After nearly a year of petitioning officials to retrieve a historic city seal from storage and install it outside City Hall, former Newport Beach Mayor Don Webb finally saw his civic wish granted.

Route 66 signs portrayed in Joan Gladstone’s work served as beacons offering respite or landmarks guiding travelers’ progress. They are faded today, but in her paintings they are depicted in bright colors.

Long Beach resident Richard David Lavalle, 64, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the Dec. 6, 2020 death of 12-year-old Noel Bascon in a DUI collision.

Laguna Beach’s Chase Shipp finished fourth at the state finals in Clovis on Thursday, while Newport Harbor’s Corinna Ruffini placed fifth.

Food, entertainment and fun is planned for the year-long birthday party celebrating Walt Disney’s theme park in Anaheim.

The CIF Southern Section softball playoffs began on Thursday. Results involving Marina, Huntington Beach, Edison and Los Amigos.

Jennifer Carey, the longtime spokesperson for Huntington Beach, will be the chief of staff for recently elected Republican state Sen. Tony Strickland, a former mayor.

The Lightning are riding a season-best seven-game winning streak into the CIF Southern Section Division 4 final at Santa Barbara on Saturday.

The chain is offering a promotional take on its famed sandwich in honor of Pope Leo XIV’s election.

The Vikings won 11-7 at Oak Park on Wednesday afternoon, and will play Woodbridge for the CIF Southern Section Division 1 title on Friday evening at the University of Redlands.

An Orange County man who prosecutors say led a drug-trafficking ring that exported hundreds of pounds of meth to Australia and Papua New Guinea has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Rozzalle Lamont Hellens, 29, of Anaheim, was found with significant injuries that resulted in his death on Main Street on Sept. 15. His alleged attackers were arrested Wednesday.