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2,000 kilograms of illegal drugs seized from 'one of the largest labs' in Southern California, FBI says

The FBI executed four search warrants on suspected drug labs in Southern California this week, including busting one location in Orange County that was "one of the largest labs" federal agents have ever seen in the region, according to authorities.

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Little boy rescued after being swept away in rain-flooded Santa Ana River

LOS ANGELES — A little boy who got too close to the rain-flooded Santa Ana River in Santa Ana was rescued Sunday after getting swept away, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

Los Angeles Times

He's the first Black council member of a former Orange County 'sundown town'

Rodney "Blair" Stewart listened attentively during a recent city council meeting, jotting down notes as residents described their concerns — park modernization, traffic problems, city-sponsored events downtown.

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Gustavo Arellano: How I finally learned to care about Orange County's crumbling coastline

One Friday morning in October, I drove down Interstate 5 to a place I hadn't been in years: San Clemente State Beach.

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Startling increase found in deaths of Orange County, Calif., homeless people. Drugs are the main cause

LOS ANGELES — More homeless people in Orange County, California, are dying each year, and accidental drug overdoses involving fentanyl are a leading reason why, according to a new county report.

Los Angeles Times

In a sign of the times, O.C. malls will be places to live as well as shop

Growing up in Orange County, California, in the late 1970s, KL DeHart often wandered the Westminster Mall with her mother, checking out the latest fashions and seeing what movies were playing.

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'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists

Last week the Southern Baptist Convention ousted Saddleback Church, one of its largest and highest-profile member churches, from its ranks. The reason? Because after the Orange County megachurch ordained three women as associate pastors, it named Stacie Wood, wife of the church's senior pastor, Andy Wood, a teaching pastor.

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‘Jesus Revolution’ tells the true story of Christian hippies and an Orange County church

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Eight years ago, as writer-director Jon Erwin was researching an unrelated movie project, he stumbled across a 1971 issue of Time magazine, which featured a psychedelic purple picture of Jesus under the headline, “The Jesus Revolution.”

The Orange County Register

TV reporter Dylan Lyons among those killed in Orlando shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. — Spectrum News 13 announced the names of the two TV journalists who were shot while covering a homicide case in Orange County on Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel

Orange County, Calif., man who bought luxury cars with COVID-19 relief funds sentenced to prison

An Orange County, California man who fraudulently obtained $5 million in pandemic relief loans and then spent the money on lavish vacations, luxury sports cars and his own personal expenses was sentenced Friday to 41/2 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times

Boy, 11, dies from flesh-eating bacteria after twisting his ankle running on a treadmill

Jesse Brown, aged 11, died from fa lesh eating bacteria, having picked up a Strep A infection after spraining his ankle. Tributes have poured in for the youngster in Orange County, Florida

Daily Mirror

Woman blows $10million of her company's money 'partying at Las Vegas Strip casino'

Sara Jacqueline King, from Orange County in California, US, was working as a lawyer for LDR International Limited in the British Virgin Islands when she allegedly spent the company's funds

Daily Mirror

Attorney Elliot Blair’s death in Mexico raises troubling questions for American citizens abroad

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Mexico was supposed to be their “happy place,” where Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair and his wife, Kim Williams, went to celebrate their love on their one-year anniversary. Now his death and her pursuit of answers — and, perhaps, justice — are at the center of…

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Florida judge dismisses voter fraud case from DeSantis-touted arrests

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County judge Monday dismissed a voter fraud case brought by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election crimes office, finding statewide prosecutors lacked the authority to charge the Orlando defendant.

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Mark Z. Barabak: The abortion issue hurt Republicans in 2022. So why would they double down in 2024?

At a recent gathering in Orange County, California, Republican leaders did something strange: They effectively urged the party's candidates to charge headlong into a political buzz saw.

Los Angeles Times

Shipping companies agree to pay $45 million in O.C. oil spill lawsuits

LOS ANGELES — Companies linked to two cargo ships accused of damaging a pipeline months before it ruptured, sending crude oil gushing into the waters off Orange County, have agreed to pay $45 million to settle lawsuits brought by business owners and residents, attorneys said Thursday.

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Mexican autopsy shows injuries to dead California lawyer did not come from a fall, family says

A Mexican autopsy revealed that Orange County, California, lawyer Elliot Blair suffered injuries suggesting he had possibly been dragged, conflicting with the official conclusion that he died in a drunken fall from a third-story hotel walkway, his family said Thursday.

The Independent UK

A California lawyer fell to his death on an anniversary trip in Mexico. His wife says it was murder

Elliot Blair’s family has refuted reports by Mexican authorities that he fell to his death his from an open-air walkway while intoxicated, Andrea Blanco reports

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Will Disney, Universal affordable housing projects lead the way for more?

As Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando help build affordable apartments for employees and the public, questions remain about who is going to get to live there and what other local businesses, if any, will follow suit.

Los Angeles Times

From Orange County to the Texas border: How Bill Melugin became a Fox News fixture

LOS ANGELES — Right before Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin goes on the air to deliver a live report — these days mostly from the southern border — he looks down for a moment and whispers.

Los Angeles Times

‘The stuff of nightmares’: Killing of Orange County doctor who was riding a bike stuns community

LOS ANGELES — The driver accused of hitting an Orange County doctor who was out riding his bike and then repeatedly stabbing him was charged with murder on Friday in a crime that stunned the community and left many unanswered questions.

Los Angeles Times

Tom Girardi’s dementia diagnosis likely to be battleground in criminal case

LOS ANGELES — Tom Girardi is expected to wake Monday morning in the memory care unit of an Orange County assisted living facility. After breakfast and the medications he has been prescribed for dementia and other ailments, the 83-year-old is to be driven to a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

Los Angeles Times

Skeptical family orders independent autopsy of Southern California public defender who died in Mexico

LOS ANGELES — The body of an Orange County lawyer whose death in Mexico is still clouded by questions has been returned to Southern California, where his family has ordered an independent autopsy, according to their attorney.

The Orange County Register

Body of Southern California lawyer back in US from Mexico, private autopsy planned

The body of Orange County, California, deputy public defender Elliot Blair, who died mysteriously Jan. 14 in Mexico, crossed the border from Baja California to the United States on Monday afternoon.

Los Angeles Times

State Bar charges John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on overturning the election, with ethics violations

LOS ANGELES — The State Bar of California filed disciplinary charges Thursday against Orange County attorney John Eastman, accusing him of multiple ethics violations stemming from his actions while advising then-President Donald Trump on how to overturn the 2020 election.

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