When a body was found at a mobile home park during the Sandalwood Fire in Calimesa last October, family members of 89-year-old Lois Arvickson feared it was her. They were on the phone with the mother, grandmother and great-grandmother when the line went dead. They searched nearby shelters to see if Arvickson had survived, but couldn’t find her. It...

A man driving with his wife and infant son in San Clemente was arrested after over half a million dollars’ worth of cocaine was discovered in their car, officials said. Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol approached the couple on Thursday and asked to search their vehicle, to border patrol. After the man agreed, agents found a duffel bag...

An Orange County judge declined Friday to immediately rule on a request by prosecutors to drop charges against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, who are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women, saying he wants to review the case in more depth. Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones said he was troubled by the political overtones of the…

John Altobelli’s team knew there was only one way to honor its late coach — by playing on his favorite day. Altobelli’s Orange Coast College baseball team opened its season as scheduled on Tuesday against Chula Vista Southwestern. The game occurred two days after Altobelli, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter were killed in the helicopter crash that also...

An explosion in a possible drug lab in Mission Viejo Friday sent two people to a hospital with burn injuries. A honey oil lab blew up inside a garage about 4:30 p.m. at a condominium complex in the 22900 block of Via Cereza near Trabuco Road, according to Carrie Braun, the public affairs director of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department….

An explosion in a possible drug lab in Mission Viejo Friday sent two people to a hospital with burn injuries. A honey oil lab blew up inside a garage about 4:30 p.m. at a condominium complex in the 22900 block of Via Cereza near Trabuco Road, according to Carrie Braun, the public affairs director of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department….

A former welding instructor at Santa Ana College has been charged with molesting a 15-year-old high school student in his class, and investigators put out a call Wednesday for the public’s help in identifying possible additional victims. George Moreno, who is now employed by the Riverside County Office of Education as a welding instructor at Allessandro High School in...

A sea lion rescued in Newport Beach after it was shot with a pellet gun mid-December had to be euthanized, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center said Tuesday.  The one-and-a-half-year-old female sea lion was discovered Dec. 16, 2019, at the Wedge. Rescuers found her in distress and suffering from two wounds; one was an abscess on her dorsal back, and was…

The girl at the center of an Amber Alert issued Friday was found hours after the alert was issued while her mother was detained, California Highway Patrol said. CHP was searching for 39-year-old Christina Lujan and her daughter, 3-year-old Josephine, across several counties in Southern California after the girl was allegedly taken by her mother. The 3-year-old was last seen…

Seeking and destroying lung cancer. Succeeding where Theranos failed. Treating resistant breast cancers.

According to a report released in May, the hydroponics market is estimated at $8.1 billion in 2019 and projected to reach $16 billion by 2025.

They’re here. They vape. And they say they’ll vote you out of office if you come for their “unicorn poop” flavored vape juice, NBC News reports. Facing a perfect storm of threats from federal, state and local governments, vapers are banding together politically to defend a product that they claim saves lives and that has created a livelihood for some...

A 14-ton tree is going to make Rockefeller Center its home this holiday season, and you can bet that thousands of revelers will flock to New York City to see it.

Ladies and gentlemen, the 2019 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been chosen.

NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez is with one family’s story of rebuilding after the 2007 fires. And now they’re power is out due to Santa Ana winds.

Authorities said 18 pounds (8 kilograms) of fentanyl was seized in Orange County — enough of the synthetic opioid to create four million lethal doses.

With the dream of being a child psychologist, a young woman from Orange County faced a medical condition that put her on the verge of life and death. The medical team at UC Irvine conducted a surgery that saved her life.

Carlo Ponti is in the California Live studio to talk about founding the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra. The orchestra gives 100 percent of it’s profits from concerts back to music education. As seen on California Live on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.

“Sesame Street” is taking a new step to try to help kids navigate life in America — it’s tackling the opioid crisis. Sesame Workshop is exploring the backstory of Karli, a bright green, yellow-haired friend of Elmo’s whose mother is battling addiction. The initiative is part of the Sesame Street in Communities resources available online. “Sesame Street” creators said they...

A 29-year-old San Clemente woman was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for an alcohol-fueled crash in Huntington Beach last year that killed three Las Vegas teens on spring break.