NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says it recently spent half the night fishing bales of marijuana from the Pacific off the Southern California coast.
DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Cooler temperatures and a lull in the winds Monday allowed Southern California firefighters to make more progress against a trio of devastating wildfires.
YORBA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- As many as 870 homes may have been burned and 30,000 people have been evacuated as a result of three wildfires in Southern California.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The corruption trial of a former high-profile Southern California county sheriff accused of selling his office began Wednesday.
GARDEN GROVE , Calif., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Health officials are warning Southern California residents to take precautions against a severe threat of mosquito-borne West Nile disease.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Officials in a Southern California county Thursday blasted San Francisco for transferring illegal immigrant juvenile offenders to group homes in their area.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 9 (UPI) -- California scientists said they're considering a plan to drill 7,000 feet into the fault that produced the deadly 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 3 (UPI) -- An Orange County, Calif., sheriff's deputy was found dead hours after he was charged with molesting a boy he met through a mentoring program, officials said.
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 27 (UPI) -- Investigators say a man arrested in southern California may have carried out 11 bank robberies in the past three months blamed on the "Scarface Bandit."
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 27 (UPI) -- A small earthquake that jiggled the Southern California coast Wednesday night was measured at a magnitude 3.1 by the U.S. Geological Survey.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Former NFL quarterback Josh Booty was arrested in California on a suspicion of drunken driving charge, a report said Thursday.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Videotapes show corrections officers at a Southern California jail used Tasers on inmates who had already been restrained, a report said Friday.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Nicolas Cage has reportedly sold his Newport Beach, Calif., home for $35 million, setting a new residential sales record for Orange County.
COTO DE CAZA, Calif., Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Former pitcher and reality TV star Matt Keough has been arrested and accused of violating his probation by drinking at an Orange County, Calif., bar.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Southern California avoided mudslides in burn areas as a rainstorm knocked out power to more than 15,000 homes and businesses.
