Category: Orange County

Orange County Cop Accused of Impersonating Colleague Online

March 22, 2021
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A Huntington Beach police officer is facing charges after allegedly posting a co-worker’s photo and personal phone number on a dating website. The victim became aware of the personal ad on doublelist.com after receiving texts from unknown numbers, the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office said in a release. The posts were created last September…

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Pedestrian Killed in Garden Grove Publicly Identified

March 22, 2021
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GARDEN GROVE—A man killed by a hit-and-run driver in Garden Grove was publicly identified March 22. Gaspar Hernandez, 30, was a resident of Orange, according to the Orange County coroner’s office. Officers dispatched at 3:30 a.m. March 21 to the area of Katella Avenue and Dino Street found the man down in the No. 3…

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Extraordinary Newport Beach Teen Builds Strength Through Persistence

March 22, 2021
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Orange County teenager Alex Chery credits going to the gym with developing his physical strength, but it’s what is inside him that makes him strongest. Every Monday and Friday, the 15-year-old high school student works out at Curl Fitness in Newport Beach, California. It’s been part of his weekly routine for seven years. “The first…

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The Potential Greater Costs of Retail Cannabis in Orange County

March 21, 2021
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At first glance, the lure of permitting retail cannabis sales in cities across Orange County, California, seems compelling. A number of industry professionals see the county as an untapped market, while city governments are scrambling to generate more tax revenue in the wake of the pandemic. But though this may seem like a mutually beneficial…

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COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Again in Orange County

March 21, 2021
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SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 113 new cases of COVID-19 and 45 additional deaths March 21. The county’s hospitalizations for COVID-19—a key metric officials are eyeing in this phase of the pandemic—dropped from 197 March 20 to 187, with the number of COVID patients in intensive care remaining at 43, the Orange County Health Care Agency…

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Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Sets Sights on July Opening

March 21, 2021
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With the state easing Orange County’s COVID-19 restrictions, the city of Laguna Beach has begun planning for the opening of its 2021 Festival of Arts Pageant of the Masters. Last year, the fine arts show was canceled due to the pandemic in a move that had a profound impact on both the organization and juried…

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Coalition Forms to Prod Feds on Nuclear Waste Removal From San Onofre

March 20, 2021
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A newly formed “coalition of stakeholders” is calling on the federal government to get serious about removing millions of pounds of radioactive waste from a closed nuclear power plant on Southern California’s coast. Doug Bauder, vice president and chief nuclear officer for Southern California Edison (SCE), told The Epoch Times that the coalition wants to…

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Huntington Beach’s Fourth of July is a Go 

March 20, 2021
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The annual Huntington Beach Fourth of July celebration will continue this year, albeit without its parade, possibly no fireworks, and a modified festival and fun run. Planning for the 2021 celebration has been heavily influenced by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, elected officials said during a March 15 city council meeting. The city plans on…

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Laguna Beach High School Resumes In-Person Classes

March 19, 2021
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After a year of distance learning over Zoom, Laguna Beach High School (LBHS) and Thurston Middle School have reopened for modified in-person classes. The change came after Orange County moved into red tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy March 14, and while the schools are not fully back to normal yet, the announcement was celebrated by staff and students….

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Santa Ana Signs Contract with Non-Profit to Remove Homeless From Parking Lot 

March 19, 2021
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The City of Santa Ana has come to an agreement with a local non-profit that was allowing more than 40 homeless people to camp out on its parking lot. The agreement, approved on March 17, gives the encampment 45 days to move out of El Centro Cultural de Mexico’s parking lot. The situation at El Centro, a 837 N. Ross St….

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