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• Police catch man suspected of stealing wallet before 9-year-old Santa Ana girl wrestled it away; mom relieved he's caught

  19-06-2015 23:07
  
  SANTA ANA – The heroics of a plucky 9-year-old girl who stopped a man from stealing her mom’s wallet during a daring early morning robbery Monday have paid off.
  Heriberto Escalera Contreras, 36, of Santa Ana was arrested Thursday for burglary,...
  
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• Sweating yet? Cream at Irvine Spectrum offers free ice cream sandwiches Friday for grand opening

  19-06-2015 23:04
  
  Just in time for summer’s swelter, the ice cream cookie sandwich store Cream has opened at Irvine Spectrum.To celebrate, the store is giving out free ice cream sandwiches from 3 to 11 p.m. Friday (June 19) . It expects to hand out more than 3,000...
  
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• Best of Photos: Our favorite Orange County high school and college graduation moments

  19-06-2015 21:20
  
  Tis the season for graduations! From high school to college, we have rounded up our best graduation photos from around Orange County.
  Congratulations to the Class of 2015!
  
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• Fire in San Bernardino mountains at 11,000 acres on third day; evacuations remain in place

  19-06-2015 20:24
  
  1,224 Southern California fire personnel were on scene Friday, battling the 11,000 acre Lake Fire that's been ravaging the San Bernardino mountains near Big Bear.
  The good news, U.S. Forest Service officials said, is that that firefighters have...
  
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• Former Mater Dei star Brian Campbell remains in the hunt at U.S. Open

  19-06-2015 19:50
  
  Update: UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. - Mater Dei High graduate Brian Campbell is 3-under-par and is tied for eighth, two shots off the lead in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. Campbell briefly was tied for the lead but has a bogey and double-bogey in his...
  
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• Former Mater Dei star Brian Campbell among leaders at U.S. Open

  19-06-2015 19:50
  
  Update: UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. - Mater Dei High graduate Brian Campbell birdied two of his first three holes Friday to move into a tie for the lead at the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. But a bogey on his fourth hole dropped him a shot back of the...
  
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• PHOTOS: Springsteen, Neil Young and more: The bands and artists that stopped politicians from using their music

  19-06-2015 19:33
  
  Ronald Reagan messed with 'The Boss.'
  You don't mess with The Boss. When Reagan tried to use "Born in the USA" in the 1984 presidential campaign, he didn't do his homework. Not only was the song NOT a warm and fuzzy anthem, Springsteen was NOT going...
  
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• Orange County jobs expand by 13,000 in May, growing at 3.4% rate

  19-06-2015 18:50
  
  Orange County employment expanded at a healthy clip in May, as hiring managers added to their payrolls and new job seekers jumped into the market.
  The county added 13,000 jobs during the month, contributing to a year-over-year boost of 50,700 jobs...
  
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• O.C. jobs hit record high in May as county's employment market finally surpasses pre-recession peak of 2006

  19-06-2015 18:50
  
  Orange County has finally recovered all the jobs it lost during the Great Recession – and then some.The number of local payroll positions reached an historic high last month, surpassing their 2006 peak as employers boosted investments in labor and...
  
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• Update: Man killed in Ortega Highway hit-and-run is identified

  19-06-2015 17:02
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - A 20-year-old was able to escape the overturned car he crashed in early Friday and began walking on Ortega Highway in darkness, when about a mile later, he was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver.California Highway Patrol and...
  
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• Update: Man crashes and escapes overturned car before being stuck by hit-and-run driver

  19-06-2015 17:02
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A man in his 20s was able to escape the overturned car he crashed early Friday morning and began walking on Ortega Highway in darkness when about a mile later he was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver.Ortega Highway was...
  
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• Update: Body found on Ortega Highway was man who crashed, escaped overturned car before being struck by hit-and-run driver

  19-06-2015 17:02
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A man in his 20s was able to escape the overturned car he crashed early Friday morning and began walking on Ortega Highway in darkness when about a mile later he was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver.
  Ortega Highway was...
  
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• Dead body found on Ortega Highway closes road for several miles

  19-06-2015 17:02
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A dead body was found early Friday morning on Ortega Highway near Antonio Parkway, prompting several miles of road closures.
  Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials reported a dead body in the road around 4:25 a.m. to...
  
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• From 'Love Connection' to Dwight Yoakam: How a Santa Ana man found his calling as 'Yodeling Steve'

  19-06-2015 16:53
  
  This all started the day Steve Craik broke his voice.It happened in the shower, and by “it” Craik means magic. The magic happened when he was able to control his voice well enough to drop it from its upper register to its lower register and then...
  
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• Pope Francis' manifesto on climate change draws mixed reaction from O.C. Catholics

  19-06-2015 15:56
  
  Pope Francis has called for “a bold cultural revolution.” The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has already embraced it.The pontiff Thursday issued a 184-page, sharply worded manifesto, traditionally known as an encyclical, to more than a billion...
  
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• Records of 4,859 patients breached at UC Irvine

  19-06-2015 15:35
  
  Medical records of 4,859 patients at UC Irvine Medical Center were breached over a nearly four-year period, the hospital announced Thursday.An employee whose job required access to some patient records viewed thousands of additional records...
  
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• How Southern California attractions like Disneyland cater to theme park junkies

  19-06-2015 15:35
  
  Can theme parks become even more addictive? That's what parks in Southern California and around the country are hoping to do with their new crop of attractions for this summer.Anyone in business knows it's more cost-effective to get your current...
  
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• Former sheriff's captain testifies that she faced departmental discrimination, was 'iced out'

  19-06-2015 15:35
  
  SANTA ANA – A former jail commander testified Thursday that she faced discrimination at the Orange County Sheriff's Department, but acknowledged that she didn't raise the issue with her superiors before she and other department higher-ups were laid...
  
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• One big, big happy family: From Anthony to Zoe, the Condons of Newport Beach raised a village

  19-06-2015 08:00
  
  Allen and Margot Condon never planned to have such a big family.“It just happened,” Allen said.“We love children,” Margot explained.They love children so much that “it” just happened 13 times. (Nearly a 14th time, but more on that...
  
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• Irvine church holds vigil in wake of South Carolina shootings

  19-06-2015 07:32
  
  IRVINE - More than 150 people of all walks of faith gathered at Irvine’s Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday night. The small room was crowded, full of families, with people talking, comforting each other and grieving...
  
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• Raids, lawsuits and alleged lottery fixing: Santa Ana pot shop regulations lead to chaos

  19-06-2015 07:19
  
  Santa Ana emerged as the first city in the county to try to rein in rogue marijuana dispensaries by regulating their operations, but the result so far is a messy chaos of police raids, lawsuits and allegations that the city’s pot-shop lottery was...
  
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• Little Saigon's Summertime Night Market, where it tastes like Asia, opens tonight

  19-06-2015 06:56
  
  WESTMINSTER – The squid experiment started quietly four years ago.Cajun cook Max Nguyen and commercial fisherman Tom Tran set up a grill and put up a straightforward sign (it read “Grilled Squid”) outside the Asian Garden Mall. They started...
  
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• Long-awaited graduation earns 90-year-old Tustin couple, who were in internment camp in WWII, a standing ovation

  19-06-2015 04:40
  
  TUSTIN – There were many occasions to cheer and applaud during Tustin High’s graduation ceremony Thursday. But only one moment earned a standing ovation.“Congratulations, George and Miko,” said Francine Scinto, president of the Tustin Unified...
  
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• Orange County Superior Court record-fixing probe may involve 1,000 traffic cases; clerk suspected of altering documents

  19-06-2015 02:42
  
  A single missing document in a DUI case, noticed three months ago by a courtroom clerk, set off a probe by the FBI and local prosecutors that has grown to more than 1,000 cases of suspected record fixing.Court counsel Jeff Wertheimer said Thursday...
  
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• World's largest swimming lesson held at Blue Buoy Swim School in Tustin to curb drownings

  19-06-2015 01:24
  
  With a quick splash and a dash of hesitation, 8-month Aiden Noel, dressed in a Finding Nemo wetsuit complete with a 3-D fin, bobbed in the pool for his very first swimming lesson.
  “Just to see how good he is in the water is so cool,” said...
  
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• Tustin swim school is making a splash to save young lives

  19-06-2015 01:24
  
  TUSTIN – With a quick splash and a dash of hesitation, 8-month-old Aiden Noel, dressed in a “Finding Nemo” wetsuit complete with a 3-D fin, bobbed in the pool for his very first swimming lesson.“Just to see how good he is in the water is so...
  
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• MAKING A SPLASH TO SAVE LIVES

  19-06-2015 01:24
  
  TUSTIN – With a quick splash and a dash of hesitation, 8-month-old Aiden Noel, dressed in a “Finding Nemo” wetsuit complete with a 3-D fin, bobbed in the pool for his very first swimming lesson. “Just to see how good he is in the water is so...
  
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• Is the coast clear of crabs for summer kickoff?

  19-06-2015 01:22
  
  You might see a crab here or there, and a few might be hanging out with you in the ocean as you take a dip -- but for the most part, the crab infestation is over.
  For now.
  The Orange County coastline was invaded by bright red, mostly dead crabs...
  
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• $500K verdict: Irvine firm wrongfully fired HR manager after stillborn delivery

  19-06-2015 01:15
  
  Irvine-based tech company eGumball will pay more than $538,000 in damages for unlawfully firing and discriminating against its own human resources manager upon her return from maternity leave, an Orange County jury ruled Thursday.
  Kimberly Perry, who...
  
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