A 34,000-gallon tank at GKN Aerospace on Western Avenue released methyl methacrylate into the air early Friday morning, prompting evacuations and an Orange County Fire Authority hazmat response. A reunification center was established at Rancho Alamitos High School.
A 65-year-old Huntington Beach man died Wednesday afternoon after his Chevrolet Colorado collided with a Toyota Sienna on Gothard Street and crossed into oncoming lanes, striking a tree.
Fountain Valley Police led a four-agency directed enforcement operation targeting e-bike and e-motorcycle violations, resulting in 33 traffic stops and 13 citations in a single afternoon.
Huntington Beach police arrested a juvenile Friday at Ocean View High School, closing out a vandalism investigation that began in March.
Seal Beach police arrested a Compton man on attempted homicide charges Sunday evening after a shooting near the 2900 block of Seal Beach Boulevard that drew a multi-agency response and ended with two handguns recovered.
A 13-year-old Santa Ana boy died Thursday night after losing control of an electric motorcycle and striking a center median on Magnolia Street. Garden Grove police were alerted by the Life360 family tracking app.
A Monday afternoon shooting on Flagstone Avenue left one Garden Grove man hospitalized in critical condition; a 56-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene.
A 70-year-old Huntington Beach man died Monday after his bicycle and a Subaru Impreza collided on Pacific Coast Highway near Newland Street. HBPD's accident investigation team is handling the case.
A single-vehicle crash on Brookhurst Street in Garden Grove killed two Westminster men early Saturday morning. The cause remains under investigation.
Night shift officers spotted a suspicious vehicle in a Cypress neighborhood and found two Los Angeles probationers inside with a stolen catalytic converter, a jack, gloves, and power tools.
Orange County Sheriff deputies apprehended a wanted subject Tuesday morning following a pursuit and standoff in Stanton that involved the Sheriff's Helicopter, SWAT team, and K9 units.
Huntington Beach Police responded to a false report of shots fired on Red Jacket Circle Monday morning in what was determined to be a swatting incident, underscoring the dangers of emergency hoaxes.
Sheriff's homicide investigators arrested a Fullerton man Tuesday in connection with the Easter Sunday killing in Stanton. The victim has been identified as Anthony Lee Carlos, 37, also of Fullerton.
A former Fountain Valley police officer has been charged with felony grand theft after collecting nearly $2,600 in court pay for appearances he never made, leading to the dismissal of 27 traffic cases.
A man was found dead in a Stanton alley early Easter morning, and the investigation quickly led sheriff's deputies to a suspected illegal gambling house a block away. Six people were arrested on unrelated warrants.
Jerry Robert Mejias, 61, was arrested Sunday night at Huntington Beach Central Park after a social media film crew caught him arriving to meet what he believed was a juvenile male.
An Anaheim woman was among eight people arrested in a sweeping federal healthcare fraud crackdown coordinated with the Vice President’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Lolita Beronilla Minerd, 65, allegedly billed Medicare for more than $9 million in hospice services for patients who were not terminally ill.
An 81-year-old Garden Grove man was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the 2018 stabbing death of his 11-year-old stepdaughter and the near-fatal attack on his wife.
A Huntington Beach woman was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison after admitting she stole nearly $3 million from her employer, Garden Grove-based Sanyo Foods Corp. of America, over nearly six years.
Garden Grove police, the Orange County DA, and allied agencies arrested seven people over two days in a joint operation targeting organized EBT fraud tied to transnational criminal organizations. One suspect faces 45 felony charges.
A man was arrested on felony animal abuse charges this weekend after a bystander called Fountain Valley police to report him kicking and stomping a German Shepherd near the city Recreation Center. The dog was taken by Orange County Animal Control for treatment.
A 28-year-old Cerritos man died Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle collided with a Toyota Camry exiting a parking lot on Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach. The Huntington Beach Police Department says impairment does not appear to be a factor for the car driver.
Westminster detectives arrested a 19-year-old resident on five felony charges after he allegedly grabbed an 8-year-old child who was playing outside near the 13500 block of Edwards Street on March 21 and sexually assaulted the child before the victim broke free and ran home.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
