Authorities seized over 5 pounds of suspected heroin and fentanyl from a vehicle during a regular traffic stop on March 25 in Lake Forest, California. The driver was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking activity. A deputy from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle—that was missing its front license—at…

FULLERTON, Calif.—A 30-year-old man was sentenced April 3 to 26 years to life in prison for killing his stepmother with a pick axe in Lake Forest nearly a decade ago. Oscar Luis Morlett III was convicted March 2, but because he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, jurors had to determine whether he was…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 32-year-old Lake Forest woman was charged March 3 with stabbing her mother to death in her home. Courtney Elizabeth Baker was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. The deadly weapons used in the attack were a screwdriver and a fork, according to the…

FULLERTON, Calif.—A 30-year-old man was convicted Mar. 2 of killing his stepmother with a pick axe in Lake Forest nearly a decade ago. Since the defendant pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, another phase of the trial will begin later this month. Oscar Luis Morlett III was convicted of first-degree murder with jurors finding…

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—A 32-year-old Lake Forest woman allegedly stabbed her mother to death in their home on March 1, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. The victim’s husband called authorities to the 22000 block of Bellcroft Drive at about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to spokeswoman Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The victim, whose name…

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—Orange County sheriff’s investigators were working Feb. 8 to determine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of an elderly couple found in a Lake Forest home. Deputies were called at 11:22 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 22000 block of Bywater Road, Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Steinle said. The deputies found the…

Orange County sheriff’s investigators were working Feb. 8 to determine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of an elderly couple found in a home in Lake Forest, California. Deputies were called at 11:22 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 22000 block of Bywater Road, Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Steinle said. The deputies found the…

Pastor Rick Warren would walk to the light wood-colored pulpit Aug. 28 to preach his last sermon as Saddleback Church’s senior pastor, a position he has held for over four decades. “Have I told you lately that I love you?” Warren said at the beginning of the sermon. “As you know by now today is my last…

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—The city held a celebration for Flag Day on Tuesday, June 14 at Veterans Park beginning with a brief flag-raising at the newly installed flagpole. Lake Forest Mayor Robert Pequeño introduced the ceremony saying the flagpole’s installation officially finishes the park. “As a retired U.S. Marine, the American flag is very important to…

Pastor Rick Warren announced on June 2 that Pastor Andy Wood will take over leadership of Saddleback Church, a Lake Forest, California, congregation with more than 30,000 weekly attendees. Warren, 68, who founded the evangelical Baptist church with his wife Kay in 1980, announced plans to retire and search for a successor last year. Wood,…