OC Watchdog: Will Orange County cities privatize emergency services?

REGISTER FILE PHOTO Irvine isn’t alone in threatening to bail on Orange County’s biggest emergency-services agency, which is suddenly...

Woman in Vallejo-to-Huntington Beach kidnapping files lawsuit against police who thought it was hoax

This undated photo released by the Vallejo Police Department shows Denise Huskins. SAN FRANCISCO –- Police who dismissed a California...

Crises averted: 211 hotline reaches O.C. residents in need of food, housing, detox aid and more

Billy Wayne Phillips answers questions from a 211OC Community Wellness Navigator as she help him enroll for Medi-Cal and CalFresh servic...

Disney Musicals in the Schools: O.C. students take their star turn at Segerstrom

Students from Agnes Ware Stanley elementary school perform "I Wanna Be Like You" from “The Jungle Book,” during Disney Musical...

Judge grants woman's request to quit Trump University suit

SAN DIEGO – A judge has granted a Southern California yoga instructor’s request to withdraw from a federal class-action lawsuit against...

Santa Ana Civic Center overhaul underway with $7.7 million design contract

Building 16, located at 601 N. Ross St. in Santa Ana, would be torn down under a plan to revamp county office space. SANTA ANA – A 20...

Goat Hill Tavern owner dies at 84, is remembered as a feisty and giving soul

Robert “Zeb” Ziemer, the man behind Goat Hill Tavern in Costa Mesa, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 84. Ziemer was kno...