Runners in the 15th annual OC Marathon and OC Half Marathon raced through four cities Sunday, May 5, finishing at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. At the finish line, physical and mental strength collided with stories of perseverance. Fermin “Determined” Camarena, 65, of San Juan Capistrano, one of about 11,000 participants, placed…
Cinco de Mayo? Americans love Mexican food all year long. In 2017, Mexican overtook pizza as the second most common restaurant menu lineup. Restaurant popularity According to CHD Expert, a business data company, as of April 2017 there were 59,800 Mexican restaurants in the U.S. and 59,300 pizza restaurants.Google News Lab and design studio Polygraph…
A rare Guadalupe fur seal is spotted off Dana Point. The endangered seal is typically not seen near coastal waters. (Photo courtesy by Michelle Velasco for danawharf.com) A rare Guadalupe fur seal is spotted off Dana Point. The endangered seal is typically not seen near coastal waters. (Photo courtesy by Michelle Velasco for danawharf.com) Sound…
GARDEN GROVE – One person was killed and another injured in a high-speed, two-car crash late Saturday. The collision occurred at the intersection at Euclid Street and Westminster Avenue at shortly after 11:30 p.m. Garden Grove Police Sgt. Royce Wimmer said. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The other person was transported to…
Anaheim celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a four-day festival that lasted through the holiday on Sunday, May 5. Leah Martinez, 8 months, laughs at her dad, Hugo Martinez, during the annual Cinco de Mayo festival at La Palma Park on Saturday, May 4, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) The Baja California Dance Company…
The city of Orange on Saturday, May 4, paraded like it was 1991. After a 28-year hiatus, the Orange Chamber of Commerce brought back the Orange May Parade, with marching bands, Miss Orange pageant winners and a dozen floats traveling down Chapman Avenue and around the Old Towne Plaza. The parade ended at Almond Avenue…
SANTA ANA – A 44-year-old ex-con charged with two counts of murder stemming from the killings of a man and woman in a Newport Beach apartment might have planned to commit more crimes, police said in court documents. Jamon Rayon Buggs of Huntington Beach appeared before a judge Monday at the Harbor Justice Center in…
The annual Love Our Cities campaign had a new participant this weekend, as residents in Yorba Linda joined the army of volunteers who headed out on Saturday, May 4, into several north Orange County cities to tackle dozens of community service projects. Yorba Linda Mayor Tara Campbell and several other volunteers got together to spruce…
By FARES AKRAM GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian militants on Saturday fired over 200 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a monthlong lull between the bitter enemies. Three Palestinians, including a pregnant mother and her baby daughter, were…
By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON — They’re talking about jailing people at the Capitol. Imposing steep fines. All sorts of extraordinary, if long-shot measures to force the White House to comply with Democratic lawmakers’ request for information about President Donald Trump stemming from the special counsel’s Russia investigation. This is the remarkable state of affairs between…
