city-sponsored events happening across central Orange County this month.
Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen cast the deciding vote to bar Councilmember Amy Phan West from speaking at city events. He is also running against her for Congress in California's 45th District. The motion was led by Carlos Manzo — the same colleague she once filed a police report against. And the third vote was cast by the Mayor's own brother-in-law.
In a unanimous 6-0 vote, the Huntington Beach City Council approved relocating the city's surf museum into the Main Street Branch Library for $500 a month — a deal critics are calling a giveaway of public space.
Federal authorities have officially recovered $3.73 million in taxpayer money from a corruption scheme involving former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do. Now, the O.C. Board of Supervisors is debating whether the funds should be returned to Do's former district or used to address broader county-wide needs.
Yamaha Motor Corporation has announced it will relocate its U.S. headquarters from Cypress, California, to Kennesaw, Georgia, in a phased move set to conclude by the end of 2028. The company plans to sell its 25.1-acre campus, a landmark in the community for nearly five decades.
The Garden Grove City Council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance banning nitrous oxide sales at the February 24 meeting, while also opening discussions on adding a bilingual 'Freedom Way / Tự Do / Libertad' designation to a city street.
Council Member Glenn Grandis reported at the February 3 city council meeting that Fountain Valley lost a potential $1.5 million payment from the Orange County Sanitation District after fellow council member Ted Bui refused to support the city's case — and then actively argued against it before the OCSD board.
Long Pham is running for California's 42nd Congressional District — his latest bid in a decade-long string of campaigns that has drawn repeated scrutiny from the state's campaign finance watchdog.
