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Newport Beach announced Wednesday it has named new police chief.
Jon Lewis, who has been the deputy chief and commander of the patrol/traffic division, will take on the role. He takes the position from Chief Jay Johnson, who retired in December but...

Cal State Fullerton’s nursing program emerged near the top of U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 ranking of graduate schools released Wednesday, while three major UC Irvine programs continued upward trajectories in their rankings.
CSUF’s...

SANTA ANA – A plan to house 49 of Orange County’s estimated 450 homeless veterans received county support this week, opening the way for a national nonprofit to construct the Placentia Veterans Village.
The village would be the county’s largest...

IRVINE – Backers of a proposal to build a state veterans cemetery at the former El Toro air base say a proposed land swap could fast-track the project, which has been beset by complaints from residents who oppose putting a burial ground near homes...

FULLERTON – The city has a plan to purchase 24 acres of West Coyote Hills for almost $20 million to preserve land destined for housing as open space.
Situated in northwest Fullerton near the La Mirada and La Habra city borders, the 510-acre project...

Paul Watford, one of the few African Americans in his Laguna Beach High graduating class, came as about as close as possible to being nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
While President Barack Obama’s final choice to replace the late Justice...

As voters prepare to decide on billions of dollars worth of new borrowing for Very Important and Worthy Projects this year, a state senator from Orange County proposes bringing a fire hose to the party.
Senate Bill 1251 – otherwise known as the...

YORBA LINDA – The United States Mint celebrated the release of a $1 coin featuring Richard Nixon on Wednesday at the 37th president’s library in Yorba Linda.
The event, held on what would have been the 104th birthday of Nixon’s wife, Pat, also...

Garden Grove firefighters willingly cut things close on Wednesday, but it was for a good cause.
Nineteen of the city’s firefighters had their heads shaved in a fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a Los Angeles organization that raises...

There was a lot more large digging equipment roaming around in the area that will eventually be the home of “Star Wars” land, as crews continued to prepare the area for the launch of construction.
The northern section of the Rivers of America in...