Category: Orange County

Huntington Beach Names New Park ’17th Street’ in Honor of City’s History

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Huntington Beach councilors unanimously approved “17th Street Park” as the new name for a park to be reconstructed at the former site of Michel E. Rodger’s Senior Center during the June 7 city council meeting. The naming of the park—at the crossing of 17th Street and Orange Avenue—has been an ongoing discussion since…


Irvine Police Department Shares Efforts Made to Create Safe School Environment

IRVINE, Calif.—To boost residents’ confidence in public safety considering recent events involving gun violence, the Irvine Police Department shared plans with the community to prevent and respond to threats to schools on June 9. Officers discussed public safety programs and tools used by Irvine’s school district to protect students from active shooting incidents. “Our commitment…


Seniors Call for Rent Stabilization Over Rising Mobile Home Costs

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Some senior residents of mobile home parks pressured the city council June 7 to put limits on rent increases on the November ballot, saying many of the area’s parks are being purchased by investors who are hiking the rent for space by as much as 52 percent. For months, residents have been holding…


Authorities Destroy 60 Pounds of Explosives in Irvine

IRVINE, Calif.—Authorities destroyed 60 pounds of confiscated homemade explosives June 8 at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff spokesman Sgt. Scott Steinle told The Epoch Times that the explosive material was seized over the last year. Prior to destroying the explosives, Steinle said, they were used for training…


Pickleball Singles Battle for Sunday’s Championship

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—Starting the first heat of the Men’s Open Pro division of the Select Medical Orange County Cup player Kyle McMakin stepped foot on the clean blue pickleball court clad in cowboy attire, including a red and white cowboy hat and a freshly cut mustache as he prepared himself to return a serve from…


Orange County School Board Incumbents, Superintendent Poised for Victory

Each of the three incumbents on the Orange County Board of Education, as well as Superintendent Al Mijares, are poised to win another term in the election. Each incumbent leads the race by a wide margin as of Thursday evening, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Unlike most races, the board’s June elections…


‘Green Gaiter Bandit’ Sentenced to 4 Years for OC Bank Robberies

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A South Bay man dubbed “Green Gaiter Bandit” was sentenced on June 8, to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison after admitting to robbing three banks in Orange County. Christopher Paul Daniels, 55, of Torrance, was arrested in March for suspected bank robberies throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, which date…


Greg Hickman, Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center Founder, Dies at 73 Unexpectedly

Greg Hickman, the founder and chairman of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, California, and Vietnam War veteran, died unexpectedly while fly-fishing on May 15. Hickman was “enjoying his favorite hobby … at the time of his passing,” Debbie McGuire, co-founder and executive director of the wildlife rescue nonprofit, said in a…


Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center Founder Greg Hickman Dies at 73 Unexpectedly

Greg Hickman, the founder and chairman of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, California, and Vietnam War veteran, died unexpectedly while fly-fishing on May 15. Hickman was “enjoying his favorite hobby … at the time of his passing,” Debbie McGuire, co-founder and executive director of the wildlife rescue nonprofit, said in a…


2022 Primary: Orange County Election Results

Orange County resident turnout was 19.2 percent in the June 7 primary, according to unofficial results from the Orange County Registrar. Out of 1,809,773 registered voters, 348,130 cast ballots—either by mail, submitting their ballot at a certified drop box, or by voting in person at a vote center. Here are updated results, as of 5…