Orange County

A house fire quickly spread due to high winds and low humidity in Orange County, Calif., forcing the evacuation of thousands.

Nearly 1,800 more Disneyland Resort employees will be furloughed as it continues to be mostly closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published Tuesday.

Orange County reported 1,058 new cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths Sunday, bringing the county’s totals to 77,819 cases with 1,577 fatalities.

A 69-year-old Costa Mesa man who volunteered to chaperone children at a church was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two girls, and authorities are attempting to determine whether there are other victims. Mark Allen Korando Sr. was arrested at his home Monday, according to Roxi Fyad of the Costa Mesa Police Department. He’s being held on $1 million bail….

A Southern California county will provide up to half a million mail-in test kits to residents before the end of the year in the hopes that more testing can help beat back the coronavirus

Orange County reported a record number of new coronavirus cases Monday, including an outbreak at Concordia University, along with a jump up in hospitalizations, causing some concern among local officials on how to get the message out to the public to discourage holiday get-togethers and other fraternizing.

The Orange County coroner’s office Tuesday released a new computer-assisted image that investigators hope will help identify a young man whose body was found in Trabuco Canyon nearly 24 years ago.

Orange County announced Sunday that it will conduct a risk-limiting audit of ballots aimed at strengthening the integrity of the 2020 presidential election process by providing “strong statistical evidence that the election outcome is correct.”

A pint-sized hero in Orange County was honored Friday after saving his 2-year-old brother’s live after his baby brother fell into the family pool. Mason Ochoa donned a firefighter uniform Friday after he saved his baby brother from drowning back on Oct. 20.

Containment of the Blue Ridge and Silverado wildfires, which damaged homes in Yorba Linda and Irvine, causing thousands of residents to evacuate, were 97% and 98% contained, respectively, Thursday morning.

Voter turnout in Orange County has already matched that of the 2008 presidential election, Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley said Monday.

An Orange County man Wednesday described how he spent nearly 2.5 years behind bars in his native Vietnam without having a chance to defend himself against an allegation of “anti-government activities.”

Coronavirus infections in Orange County were found to be seven times higher than previously thought, according to the results of a UC Irvine study released Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of eastern Orange County residents remain under evacuation orders Tuesday as winds threaten to fan a 7,200-acre brush fire.

Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the two fires burning in Orange County during a press conference on Oct. 27, 2020.

Tens of thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as firefighters attack a wind-driven brush fire that may have been sparked by utility equipment early Monday before spreading quickly in Orange County’s Santiago Canyon area.

About 60,000 are under evacuation orders as the Silverado Fire continues to burn in Orange County.

Southern California’s Chapman University is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak among students living on and off campus. The university’s website shows 17 students living in housing on the campus in the city of Orange and 19 living off-campus nearby tested positive for COVID-19 as of Oct. 12. An additional person’s living situation was listed as unknown. The private university says...

Orange County reported 244 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death Sunday, bringing the county’s totals to 55,775 cases and 1,341 fatalities.

Orange County reported 186 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 additional deaths Saturday, bringing the county’s totals to 55,531 cases and 1,340 fatalities. Six of the 24 fatalities were people who lived in skilled-nursing facilities, while 13 resided in assisted-living facilities. Since the pandemic began, 486 of the COVID-19 victims who died were skilled-nursing facility residents and 103 resided in…