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Newport Harbor baseball beats Aquinas with a shutout in Division 2 quarterfinals
Keaton Anderson tosses a shutout while his Newport Harbor teammates score eight runs in the second inning and earn a spot in CIF-SS semifinals.
Orange Lutheran baseball loses pitching battle with Norco in D1 quarterfinals
Jordan Ayala tosses a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and hits a solo homer to lead Norco into the CIF-SS semifinals.
Baseball playoffs roundup: Foothill, Laguna Beach, Irvine move on to CIF-SS semifinals
OCVarsity's highlights and scores from the Orange County games in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS playoffs Friday.
Foothill girls water polo coach Paden Mitchell resigns after seven seasons
Mitchell, who guided the Knights to a CIF-SS Division 1 title in the winter, wants to spend more time with his family.
OC Food Bank shut down because of hazmat emergency
Trucks and drivers that would otherwise have rolled up to pick up deliveries for food pantries around the area or drop off supplies were told to stay away.
San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos
The court had only two judges left when it shut down on May 1.
Giant inflatable artworks have taken over The Hague
The BlowUp Jubilee features 24 inflatable artworks in parks, on buildings and even in a train station.
How worried should you be about a Garden Grove chemical spill or explosion’s impact on your health?
MMA is known to be an irritant, particularly for the lungs and heart, but it is not currently a known carcinogen in humans.
Kennedy High graduation postponed by Garden Grove hazmat concerns will be rescheduled
Details on a new ceremony were not yet available Friday afternoon.
Filipino, accused of hiding 500 pounds of cocaine on oil tanker, arrested in LA County waters
The 43-year-old Philippines resident was arrested Thursday, May 21, after law enforcement directed the ship to anchor at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port area, where officials boarded the tanker, according…