An early Tuesday fire damaged several units in a single-story commercial complex in Costa Mesa, fire authorities said. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. at 1515 MacArthur Blvd., said Capt. Joseph Noceti of the Costa Mesa Fire Department. “There was someone on site who called it in,” Noceti said. “When (firefighters) got there, it…
An ex-Orange County attorney accused of killing an ex-wife on an Italian cruise ship denied that the woman had discovered evidence of his committing fraud, as his testimony continued Monday, June 1, in his ongoing murder trial. Lonnie Kocontes has testified to waking up to find his second wife, Micki Kanesaki, missing while the two…
Hundreds gathered in Anaheim to protest the death of George Floyd, listening to local speakers at a neighborhood park, demonstrating at City Hall and walking through the streets of downtown on Monday evening, June 1. For a few hours in the late afternoon, a large crowd of more than 500 people, drawn from three different…
Costa Mesa will be under citywide curfew from 7 p.m. Monday, June 1, until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. The news follows a curfew overnight Sunday that officials called out of caution, as protests were scheduled in several other Orange County cities. A security guard sits behind a barricade at a Bear Street entrance to South Coast…
With three different protests scheduled in Anaheim for Monday afternoon and evening, June 1, city officials announced a citywide curfew from 6 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Two of the events were set before the curfew, and one would fall after the curfew is in effect. “It is out of an abundance of caution to safeguard…
Orange County saw several demonstrations over the weekend in the wake of George Floyd’s death but the number of arrests and severity of damages paled in comparison. The most notable and largest local protests were in Santa Ana, San Clemente and Huntington Beach. Protesters came out in droves Sunday night to oppose the death of…
The upscale mall in Costa Mesa had planned to throw open its doors to customers Monday following a lengthy coronavirus-related closure but will remain closed indefinitely.
Protesters took to the streets again Sunday night in response to the death of George Floyd, but interspersed with peaceful marchers were groups intent on vandalism and stealing.
Danny Mendoza, the first California prison officer to die after contracting coronavirus, worked at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco.
A man was found shot multiples times on a sidewalk in Santa Ana Sunday night and pronounced dead at the scene. It was just before 11 p.m. when police were called about the shooting at 1600 S. Evergreen St., police said Monday. That area is home to several multi-unit complexes. The victim’s name had not…
