A blistering new report found the hiring of OCPA’s CEO questionable while criticizing the green power agency for lacking financial and governmental transparency.

Mathew Batarse, 46, of Huntington Beach was arrested Monday on suspicion of residential burglary and discharging a firearm in a negligent manner, police report.

Vietnamese auto manufacturer VinFast showed off its VF8 SUV at event in Garden Grove on Saturday. The four-year-old vehicle manufacturer plans to build an EV plant in North Carolina by 2024.

After the sun sets, Pirate Coast Paddle Co. leads SUPers on an illuminating ride through the waters of Newport Beach.

A council member item led to a community discussion about a possible ban on the sale and release of certain balloons within the city limits on Tuesday at the Laguna Beach City Council meeting.

After a two-year closure the rough-and-tumble Central Park site was being readied for a June 27 grand reopening, until state restrictions on water use led city officials to keep the playground closed in 2022.

The exhibit opened on Tuesday and will remain at the gardens until Sept. 21 and is free with garden admission.

Hundreds turned up at Main Beach in Laguna Beach to protest the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade on Friday.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said Friday the coyote was caught on park grounds less than two days after Tuesday’s attack. A DNA sample taken from the victim’s clothing matched the euthanized animal.

City staff were directed Tuesday night to investigate the process for transitioning its already existing Tenant Based Rental Assistance program into one that could help the city’s seniors in mobile home parks.

The first global event is coming to the Costa Mesa fairgrounds in October 2023. Organizers hope it will generate ideas that will reverse climate change and rebrand O.C. as a Green Silicon Valley.

Grace Elizabeth Coleman, 23, pleaded guilty at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach on Friday morning.