Howdy and welcome! I am your friendly and capable Patch Orange County editor covering the following sites: Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos-Seal Beach and Laguna Niguel-Dana Point.
Since graduating from Cal State Long Beach in 2018, I've worked for a number of Orange County-centric publications — including The Daily Pilot and Voice of OC, where I culminated my talent and love for finding and relaying hyperlocal news to my surrounding communities. Aside from that, I love karaoke, ad-libbing and compulsive spending. I have several other hobbies that you may or may not care to know about, and a birthday that falls on July 10.
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Orange County community members rallied to raise money for the 81-year-old man who was the victim of a hit-and-run involving a teenager.
Two men are dead Monday in Orange County after they were killed in what police believe was a gang-related shooting.
The bomb threat was reported at 4:40 p.m. in Laguna Beach Saturday, police said.
The teen motorcyclist was accused of leaving the scene of the crash, which critically injured an 81-year-old man.
The Anaheim Angels Hall of Famer previously played for the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Orange County fire officials are crediting a dog with saving his family from an early morning fire on Wednesday.
The puppy was abandoned outside the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center this past week, officials say.
The man was arrested Wednesday when authorities found him in a motel room with a missing San Diego teen.
The man was arrested Wednesday when authorities found him in a motel room with a missing San Diego teen.
Police Thursday were investigating the crash, which involved a suspected impaired driver and killed a 54-year-old woman.
The 32-year-old man pleaded guilty for running over a woman in her 30s with a vehicle in Garden Grove.
A 15-year-old Boy Scout sought the public's help in funding his project: a neighborhood library for the Juaneno Band Mission Indians.
A local firefighter is setting the internet ablaze after the Laguna Beach Fire Department announced him as the 2025 Firefighter of the Year.
The restaurant opened its doors in 2021 in Old Town Orange and will serve its final meal on April 30.
The man was captured on surveillance footage dropping a puppy through a gate before driving away in his vehicle.
The former Orange County Sheriff's Deputy was charged with possession of child pornography and illegally accessing confidential databases.
The 19-year-old man was charged Monday with drugging and raping a woman in Laguna Beach.
The bomb threat was reported at Providence St. Jude Medical Center Monday morning, police say.
The suspect was being sought by police Monday afternoon after he apparently tossed a puppy through a closed gate in Mission Viejo.
Police Monday were investigating the shooting of a 50-year-old man in the City of Anaheim over the weekend.
