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PLACENTIA Orange County firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a home on the 200 block of South Melrose Street on Saturday afternoon.

Fresh from summer camp planning in Georgia, speaking and performing at March for Life in Washington, D.C., and a stop in Austin, Texas, Jackie Francois visited St.

Dear Neighbors: M.P. of La Mirada requested a recipe for sweet and sour cabbage soup like the kind at the Katella Deli in Los Alamitos.

An ex-Marine already charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County is expected to be arraigned Monday on charges he also killed a Yorba Linda woman and her son.

FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, provided by the Anaheim Police Dept.

An ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Southern California has been linked to the stabbing deaths of a woman and her son, Anaheim police said Thursday.

YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- Detectives are investigating a possible link between the fatal stabbings of a Yorba Linda woman and her son in October and the slayings of four homeless men.

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PLACENTIA A man was injured after a fire destroyed the garage of a house at 346 Eagle Drive in Placentia Sunday afternoon.

Twenty-seven Orange County high school seniors have been named candidates in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program for their perfect or near-perfect SAT and ACT scores, or for a nationally recognized artistic talent.

PLACENTIA Road work will begin shortly on a bridge project that will close the intersection of Kraemer Boulevard and Crowther Avenue until 2014.

Authorities recovered dark clothing, a book titled "The Most Notorious Crimes in American History," a medical marijuana letter and a knife sharpener from suspected serial killer Itzcoatl Ocampo's Yorba Linda home the day after he was arrested in the stabbing deaths of four Orange County homeless men, according to court documents obtained by The ... (more)

Dear Neighbors: I'm looking for the recipe for the soda bread made by Muldoon's in Newport Beach.

Jim Drummond is a longtime Yorba Linda resident. He gives his opinion on local issues weekly.

Itzcoatl Ocampo, told Anaheim police after his arrest that he had been stalking John Berry, according to the Orange County Register , which examined several search warrants this week.

We told you last week about how the city of Fullerton may have charged millions in illegal water fees A over the years.

Still living off credit cards? Can't figure out how much you could or should spend? Need to save for retirement? Deborah McNaughton, a Placentia credit expert, financial coach and author of "The Essential Credit Repair Handbook," is here to provide her financial advice: Q. I'm 23 with average/rebuilding credit and I'm going to need to buy a truck.

Three men are accused of a series of bank robberies that took place throughout Orange County since October.

Every two weeks, Steve Thomas of ReportsOnHousing.com publishes a study of the supply of local homes for sale.

The Bruery has collaborated with the big-timers of the craft beer world--Dogfish Head, Stone, Elysian.