Orange County

Disneyland revealed a first look at the updated Jungle Cruise attraction at both Disneyland Resort in California and Magic Kingdom Park in Florida, adding that the new adventures “reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.”

Cielo Echegoyen, a Hispanic student from Orange County, received a special Christmas gift for her hard work and dedication: she learned she was admitted to Harvard University.

Powerful winds have pushed flames through Southern California canyons as an out-of-control wildfire burns near homes, forcing residents to flee

A house fire quickly spread due to high winds and low humidity in Orange County, Calif., forcing the evacuation of thousands.

A pint-sized hero in Orange County was honored Friday after saving his 2-year-old brother’s live after his baby brother fell into the family pool. Mason Ochoa donned a firefighter uniform Friday after he saved his baby brother from drowning back on Oct. 20.

An Orange County man Wednesday described how he spent nearly 2.5 years behind bars in his native Vietnam without having a chance to defend himself against an allegation of “anti-government activities.”

About 60,000 are under evacuation orders as the Silverado Fire continues to burn in Orange County.

State regulators will hold a special meeting Monday to consider pulling the license of Los Alamitos Race Course after a rash of racehorse deaths this year at the Orange County facility. The track was placed on probation by the California Horse Racing Board on July 10 and given 10 days to produce a plan to address the deaths or face…

An off-duty police officer shot and killed a neighbor in Orange County during some sort of dispute late Monday, the county district attorney said. It wasn’t immediately clear what the argument was about, but at some point the Ramapo cop’s gun discharged and neighbor Eric Gilmore was hit, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Gilmore died a...

The son of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was arrested this week after allegedly stabbing his neighbor, sheriff’s officials said. On Tuesday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department was called to a San Clemente neighborhood around 10 p.m. They were responding to a stabbing that apparently occurred during a dispute between neighbors. Adam Abdul-Jabbar, 28, allegedly stabbed his neighbor multiple times...

One person was arrested after eight homeless people were given poisoned food that sent several to the hospital, Southern California authorities said Friday. The poisonings occurred over the course of about a week in mid-May in Huntington Beach in Orange County south of Los Angeles, authorities said. The victims were given food laced with oleoresin capsicum, “which is twice as…

A Southern California college graduate achieved something exceptional in what has been a spring unlike any other for students. At just 13, Jack Rico, of La Mirada, graduated from Fullerton College with four associate degrees. He is the college’s youngest ever graduate.  “I still can’t really believe that I’ve achieved something like this,” Rico said. “I didn’t know that...

A lingering heat wave lured people to California beaches, rivers and trails again Sunday, prompting warnings from officials that defiance of stay-at-home orders could reverse progress and bring the coronavirus surging back.

Dachshunds are ready to go the distance for dogs in need, at Los Alamitos Race Course.

When a body was found at a mobile home park during the Sandalwood Fire in Calimesa last October, family members of 89-year-old Lois Arvickson feared it was her. They were on the phone with the mother, grandmother and great-grandmother when the line went dead. They searched nearby shelters to see if Arvickson had survived, but couldn’t find her. It...

John Altobelli’s team knew there was only one way to honor its late coach — by playing on his favorite day. Altobelli’s Orange Coast College baseball team opened its season as scheduled on Tuesday against Chula Vista Southwestern. The game occurred two days after Altobelli, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter were killed in the helicopter crash that also...

They’re here. They vape. And they say they’ll vote you out of office if you come for their “unicorn poop” flavored vape juice, NBC News reports. Facing a perfect storm of threats from federal, state and local governments, vapers are banding together politically to defend a product that they claim saves lives and that has created a livelihood for some...

A 14-ton tree is going to make Rockefeller Center its home this holiday season, and you can bet that thousands of revelers will flock to New York City to see it.