With the holidays fast approaching, the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) is supporting the Spark of Love toy drive and collecting new, unwrapped toys for underprivileged children in Orange County. Every fire station in Orange County is a drop-off point for sporting goods, gift cards and new, unwrapped toys for boys and girls ages 0 [...]

At its regular meeting on Nov. 28, the Cypress City Council swiftly approved a conditional use permit for a new “fast-food Mexican restaurant” at 6178 Lincoln Ave., east of the intersection with Valley View Street. The new restaurant will go in the building that used to house Payless Shoes. Because a restaurant has never occupied [...]

The following is from the Rossmoor Homeowners Association (RHA). December is upon us and the Rossmoor weather forecast calls for no snow. This makes for a perfect time to hang outdoor Christmas lights and lawn decorations. The Rossmoor Christmas Lights Contest is back in full swing with the primary goal of identify all the Rossmoor [...]

The Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have just released the 2012 annual fuel economy guide — and the 2012 all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV came out at the top of the list with an average fuel economy of 112 miles per gallon. The manufacturer of the i-MiEV, Mitsubishi Motors, was the overall event sponsor [...]

According to reports in the Seal Beach – Los Alamitos Patch and the Orange County Register, Scott Evans Dekraai formally entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment in Superior Court yesterday on charges that he shot nine people at Salon Meritage in Seal Beach. Eight victims died. Dekraai’s original attorney bowed out when [...]

An Orange County man who served as a vice president of Farmers and Merchants Bank and was the manager of the institution’s Laguna Hills branch pleaded guilty today to stealing nearly $2 million from a customer’s account. Matthew J. Walker, 34, of Orange, pleaded guilty this afternoon to one count of theft of bank funds. [...]