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SAN CLEMENTE – Holding a sign outside the Saddleback Memorial Medical Center San Clemente campus, Gene Stone said he is a living testament to why the hospital must be saved from closure. “We don’t want people to die on the 5,” he said. “We...

Anger boiled over again at the California Coastal Commission’s Wednesday meeting as audience members shouted at commissioners, demanded resignations and requested an ethics review of last month’s dismissal of the commission’s...

The leader of the state Senate plans to introduce legislation this week to expand the number of seats on the board that regulates Southern California air quality and counter Republican-led efforts to make pollution rules more business-friendly....

With a Yorba Linda Public Library card you can play the guitar or ukele – or at least try.
Unplugged: A Music Lending Library, believed to be the only one of its kind in Orange County, launched in July with funding from a California State Library...

It was nearing midnight, and the full moon was shining above the Matterhorn.
Clipped together with a very short rope, three others and I, wandered through Disneyland on a scavenger hunt. We were participating in the annual Disney cast member event...

That sad look on your dog’s face every time you leave the house never stops breaking your heart. But what can you do? You’re headed to the movies: No dogs allowed.
But there are plenty of places you can go in Orange County that are pet-friendly...

A candidate running for an Assembly seat representing north Orange County was shown in photos linked to his campaign website wearing his reservist uniform with badge and patch, which can be a violation of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department policy....

The parent company of Carl’s Jr., founded in Anaheim 60 years ago, is relocating its California headquarters to Nashville, Tenn.
Carpinteria-based CKE Restaurants, which also owns St. Louis-based Hardee’s, is consolidating both offices in...

Newport Beach will ask a state agency to reconsider their restrictions on beach fire rings.
The Newport Beach City Council voted 5-2 to send a letter to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, asking the state board to reconsider a rule that...

SANTA ANA – The prosecutor in the murder retrial of a Santa Ana gang member alleged Tuesday that Eric Ortiz meant to shoot a rival but instead gunned down another man.
District Attorney David Porter told a jury that Ortiz, known on the streets as...