Newport Beach

A man was accused of stealing a pricey yacht in Newport Beach and crashing it into several others before being taken into custody Thursday.

A California police officer was killed and another was critically injured after a law enforcement helicopter crash-landed into water in Orange County on Saturday

An oil slick off the coast of Newport Beach was caused by a spill from an offshore rig, and has dumped 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. City officials cancelled the last day of the Pacific Airshow for cleanup efforts.

Genetic genealogy, new forensics techniques and hairs recovered at the crime scene helped investigators link the 1980 cold case murder of a 42-year-old Irvine woman to a man who died more than 20 years ago.