Portrait of science fiction fan Forrest J. Ackerman.

Police released surveillance footage on Monday, Oct. 29 of a suspect in an attack on an elderly man at a fast food restaurant in Garden Grove over the weekend. An 89-year-old man was attacked from behind while he was washing his hands in the bathroom of the McDonald’s at 13971 Harbor Blvd. at about 10:40 a.m. on…

Federal officials found 14 more children last week who had been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border this year, according to court records. The government learned of the children during a records review, officials said in a status update for an ongoing class-action lawsuit regarding…

After ironing out issues with event coordinators, the UC Irvine College Republicans plan to bring back right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos as a speaker next year. The university rejected the club’s original request to use its Pacific Ballroom to host Yiannopoulos and, at a separate event,…

The federal judge in the civil rights lawsuit over the county’s removal of homeless tent encampments at the Santa Ana riverbed said during the latest court hearing Monday, Oct. 29, that settlement talks have gone “exceptionally well” with the county and several cities that have presented plans for homeless shelters in their communities. U.S. District…

Four years ago, Talbert Middle School science teacher John Wood was among the contestants in the Mr. Fountain Valley contest, a fun, tongue-in-cheek event in which a group of Fountain Valley guys got on stage and did a lot of crazy things – all for charity. The goal of the pageant was to crown Mr….

Trial began Monday for a 23-year-old Army mechanic who, prosecutors say, fatally shot a Fullerton couple and their friend as they slept because he believed the couple had been abusing their daughter. The defendant’s attorney told jurors the man was autistic and had been “duped” into committing the 2016 slayings. According to prosecutors, Joshua Acosta…

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert issued in California after police say they believe the non-custodial mother of a 4-year-old Vancouver, Wash., girl took her into Mexico. KGW-TV reports that based on sightings authorities believe 21-year-old Esmeralda Lopez crossed the border with Aranza Ochoa Lopez, Vancouver police spokeswoman Kim Kapp said Monday….

For the 95th year the Anaheim community gathered for the Halloween Parade. The parade, which had waned in popularity in the last few decades, has made a resurgence the last several years. Neighbors lined the streets in downtown, many in their own costumes, to watch as floats, marching bands, community leaders and others passed by….

A photographer says he has tracked down the couple he captured in a striking photo of a marriage proposal at Yosemite National Park. Matthew Dippel took the photo of a man on bended knee as a woman extended her arm on Taft Point on Oct. 6. The Michigan man went on social media seeking the…