Orange County

People are being hired to go into the community to help educate about COVID-19. Vikki Vargas reported on NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020.

A massive brawl broke out Wednesday at the new Cambria Hotel & Suites in Anaheim involving as many as 100 people, police said. Two people were arrested and two people were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening laceration injuries, Anaheim Police Sgt. Shane Carringer told City News Service. One victim is a boy and the other is a woman, he said. Officers...

Two of the victims spoke publicly about their attacks. Hetty Chang reported for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2020.

A self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur is using her success to ensure that minority businesses have a fair shot. Vikki Vargas has the story for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on August 5, 2020.

A bizarre massive brawl at an OC hotel spilled into the parking lot and led to hospitalizations Aug. 5, 2020.

A sketch of a man wanted in the attempted sexual assault of three women at an Orange park was released Tuesday by police. The first attack happened at about 4:10 p.m. July 25 on the Santiago Creek trail near Tustin Street and La Veta Avenue, said Sgt. Phil McMullin of the Orange Police Department. The man grabbed the woman and…

At the Mission Viejo Library, there are books about ducks. There are books about brilliant ideas. And what do those two genres have in common? They’re both in quarantine. The library sets aside all returned books for five days to ensure they are not contaminated with the coronavirus. “The Batell lab that’s doing testing found the virus lives longer...

Two alleged street racers were charged Monday — one of them with second-degree murder and DUI counts and the other with gross vehicular manslaughter — in a fiery crash that killed a veteran newspaper editor near his Santa Ana home. Louie Robert Villa, 29, of Santa Ana, is charged with second-degree murder, driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury...

An Orange County library is taking special precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Vikki Vargas has details for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on August 3, 2020.

The city of Santa Ana is looking to hire several temporary bilingual workers to help with COVID-19 outreach. The city is looking to hire several people, who are bilingual in English and Spanish or Vietnamese, for a part-time position that pays $16.28 – $17.09. The city’s site says there are several vacancies for the positions that will require 19 hours…

A longtime newspaper editor died Thursday in a fiery crash in Santa Ana triggered by a street race involving two other drivers, one of whom was hospitalized. The collision occurred just before 11:45 a.m. at Bristol Street and Santa Clara Avenue, said Santa Ana Police Department Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. Eugene Harbrecht, 67, who worked at the OC Register and later…

“It’s hard for me to even accept that he died the way he did,” a reporter and friend of the victim said. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday July 30, 2020.

The driver of a pick-up truck just simply making a turn died after two other drivers suspected of street racing caused a car wreck in Santa Ana Thursday, police said. Santa Ana police said a gray BMW was heading northbound on Bristol Avenue about 11:45 a.m., racing with a black Infiniti. The driver of the Infiniti took off and was…

A Santa Ana suspected street racing crash left a driver dead. Vikki Vargas reports July 30, 2020.

The Orange County Board of Education announced Wednesday that it has decided — by a 4-0 vote — to file a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Public Health Officer to seek a court order that sets aside the state orders preventing public schools from holding in-person classes and resuming services on campus. The vote came during a…

Schools are scheduled to start in August, but California’s governor has said no schools in counties on the state’s watch list may reopen. Vikki Vargas reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

Wildlife officials in Wyoming have asked residents to report dead rabbits in their yards, rural property and outdoor areas because a viral disease has been identified in several neighboring states. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has tested carcasses statewide for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus2 to monitor the spread of the disease, the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reported. The disease has...

Education officials in Orange County are planning to sue Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials over rules barring most schools from reopening classrooms when the academic year starts due to the coronavirus. The Orange County Register reports that the county’s Board of Education voted 4-0 Tuesday to file the lawsuit. The board majority said in a statement the state hasn’t...