The Canadian company La La La Human Steps brings the U.S. premiere of its newest evening-length work, New Work, down to the Barclay Theater in the OC on Thursday night. Choreographed by much heralded company artistic director Edouard Lock, this new post-modern ballet is inspired by classic Greco-Roman love stories and is set to a score by renowned composers Gavin Bryars and Blake Hargreaves. more ›

An Orange County luxury electric car manufacturer has started 2012 off in a rather non-luxurious state, having recalled its entire new line of Fisker Karma autos. Based in Irvine, Fisker Automotive has issued a massive recall for all 2012 electric cars due to improperly installed hose clamps in the vehicle's battery packs. more ›

A Hollywood man was found guilty of helping his friend murder his ex-girlfriend's dad and sister (and try to do the same to her mother), after her Hindu parents disapproved of their daughter's non-practicing Muslim boyfriend. more ›

An Irvine couple had quite the wake up call Sunday morning, when a troubled man rang their doorbell at 6:30 a.m. and calmly informed the husband he was there to rape his wife and was challenging the husband to a duel. more ›

A Tustin man accused of stealing a Hummer limousine was arrested on Saturday night after fleeing from the vehicle during a police pursuit. The best part about his arrest was that the suspect was completely naked. more ›

Fast food chain Chick-fil-A has responded to accusations an employee at their Irvine location used the code names "Ching" and "Chong" to identify Asian customers on their store receipts. more ›

When the parents of a 15-year-old in Irvine found evidence that their son might be smoking, they knew exactly who to call to discipline him: Paul Kim, a member of their church congregation. more ›

If you're driving south on the 5 freeway into Orange County today, you might get a chance to see some of the handiwork of Anonymous (if it isn't torn down first). The group transformed a welcome sign to Orange County into a promotion for the Occupy Orange County movement that is actually brewing behind the Orange Curtain. more ›

If you were planning to swing by Irvine and buy a new puppy, you may need to rethink your trajectory: the Irvine City Council just voted to ban the sale of dogs and cats in retail stores. The vote happened last night, and also includes a ban on rodeos and circuses that feature exotic animals, according to CBS News. more ›

Derek Reeve of the San Juan Capistrano City Council, the man who refused to apologize for naming his dog Muhammad, is no longer teaching at Concordia University in Irvine. Neither side will say why Reeve is no longer employed, though he continues to work part-time at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. more ›

They call him the Stare Down Bandit because witnesses say he stared at the teller from which he was demanding cash, and authorities are hoping to haul him in. The suspect in question is thought to be behind two bank robberies in the OC yesterday, the first a failed attempt at a U.S. Bank branch in Huntington Beach, followed by a successful robbery at a Bank of America branch in Irvine. more ›

On the heels of yesterday's 4.1 earthquake that shook Riverside, a magnitude 3.5 rattled Orange County at 2:56am on Thursday. more ›

Open your calendars and pencil in the Orange County Brew Ha Ha for this Saturday, September 10. Celebrating custom craft and import beers, the annual beer festival guarantees to satiate the thirstiest of beer connoisseurs and curious amateurs. more ›

33-year-old Ninderjit Singh was arrested on Friday at his home in San Jacinto, a community in Riverside County, after being a fugitive from his native Canada for several years. Singh is wanted for the 1999 murder of then-18-year-old Poonam Randhawa in Vancouver, British Columbia, explains CBS2. The suspect had previously been featured on the popular television show "America's Most Wanted." more ›

Gold diggers, pack your bags. You're going to Manhattan Beach, baby. The sophisticated South Bay beach town assumes the number one spot on CNNMoney's "Best places for the rich and single," list. Though 30.2% of Manhattan Beach residents are single, the city boasts a median family income of $154,860. more ›

OC Pride Festival is back and "busting through the orange curtain" this Saturday, August 13, from noon until 10pm in Irvine. The "celebration of diversity" invites people from all walks of life - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and ally - to attend, get educated and have fun. more ›

A UFO convention held this weekend Irvine had a decidedly scientific message. The Mutual UFO Network symposium emphasized the need for researchers and investigators to keep an open mind, but to implement higher standards of precision and scientific method into their field of study, according to the L.A. Times. more ›

31-year-old Buena Park police officer Daniel Ackerman died on Saturday after being rushed to an Orange County hospital during a SWAT fitness test Friday morning. Ackerman, an Irvine resident, reportedly exhibited signs of fatigue during the training exercise said authorities, according to LA Now. more ›

After being caught staking out an apartment in Irvine, a 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection to three sexual assaults, reports KTLA. Travis Dewayne Batten was seen prowling around the apartment complex last month, where one of the three previous attacks had taken place. more ›

20-year-old Minh Kinh Dang was killed and three other men were jailed on suspicion of robbery and felony murder according to Brea police. while trying to steal marijuana from a medical marijuana deliveryman, and three other men were jailed on suspicion of robbery and felony murder. more ›

A woman who was found dead in Irvine yesterday in front of a daycare was allegedly shot and killed by her estranged husband who, reports the OC Register, had been threatening her for months. Alejandra Hernandez, 29, filed for divorce from John Rand Agosta, 35, in February, after three years of marriage. more ›

A suspect has been arrested in the death of a woman who was shot in front of a home in Irvine, reports the OC Register. The woman's neighbors reported hearing screams and then gunshots just after 2:00 p.m. today. more ›

You can't always say what you want online; or, you can, until someone tries to stop you. One Irvine-based blogger, Larry Roberts, has had a grievance filed against him by the Orange County Association of Realtors (OCAR) for his "over the top" posts that violate the professional realtor's code of ethics, according to the OC Register. more ›

After suffering an irreversible brain injury following a car crash caused by a drunk driver, the organs of Irvine teenager Ashton Sweet have been donated to six people, reports the OC Register. Sweet was injured when she was sitting in the backseat of a car with three other friends, driven by one of their fathers. The car was hit by Irvine resident Austin Jeffrey Farley, 26, as it passed through an intersection and Farley ran a red light. more ›

Following on the heels of Orange County's April 5th decision to ban sex offenders from their parks, the city of Irvine is moving towards implementing a similar ban, according to L.A. Now. After the passage of the ban, Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas and Supervisor Shawn Nelson sent letters to individual cities in the county urging them to take action, since the County ban does not apply to City parks. more ›

I can has naptime? An Irvine man was surprised to discover a baby bobcat asleep under a barbecue on the fourth floor balcony of his apartment in a complex near UC Irvine on Friday, reports KTLA more ›

The Barclay Theater in the OC is doing some big things right these days. Last weekend, they hosted the local premiere of a beautifully elegant evening of Sankai Juku, the award-winning Japanese company that is a highpoint of the dance form known as butoh. This week—only on Thursday—they present French contemporary dance with Ballet Preljocaj, a world renowned group under the direction of its celebrated choreographer, Angelin Preljocaj. more ›

As hard as it may be to believe, punk rockers Green Day have been around for over two decades. Since their rise to prominence in the early 90's and onward, their sound grew to define a generation and with each change in the soundscape and musical environment they have not just survived but thrived. Their latest round of success is no different as they are riding the wave of last year's smash release 21st Century Breakdown and the current Broadway adaptation of 2004's American Idiot. As they wind down nearly two years of constant touring and sold out venues worldwide, Billie Joe Armstrong and Co. made sure that Southern California and the greater Los Angeles Area (ok it was really the OC) were treated to one more of their patented rock and roll extravaganzas. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department are not alone in their wish to eradicate drunk drivers from the Southern California roads and highways. This holiday weekend, local police departments all over Orange County will be running DUI and Drivers' License Checkpoints, as well as saturation patrols, according to the OC Register. more ›