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Here is a selection of kid-friendly things to do and family-friendly events in and around Orange County this weekend.

Environmental and anti-nuclear activists gathered at Southern California Edison headquarters in Irvine on Wednesday calling for the San Onofre nuclear plant to be decommissioned and for the utility to implement more extensive conservation programs.

Orange County's Great Park will receive $1 million in federal grant money as it plays host to a national collegiate solar design competition and alternative energy expositionnext year, park officials announced.

An Irvine securities lawyer who authorities said teamed with an insurance agent to bilk scores of investors out of more than $20 million has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.

Here is a selection of kid-friendly things to do and family-friendly events in and around Orange County this weekend.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy convicted of torturing and sexually assaulting his wife and her lover -- leaving both badly mutilated -- was found legally sane by jurors in the case.

Will Glen chief of the Irvine Valley College Police Department, who is also regional director for the association said in a news release that the gathering provided a forum for the chiefs to discuss issues of "mutual interest in support of community-oriented policing and best practices for campus public safety agencies." In addition to the ... (more)

The Red Robin at The Market Place in Tustin is closing next month because its lease with the Irvine Co.

The bodies of two young boys believed to have been killed by their father more than a month ago still have not been found, and police are now focusing their attention on an Irvine landfill.

The district was redrawn last year to include Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and part of Irvine.

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy accused of torturing and sexually assaulting his wife and her lover - leaving both badly mutilated - was convicted Monday in the 2008 crime.

Roaming the streets can be exhausting. It's always nice when OC food trucks hit the brakes every once in a while for some off-wheels cooking.

Irvine-based Incipio , maker of mobile device accessories, hasA bought Tavik ,A a music-influenced and action sports clothing and accessories company formerly based in Costa Mesa.

A preliminary hearing for the Fullerton police officers accused in the fatal beating of Kelly Thomas got off a dramatic start as prosecutors showed a bloody image of Thomas' face that elicited gasps from the audience.

A 28-year-old Costa Mesa man has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with the dismemberment murder of a neighbor, whose head and body parts were found scattered around the El Dorado Park Nature Center in East Long Beach nearly two years ago.

Ed O'Rourke, CEO of Iris Technology Corporation in Irvine, was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change, along with eight other individuals for advancing new ideas that are leading the way to a clean energy future and a long lasting economy.

High school teacher John Augustus Witter, 25, of Laguna Niguel,A was charged Friday for texting nude pictures of himself to a 15-year-old female student and arranging to meet her for sex.

President of the Pet Project Foundation, the primary support group for the San Clemente/Dana Point Animal Shelter, joins an Orange County advocacy group in calling for the City Council to again consider banning pet stores from selling dogs and cats as a way to target mass-breeding 'puppy mills.' But the four council members who voted against it in ... (more)

SANTA ANA A - A A 28-year-old Costa Mesa actor was indicted by a grand jury ThursdayA in connection with the dismemberment murder of a neighbor and the slaying of the neighbor's friend nearly two years ago.

"Octomom" Nadya Suleman said she feel confident she can take care of her 14 children despite filing for bankruptcy this week and facing eviction from her La Habra home.