Orange County Register

Beach goers stand around a fire pit, Huntington Beach, California (AP Photo)

State lawmakers backing beach fire rings

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have weighed in on the burning issue of banning fire pits at California beaches. The Orange County Register says the state Assembly last month approved a nonbinding resolution supporting […]

2013/06/12

Boiler room explosion rattles Santa Ana school

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An explosion in the boiler room of a Southern California high school has caused damage to a building but no students were injured. Santa Ana Unified School District spokeswoman Deidra […]

2013/06/11

5 teens killed in fiery Orange County car crash

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say five people killed in a fiery Southern California crash that split a car in half were teenagers from the Irvine area. Sheriff’s officials tell the Orange County Register […]

2013/05/28

The Crystal Cathedral in a 2010 AP file photo.

Crystal Cathedral church gets new name

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — The church once known as California’s Crystal Cathedral has been renamed Shepherd’s Grove. The church is moving next month to St. Callistus Catholic Church in Orange. The Roman Catholic Diocese of […]

2013/05/17

Garden Grove acts to close marijuana dispensaries

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — An Orange County city is ordering its medical marijuana dispensaries to close in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that permits pot shop bans. The Orange County Register […]

2013/05/14

OC DA to start shaming for convicted johns

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Orange County’s district attorney says he’ll fight prostitution by naming and shaming johns.

2013/04/30

Calif. woman goes on trial in severed penis case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California prosecutor says a jealous wife yelled “You deserve it” before severing her estranged husband’s penis with a 10-inch kitchen knife and throwing it in a garbage disposal.

2013/04/17

Man-made OC reef not generating enough fish

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Biologists say a San Clemente habitat built to compensate for a drop-off in fish population because of the San Onofre nuclear plant’s warm water emissions isn’t generating enough fish.

2013/04/09

3 per car considered for packed CA carpool lanes

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – Drivers who want to use some of California’s most crowded carpool lanes may have to track down another passenger to ride with them. The Orange County Register reports that Caltrans […]

2013/03/30

Southern CA regulators mull ban on beach bonfires

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Air quality regulators are considering a ban on beach bonfires in Orange and Los Angeles counties. The South Coast Air Quality Management District staff presented such a proposal to the board on Friday.

2013/03/16

Pod of killer whales seen off Orange County coast

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Whale watchers are reporting this season’s first pod of killer whales after at least 15 orcas were spotted just outside Newport Beach Harbor.

2013/03/10

OC’s Lowers Pro surfing contest canceled

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — A contest that drew world-class surfers to Orange County has been canceled for the first time in 24 years because it couldn’t find a sponsor.

2013/03/06

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