An update for you all: Touch Hak, the only-very-technically Cambodian citizen who wants to give his brother a kidney, has received a one-year stay, according to his lawyer, Jacqueline Dan, but that's still two years short of the three he'd need to pa...
The artist in black and gray. If you went by the black "TATTOO" sign and opaque windows, you would think that Orange's Illuminati Tattoo Lounge was just another random OC street shop. Upon walking in the door, you'd notice just how wrong you wer...
The heat is on Paul Munoz. UPDATE, SEPT. 14, 5:30 A.M.: Paul Munoz is scheduled to be arraigned in Fullerton Friday on a felony count of unlawfully causing fire of a structure or forest as well as misdemeanor trespassing on private property, accor...
In welcoming Chris Hedges to Orange County for an event called, un-shyly, indeed provocatively, "Calling All Rebels: The Moral Imperative to Revolt," we celebrate an exemplar of civic engagement and find an opportunity to celebrate something of ours...
Steven E. Stinson (left) and Christoffer T. Burke Two local artists in OC's drum and bass and Jungle scene died in a head-on car crash in Oregon on Thursday. Steven E. Stinson, 28; and Christoffer T. Burke, 27, known as DJ Raid and MC Bizurk resp...
Rock the sure shot. This weekender you are updatered on: a new vaccination bill headed to the governor's desk; an appellate ruling against a pimp who coincidentally had a girl who met a tragic end; and a trial date being set in a Garden Grove coup...
Was this a place of recruitment for Ryan Joseph Seider? UPDATE, SEPT. 11, 4:59 P.M.: Newport Beach's Joelle Casteix, Western regional director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), has issued a statement regarding the arrest of R...
As if the summer sun isn't blazing enough, tensions between residents of SanTana's Townsend Street barrio and police are heating up. New allegations of brutality emerged after the gang unit made an arrest in the neighborhood Tuesday night. Onlookers ...
Descriptions of these guys and photos and descriptions of others follow after the jump. Burglaries of a couple gun stores in Fountain Valley had police calling in the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for assistance, but now comes wo...
"What's our Vector, Victor?" Visions of Keystone Cops or Benny Hill players bumping into one another in aircraft over the skies of Orange County fill one's head upon learning aerial spraying the past two nights of pesticide to control the West Nil...
Hey you, reader. Are you a James Franco fan? Or maybe you abhor him or just want to know what all the fuss is all about? Well, Franco is going to be at UCI in October as part of a series of events called UCI Illuminations, an arts and culture initiat...
The local celebration of the Orson Welles Centennial rolls on. First came the screening of the master's Othello, Oliver Parker's fictional biopic Fade to Black and a panel discussion about the late Welles at April's Newport Beach Film Festival. Then,...
The Sept. 9 afternoon scene outside the Anaheim Convention Center looked like a holiday shopping rush inspired by a one-hour, 60 percent off coupon sale at a J.C. Penny. Herds of overwhelmingly senior Caucasians--many limping from assorted leg, knee,...
There was a time in post-WWII Hollywood when young male actors got masculine name makeovers for the marquees, resulting in Roy Harold Scherer Jr. becoming Rock Hudson, Elmore Rual Torn Jr. being known by his nickname "Rip" and Arthur Andrew Kelm tran...
Ginger Roberts sits on a loveseat against the window at the clubhouse of Costa Mesa's Rolling Homes Mobile Park. The 81-year-old's neighbors are poolside, sipping beers and cocktails while playing a particularly testy card game. "Where's your cocktai...
Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana A hail of fatal .357 magnum bullets fired 21 years ago into a frightened Honda CRX driver sitting at a red light in Garden Grove resulted in an international manhunt and numerous arrests. But the murde...
David Bruce, first ballot inductee in Ugly Police Mugshot Hall of Fame Anaheim Police are putting out the word for more alleged victims as a retired middle school drama teacher was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of molesting two students and posses...
Theresa Smith and her son Caesar After battling for years, the family of Caesar Ray Cruz finally received a settlement from the city of Anaheim for his death at the hands of the Anaheim Police Department. Officer gunfire claimed the life of the 35...
At press time, the Orange County Sheriff's Department was still investigating the circumstances of 49-year-old Derek Bowen's death from being stabbed at 31432 Isle Vista, Laguna Niguel, around 5:20 p.m. Monday. Bowen, who died at Mission Hospital i...
Jose Aguilera could get 130 years to life. UPDATE NO. 2, SEPT. 8, 4:04 P.M.: Orange County prosecutors, who were to ask got a judge to agree that Jose Luis Aguilera be held on $1 million bail at arraignment today, is seeking the public's help in f...