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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.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 3, 2023

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 · Mar 1, 2023

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.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 28, 2023

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 · Feb 17, 2023

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 · Feb 16, 2023

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…

The Orange County Register · Feb 14, 2023

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.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 14, 2023

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 · Feb 10, 2023

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.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023

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 Orange County Register · Feb 10, 2023