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Joivian Tijuana Hayes, 36, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 7, 2025, will also be required to pay $68,442 in restitution. Prosecutors say the value of the mail stolen was about $304,000 to $324,288.
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Byron “Rick” Tarnutzer, 63, and 70-year-old Vonna Tarnutzer are accused of defrauding friends, neighbors and lending firms for over $8 million and face 68 felony counts of fraud
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Kim Carr, who served as Surf City’s mayor in 2021, was sworn in at Wednesday night’s Coast Community College District board meeting.
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The Newport Beach Planning Commission backed plans to demolish the decades-old theater in favor of two residential condo towers.
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Laguna Beach High will move its commencement ceremony back to the Irvine Bowl, a venue that previously hosted graduation ceremonies prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
The late Latino Christian leader is the namesake of the Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership on campus.
Performances by the Laguna Beach Chamber Singers, the Laguna Community Concert Band and Laguna Beach High theatre will take place in the coming weeks.
Robert Cipiano Alvarez Jr. was charged Thursday with murder with a sentencing enhancement for allegedly using a gun to fatally shoot Huntington Beach resident Bari Payne at her home.
Shawn Kortes, who has been searching for a kidney and doing eight hours of dialysis each night, received a living kidney donation last week.
In an early celebration of World Wildlife Day, about 70 people turned out at Newport Beach Civic Park Saturday to take part in a variety of activities geared toward conservationism.
The council unanimously approved a licensing agreement Tuesday night, despite concern by some residents that the merger could interfere with the library operations.
Robert Alvarez was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of murder following the fatal shooting of a woman at a Huntington Beach home on Tuesday morning.
A San Juan Capistrano man, alarmed when previously lush vegetation along two creeks he passes during runs had died, brought his concerns first to the county, then to social media, where he drew supporters.
Laguna Beach police are investigating a fatal traffic collision after a woman died of her injuries following an incident Tuesday morning in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven in South Laguna.
The cannabis business Native Garden, open since March 2025, successfully applied to the Costa Mesa Planning Commission to ease restrictions that had been placed on it, noting other such businesses are not held to the same operating hours.
The investigation into the 2 a.m. Saturday incident remains under investigation, according to Heather Rangel, public information officer for the Newport Beach Police Department.
