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San Clemente group ramps up efforts to improve skatepark

David Hennings envisions a day when families can visit San Clemente’s Vista Hermosa Sports Park and count skateboarding among the 45-acre facility’s multiple attractions.
“One family member is playing a soccer game,” he said. “Another...

 

3 more pedestrian deaths this week add to county's rising total

Three pedestrians have died so far this week in Orange County, putting the county on nearly the same pace as last year for such fatalities. So far, 16 pedestrians have died this year, one fewer than died by the same point in 2015. In all, there were...

 

More homeless - and their pets - used new emergency shelter at Santa Ana Civic Center during storms

Last weekend’s heavy rainstorms sent roughly half of the Civic Center’s homeless population indoors to finally try out the county’s new emergency shelter, following disappointing turnouts during its first few weeks of operation.
Between...

 

Florida inmate charged with sex crimes in Westminster

A man serving 20 years in a Florida prison pleaded not guilty to a string of cold-case sexual crimes in Orange County on Thursday.
Arnold Eduardo Martinez was extradicted from Blackwater Correctional Facility in Milton, Fla., to face felony counts of...

 

Fire destroys Laguna Beach home

A fire destroyed a single-family home in Laguna Beach on Thursday night, authorities said. The fire was reported at 6:15 p.m. inside a home in the 1200 block of Summit Drive, said Sgt. Tim Kleiser of the Laguna Beach Police Department. The home’s...

 

Honk: Yellow lights have gotten longer

Q. Is it just my imagination or old-age reaction: Has the amount of time for yellow traffic lights been shortened by quite a few seconds? There seems to be a very short amount of time to cross or stop at an intersection. I realize too much time will...

 

WNBA or the Army? Decision could mean battlefield or hardcourt for former Huntington Beach star

The announcer asked if the fans could please stay in their seats at the conclusion of the game.
A surprise was coming.
Kelsey Minato, who had arrived at West Point from Huntington Beach four years earlier, thought her senior Army women’s basketball...

 

Disneyland begins draining Rivers of America as prep for 'Star Wars' land continues

The water was lower by about four feet in the northern half of the Rivers of America at Disneyland Wednesday afternoon, as the park started to drain it so it could start work on re-routing the river and more.
The water is being recycled, according to...

 

Breakfast wars: Taco Bell debuts $1 morning menu, Del Taco adds chorizo. Will you bite?

Following the success of all-day breakfast at McDonald’s, local fast-food chains Del Taco and Taco Bell are bolstering their menus with new morning grub starting today.
Lake Forest-based Del Taco, the nation’s third largest Mexican fast-food...

 

Stanton files lawsuit to shut down Vietnamese bikini coffee shop

STANTON – City officials have filed a lawsuit seeking to ban a Vietnamese bikini coffee shop from operating in Stanton where they say waitresses expose their breasts and genitals and customers smoke inside.
“The city has a duty and an interest in...

 

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