Category: Orange County

Irvine Police Seek Help in 2019 Kidnapping Case

Police in Irvine, California, are asking the public to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of a mother and daughter. Amber Aiaz, also known as Mei Yi Wu, and her daughter, Melissa Fu, 13, were last seen Nov. 22, 2019, at 6 p.m. at their home near Michelson and University drives. The 35-year-old woman’s husband told…


Construction Worker Dies in Orange When Swimming Pool Hole Collapses

Firefighters have recovered the body of a construction worker who died when a wall of dirt collapsed and buried him while he was excavating a backyard swimming pool site in the City of Orange, California. Sgt. Dennis Breckner of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department identified the victim as Luciano Gonzalez Munoz. Breckner told The Epoch…


Orange County’s MemorialCare Hospitals Welcome COVID-19 Vaccine

Vials of the COVID-19 vaccine have begun distribution throughout Orange County’s MemorialCare health care system, giving hope to COVID-19 frontline workers. “This vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel for all of us,” Dr. Hubert Wong, Orange Coast Medical Center’s first doctor to receive the vaccine, said in a press release. “I…


Orange County’s 1st Streetcar On Its Way, Even as OCTA Faces Challenges

Orange County installed its first modern streetcar rail set in Santa Ana’s historic downtown this month. The rail was laid between Santa Ana Boulevard and Bristol Street, and crews are working to install more rail sets westbound toward Raitt Street. “I’m proud that despite the difficulties of the pandemic, the OC Streetcar project has continued…


Experts Bullish on Orange County’s Economy at Chapman Annual Forecast

Southern California’s economic future—and particularly Orange County’s—is looking bright, experts said during Chapman University’s 43rd annual economic forecast. “I’m personally confident in the future of Orange County,” Mike Mussallem, CEO of Irvine-based medical technology company Edwards Lifesciences, said during the forecast roundtable held virtually on Dec. 17. “[My positive assessment is] due to the passionate…


Orange County Reports Record 4,606 New COVID-19 Cases

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—Orange County reported a single-day record 4,606 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 additional deaths Dec. 20, bringing the county’s totals to 124,428 cases and 1,775 fatalities. The county’s record-setting trend of COVID-19 hospitalizations continued, with 1,682—a jump from 1,601 on Dec. 19—and 375 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU), up…


Los Alamitos Horse Track Owner Threatens to Halt Operations After Licensing Vote

All bets are off at the Los Alamitos Race Course, where a contentious licensing debate prompted the track’s owner to threaten its closure. The embattled quarter horse racetrack in Cypress, California—where at least 29 horses have died from racing or training injuries this year—had sought a yearlong license from the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB). …