Hetty Chang

Anaheim Sep 14

Anaheim teacher accused of fathering child with high school student

Police in Orange County are investigating a long-time band teacher they say had a child with one of his former students in the 1980s.

A view of a cabin left standing and another the was destroyed in the September 2024 Airport Fire in Holy Jim Canyon.

California Wildfires Sep 13

‘Everything is gone.' Airport Fire destroys cabins in OC's Holy Jim Canyon

Flames that swept through Orange County’s Holy Jim Canyon left behind the rubble of recreational cabins in a patch of Cleveland National Forest considered a treasured mountain retreat.

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - August 01: A view of a large fissure that has opened up since February, damaging a Portuguese Bend home and putting green after last winter's heavy rain in Rancho Palos Verdes Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Due to continual land movement, the Portuguese bend neighborhood in Rancho Palos Verde could face power shut off. Mike Hong, whose home neighbors a large fissure that has been getting larger and deeper since February, when the area was inundated with heavy rains. He says that water is draining from Rolling Hills homes into Altamira Canyon and directly flowing into the earth and not into the ocean, which is part of a proposed drainage plan. He says lining the canyon would help as rain saturation is one of the contributing factors to movement in the area. The fissure also passes through and through the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Rancho Palos Verdes Sep 5

Rancho Palos Verdes crisis highlights SoCal's concerns of shifting land

The emergency situation in Rancho Palos Verdes is a realistic reminder that land movement is a natural occurrence, which when accelerated, according to geological science experts, can lead to damage and danger.

Orange County Aug 30

Orange County nonprofit auctions playhouses to build homeless shelters

An Orange County nonprofit returns for its biggest fundraiser auctioning custom playhouses to raise money to build homeless shelters.

Orange Aug 28

Popular Cuban restaurant to shut down after 45 years in business

A beloved Cuban restaurant is shutting down after roughly 45 years in business in Orange County.

Santa Ana, CA – June 13: Robin Gurien walks back to her seat after speaking during a board meeting at the Santa Ana Unified School District Board Room on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in Santa Ana, CA. Two recently approved ethnic studies classes have been at the center of renewed controversy as they prepare lessons on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pro-Israel groups criticize the classes for presenting a one-sided view of Jews and the Middle Eastern nation. Pro-Palestinian advocates support the classes for what they view as a fair and accurate treatment of the conflict. The district continues meeting with all sides but has not announced any changes to the proposed classes. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).

Santa Ana Aug 27

Jewish groups file more alleged evidence of antisemitism against Santa Ana Unified

The Jewish groups claim some members of the district’s education board expressed anti-Semitic views in approving the ethnic studies courses.

Orange County Aug 27

OC Supervisor Andrew Do urged to resign over residence concerns, daughter's lawsuit

Two Orange County supervisors called on fellow supervisor Andrew Do to resign Monday amid questions about his primary residence and growing concerns about the misuse of millions of dollars in federal funding at the hands of a nonprofit tied to his daughter.