NEWPORT BEACH – A special-needs teen center hopes to teach skills that kids who visit cannot learn at home or school. The Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County opens its doors...

SANTA ANA – To prepare for his first big college fashion show, Jeremyn Lee recruited the tallest, prettiest models he knew: six of his high-school classmates. Lee was among 33...

LAKE SKINNER, Calif. – A team of students from Savanna High School in Anaheim won in the veterans division of the nation's largest solar-powered boat competition Sunday. Thirty-nine...

Although known more for concerts, the two highest-grossing performances held over the past five years at the City National Grove of Anaheim didn't come from bands or solo singers. The...

The start of summer marks the time when many teens transition from full-time students to ice cream scoopers, lifeguards, cashiers, camp counselors, theater attendants, sales associates...

I graduated from law school on Friday. I learned a lot at Chapman, and much of it had nothing to do with the law. I learned what it was like, for example, when 180 people start to...

IRVINE – Crystal Bond has learned not to take simple tasks for granted. Little things like jumping out of bed in the morning, showering, and leaving for school in a few...

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Louisa Moore saw his picture and fell in love with Banjo, a poodle-terrier mix, even before she learned about his horrific story: Banjo was tied to railroad tracks...

One of Jack Lashbrook's first memories of San Clemente is of watching a local landmark go up – the Casino San Clemente ballroom – in 1937. His father, Lowell "Lefty" Lashbrook, was...

A preliminary study by the South Coast Air Quality Management District reported that smoke from wood-burning fire pits could lead to health problems for nearby residents, but some are...