The logo for Newport Beach’s Helmsman Ale House is a sea captain with a beard of tentacles gripping a ship’s wheel. I don’t know what his official name is, but I can’t think of a better mascot for ...

Orange County prosecutors have called Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders crazy, paranoid, unhinged and a conspiracy theorist, leading the local daily newspaper several years ago to label him ...

Jessica Aguilar: Protesting Nazis while brown. Photo illustration by Federico Medina/mugshot courtesy the Orange County district attorney’s office When twice slapped in the face by 5-foot-4-inch ...

For bored cops seeking action, there’s probably no easier place to score than the Southern California motels where petty drug dealers rendezvous with users. At 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2016, that sweet ...

Nick’s on 2nd’s El Jefe breakfast burrito. Photo by Morgan Edwards Whereas last year, our Brunch Guide paid tribute to our favorite old-school greasy spoon eateries, we wanted to get even more ...

With perhaps the exception of Bob Dornan, there has never been a more visceral embodiment of Orange County’s conservative ethos than Wally George. Both accidentally poignant and intentionally brash, ...

Frederal Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents escort a birth-tourism suspect. (All photos courtesy of HSI) Federal authorities were busy Thursday, arresting three alleged birth tourism ...

The beat goes on: Kelvin Anderson with Domino. Photo by LBC Photographer For 40 years, the World Famous VIP Records and Tapes was central Long Beach’s cornerstone. Not only was it the mecca of G-funk, ...

Standing on what was a quiet orange grove more than half a century ago is a small faux grass hut. A diverse crowd gathers outside: tourists wearing mouse ears, children savoring the sweet tang of a ...

Newport Beach’s Fletcher Jones Jr. is lucky with cars but not always with wives (Illustration by Richie Beckman) In late 1997—years before he’d reach superrich status by owning the world’s most ...

The exodus from Curt Pringle and Associates, a powerful public-relations and government-affairs firm headed by the former mayor of Anaheim, continues. Melinda Andrade, its most recent departure is ...

Photo by Chris Jepsen The buildings that have stood at what’s now 16278 Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach or Surfside (call it what you want, just don’t DARE call it Huntington Beach around a ...