Psyllids found in Orange County don't carry citrus disease, tests reveal

By Jerry Hirsch

California's $1.6-billion citrus industry dodged a bullet.

Former O.C. deputy charged with obstruction in lobster poaching incident

By Mike Anton

A former Orange County sheriff's deputy has been charged with obstructing a state game warden for allegedly falsely telling him that an off-duty...

Day-care center probed after 2 toddlers found on railroad tracks

By Tony Barboza

State regulators are investigating a YMCA day-care center in Anaheim after two toddlers went missing during outdoor playtime and were found on...

Psyllids found in Orange County pose threat to California citrus industry

By Jerry Hirsch

The discovery in Santa Ana of a tiny insect that typically carries a tree-killing disease has brought California's $1.6-billion citrus industry one...

Day-care center probed after 2 toddlers found on railroad tracks

By Tony Barboza

State regulators are investigating a YMCA day-care center in Anaheim after two toddlers went missing during outdoor playtime and were found on...

Police probe whether suspected killer had help

By Kim Murphy and Andrew Blankstein and Ari B. Bloomekatz

Reporting from Hope, British Columbia, and Los Angeles -- Detectives are investigating whether Ryan Jenkins got help disposing of model Jasmine Fiore'...

Federal judge dismisses suit arguing the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional

By Carol J. Williams

The Obama administration scored a victory of sorts in federal court Monday when a judge threw out an Orange County gay couple's lawsuit claiming...

Disney taking a page from Comic-Con

By Geoff Boucher and Dawn Chmielewski

Will the success formula of Comic-Con International work for a Mickey Mouse operation?

Small post offices wondering if fate is sealed

By Tony Barboza

Once a municipal landmark found in even the smallest communities, the neighborhood post office is slowly going the way of the handwritten letter. So...

Finding jazz at a cool price

By Chris Barton

It's a quiet Sunday evening and the sun is falling gently over Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock. A few stragglers are typing on laptops at a corner...

How did model's accused killer get on TV show?

By Ari B. Bloomekatz

Two years ago, Calgary real estate executive Ryan Alexander Jenkins was sentenced to 15 months' probation and ordered to complete domestic violence...

Suspect in Fiore slaying evading authorities, officials say

By Andrew Blankstein

Ryan Alexander Jenkins, wanted in the slaying of swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, led authorities on a high-speed boat chase on the U.S.-Canada border...

UCI Law has status, not tradition

By Mike Anton

In a challenging fundraising climate, the first new public law school in California in more than a generation begins classes Monday at UC Irvine...

Slain swimsuit model was missing fingers and teeth, authorities say

By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton

A reality TV show contestant allegedly removed the fingers and teeth of the swimsuit model he killed before putting her in a suitcase and dumping...

A quick decline, and bleak future, for O.C. transit agency

By Tami Abdollah

It wasn't that long ago that Orange County's public transit system was named best in the country. Just 2005, in fact.

Search intensifies for 'person of interest' in model's death

By Ari B. Bloomekatz and Richard Winton

An international manhunt intensified Wednesday for a reality TV contestant wanted for questioning in the slaying of his wife, a swimsuit model found...

Orange County man gets 27-year sentence in investor fraud

By E. Scott Reckard

An Orange County man who posed as a successful sporting goods entrepreneur has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison after admitting to a...

Reality show contestant sought in model's death

By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton

A contestant on a reality TV show was named a "person of interest" by police Tuesday in the case of a 28-year-old swimsuit model whose dead body was...