The year saw ups and downs, as any year does, but despite a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, we managed to find the moments that tell the story of Orange County.

The Unified Command, a collective of response agencies, will now enter a “transition period,” monitoring tar balls and oiling incidents, and sampling any new sheens to determine if

Do you qualify for social security benefits? The Administration has released a new calendar that shows when you can expect to receive the checks in 2022, KTLA sister station KTVI reports. The check will be coming on a different day of the month depending on the beneficiaries’ birthday.

The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported. Last year’s flu season was the lowest on record, likely

Dan Albano’s Fab 5 outstanding girls basketball players last week, Dec. 27: Amanda Edwards, San Juan Hills, Jr., G: Edwards earned all-tournament honors at the Marina-hosted Larry Doyle tournament. Audrey Nguyen,

Police shot and wounded a man suspected of shooting a bicyclist in a Southern California beach city on Monday, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of gunfire in Huntington Beach

Callers reported shots fired in Sunset Beach near 3rd Street and South Pacific Avenue at 12:20 p.m., police said.

Poseidon is going to keep applying for all programs that help reduce costs for Southern California ratepayers.

Lou Correa of Santa Ana is the most congenial politician around. That’s how he has won office for state assembly and senate, Orange County supervisor and his current perch, member of the U.S. Congress.

City officials recently agreed to move forward with creating a memorial plaque for Rick “Rockin’ Fig” Fignetti, who died in July. At the same time, his two children are keeping

After 12 days, a frantic search and the offer of a $1,000 reward, Diego, a 10-pound Chihuahua stolen along with his owner’s truck from the parking lot of a Huntington Beach hotel, was returned home on Christmas Eve.

Samples of oil were taken and protective measures were put in at environmentally sensitive habitat areas on Wednesday evening while response teams conducted flights early Thursday morning to assess a sheen spotted offshore of Bolsa Chica State Beach.

On balance, it’s important for California to see more desalination facilities pop up across the state. However, we cannot support Poseidon’s request for this particular set of funding.

City Attorney Michael Gates has hired a law firm to represent him against the city should council members insist on hiring another attorney on their own.

When the youngest batch of contestants appears at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27 on Season 10 of Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship,” three local children will compete.

The Huntington Harbour home of former Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz who stirred protests for refusing to wear a face mask at public events, is for sale at $6 million. Built on Davenport Island in 2006,

Traffic investigators were approached by a woman told them she was driving the SUV that hit the man who died, but officers determined her husband was actually behind the wheel, police said.

South Coast Plaza has tapped a new general manager, the first woman to run the Costa Mesa retail center, after its longtime leader retired. Molly Unger succeeds David Grant, who was GM at the Costa Mesa retail center for 26 years.

A husband and wife were arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a 66-year-old man in Huntington Beach, police reported. Officers responded to the report of

The move by a federal judge to in a combined class action lawsuit signals that pending criminal charge related to the spill won’t halt an expected civil court battle.