Homebuying in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda rose 55 percent in a decade. In the first quarter of 2008, housing’s bubble was bursting and it was just months before the global financial collapse that led to the Great Recession. This three-month period still stands as Orange County’s slowest-selling…
The Valley fire that started near Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains grew a bit overnight at 1,139 acres burned with 5 percent containment as it entered its third day on Sunday, July 9. The town remained under mandatory evacuation Sunday, and Highway 38 continued closed, agencies fighting the fire reported. The blaze broke…
Children look at “Silly Fish” by second grader Kalani Hogsett who won first place in the Junior Art Exhibit during the Festival of Arts Family Art Day Sunday, July 8, 2018 in Laguna Beach. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Members of Le Petite Cirque perform during the Festival of Arts Family Art Day Sunday,…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the U.S. service member killed in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan was an Army soldier from California. In a statement Sunday, the Pentagon identified the soldier as Cpl. Joseph Maciel of South Gate in Los Angeles County. He died Saturday in Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Maciel…
A car fire slowed traffic briefly on the southbound 5 Freeway on Sunday morning in Irvine, according to the California Highway Patrol. The car burst into flames and was engulfed by the blaze after crashing on the freeway just north of Lake Forest Drive at around 10 a.m., according to a CHP log of the…
Newport Beach police this weekend released new sketches of a man wanted in the death of an 11-year-old homicide victim 45 years ago. The sketches, showing how he might have appeared in 1973 and could have aged, were revealed at the end of a series of tweets by police about Linda O’Keefe. They were written…
A heat wave that brought record-breaking temperatures to Southern California was expected to subside — gradually — bringing near-average temperatures to many locations by mid-week, the National Weather Service said Sunday, July 8. It’s still pretty hot, but temperatures will be on a gradual decrease the next few days, and we should approach near-average temperatures…
A continuing heat wave battered Southern California, Saturday, July 7, bringing power outages, red flag warnings and flash flood warnings on top of triple digit heat in some areas. Fires continued to burn in San Bernardino County, Goleta and Camp Pendleton while others broke out in Burbank and Granada Hills on Saturday afternoon. Some cities, including…
The Orange County Fire Authority is investigating whether two pairs of early-morning, back-to-back car fires in Placentia and Brea on Saturday, July 7, are related, officials said. Sign up for our breaking news email newsletter: When major local news happens, you will be the first to know. Subscribe here. The first fire was reported about…
This weekend’s continued heat wave fueled fires including one that destroyed some 20 homes and buildings in the hills above Goleta as tens of thousands of Southern California residents lost power and a sudden storm packed its own surprise punch: a flash flood warning. The blaze in the hills above Goleta in Santa Barbara County gobbled up…
