Orange County

Woman Admits Faking Cancer To Get Money For Wedding And Honeymoon

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

GOSHEN, N.Y. — A New York woman admitted Wednesday that she faked cancer to con donors out of money and services for her wedding and Caribbean h...

Homeless Man Is Dragged For Miles Down OC Floodway

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.16.2012

In sunny Southern California, rapid water currents are not a danger we often think about. But the danger that exists in our urban floodways showed ...

Morgan Stanley, Italy and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Wallace Turbeville | Posted 05.21.2012

Wallace Turbeville

Warren Buffett once referred to derivatives as "financial weapons of mass destruction" created by "madmen." Real WMD have rarely been used. However, derivatives are used quite a lot, and it appears that Italy got hit by the derivatives WMD in January.

Bashing the Homeless: When Pinkberry Becomes Punkberry

Joel John Roberts | Posted 03.27.2012

Joel John Roberts

What is this country coming to when a guy in a car chases down a homeless man and pounds him with a tire iron, just because they exchanged angry words?

Killing Homeless Stereotypes in Orange County

Joel John Roberts | Posted 03.19.2012

Joel John Roberts

At first glance, he appears to be the stereotypical image of a killer of homeless Americans. Young. Male. Angry. Short hair, almost to the point of be...

Police Detain Man Amid Hunt For Serial Killer Of Homeless Men

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 03.15.2012

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Investigators are "extremely confident" a man in custody is responsible for all four recent killings of homeless men in Orange...

Orange County Supervisors Misled by Health Care Agency on Laura's Law

DJ Jaffe | Posted 12.24.2011

DJ Jaffe

Misinforming the Board of Supervisors could be deadly for two groups of Orange County residents: those with severe mental illness and those without.

Why I'm Walking 136 Miles With 50 Pounds of Wood On My Back

Greg Spencer | Posted 11.28.2011

Greg Spencer

With all the causes in the world you could support, maybe cook stoves don't top your list. But in my opinion, they should because, much like unsafe dr...

Teen Who Raped Boy With Light Saber Sentenced To Prison

Posted 11.27.2011

A teenager convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy with a "Star Wars" light saber at the home of a baby sitter while other children watched ...

Dead Poets Society Lied: What the Movies Don't Teach You About Student Resistance

John Hrabe | Posted 11.25.2011

John Hrabe

Our natural reaction to contrasting views should always be to speak out ourselves, not shut our opponents up. Muslim students get the same First Amendment protections as Israeli ambassadors.

Casey Anthony Now Owes $217,000 For Caylee's Search

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Florida judge on Friday increased the reimbursement costs Casey Anthony must pay to investigators for searching for her missing 2-y...

Security Camera Catches Car Crashing Through Mission Viejo Store

Mission Viejo, CA Patch | Peter Schelden | Posted 11.15.2011

An elderly woman crashed her red Cadillac into Rock 'n Road Cyclery Tuesday around 5 p.m., forcing customers to dodge out of the way. "I thought i...

Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 11.06.2011

S.X. Rosenstock

Sade's show at Honda Center in Anaheim August 30 was such a triumph of visual and sonic beauty, I started to wonder if pure gorgeousness could fix the economy or make political parties get along.

Pigs Flying Off the Grill Aug. 18-21 in Orange County

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.19.2011

Charles Karel Bouley

If pork ribs are your thing then this is the place to be this weekend. Six BBQers from across the country will compete for titles while diners serve as beneficiaries to the competitive spirit.

Casey Anthony Ordered Back To Florida

AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 10.12.2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony must return to Orlando within two weeks to serve a year's probation for check fraud, a Florida judge ruled Friday. J...

Paris on the Pacific: My New Love Affair

Zachary Ehren | Posted 09.28.2011

Zachary Ehren

This was the first time since my travels in Europe that I would stop and stare at the buildings and houses on every corner. Was I still in the United States?

Republicans: The People Grandpa Warned Me About

Bob Burnett | Posted 09.28.2011

Bob Burnett

If he were alive today, my Grandpa Harry would be horrified by the behavior of contemporary Republican leaders who believe the ends justify the means.

Casey Anthony Jurors' Names Will Be Released This Fall

AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 09.26.2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The identities of the jurors in the Casey Anthony trial can be made public but not for another three months, a Florida judge ruled Tu...

Florida Birthday Party Shooting: 9 Wounded

AP | Posted 09.23.2011

APOPKA, Fla. -- A suspect fired several shots from a handgun after fighting erupted among teenagers at a birthday party at a central Florida home, lea...

Debt Ceiling Battle Offers House Republicans Untold Leverage

David Paul | Posted 09.16.2011

David Paul

Both the President and Senate leaders believe that the fear of default should provide enough motivation to get something done. But so far, the House leadership is not biting.

Witness Tampering Alleged At Casey Anthony Trial

AP | By KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 09.12.2011

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities were looking into allegations of witness tampering during Casey Anthony's murder trial, a Florida sheriff said Tuesd...

Riverside County Officials Endorse 'South California' Secession

AP | By JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 09.11.2011

LOS ANGELES -- Elected officials in Riverside County endorsed a proposal Tuesday to discuss cleaving California in two, but with a catch: No public fu...

Vietnamese Lingerie Cafe Crackdown

AP | By AMY TAXIN | Posted 08.31.2011

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- At Cafe Miss Cutie, the windows are tinted but not pitch black. The waitresses are wearing negligees but not naked. And patron...

The Groom Did Not Kiss The Bride: Rare Jailhouse Wedding

Posted 11.15.2011

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Man Lies Down In Front Of Girlfriend's Car, Gets Run Over

Posted 11.15.2011

An angry boyfriend became a speed bump when he tried to stop his girlfriend from driving away. Joel Santos didn't want to call it a night when his ...