The bizarre case of a man accused of posing as a spiritual healer so that he could to lure a woman to a hotel room and rape her just got even worse: the suspect allegedly had another victim. more ›

One of today's most disturbing stories comes to us from Santa Ana, where a 36-year-old spiritual healer has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman during a raw egg cleansing. Confused? Don't worry. So are we. more ›

A homeless man accused of stealing an Orange County woman's identity for the past 13 years and racking up over $100,000 in medical expenses has been arrested. A San Clemente deputy discovered 51-year-old Perla Serrano - who was convincingly posing as a woman - violating a city ordinance by sleeping in a grassy public area. When the deputy noticed a hospital wristband on the suspect listing a different name than the one given, he grew suspicious. more ›

The man who leapt to his death from a 5 Freeway overpass on Saturday morning in San Clemente has been identified. Officials have released the name and age of the victim as 20-year-old Jeffrey Hurlbut. more ›

A woman told a 9-1-1 dispatcher that a man threatened to commit suicide shortly before he ran away and jumped to his death on the 5 freeway in San Clemente. The upset and screaming woman reported the disturbing incident at 2:39 a.m. on Saturday. more ›

Residents of and visitors to the OC's San Clemente will soon have a place to take their four-legged canine companions for an off-leash oceanside romp. One of two public beaches there could be turned into an experimental dog beach. more ›

A thief in San Clemente took an Orange County bus on a 2-mile joyride yesterday afternoon. A bus driver for the Orange County Transportation Authority left the keys in the empty bus during a break around 3pm. By the time the driver got back, the bus was nowhere to be found. more ›

Two events have kept local students out of classes on this hot, hot day while authorities investigate threats to their respective campuses. In both cases, all the children are safe. In one case, a missing Navy corpsman whose writings suggested explosives planted at an OC high school, is in custody at Camp Pendleton. more ›

If you ever have to save someone from a rip current, expert lifeguards say you should pretty much just do exactly what a 13-year-old boy in San Clemente did when he heard his friend's distressed cries yesterday. The boy sprung into action and went paddling after his friend. He offered his own bodyboard and began pushing back to shore. A lifeguard met the boys halfway. more ›

Jeff 'Ox' Kargola, a Southern California freestyle racer, died Friday from injuries sustained in a crash on day two of the"Desert Assassins' 2011 Rip to the Tip" motocross competition in Mexico, an event that takes riders along the length of the Baja Peninsula in an eight-day, 1,300-mile race to Cabo San Lucas over mountains, beaches and deserts, reports the LA Times. He was 27. more ›

According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, a 38-year-old San Clemente man was walking along the San Clemente pier Monday evening saying he was going to jump off at the edge and commit suicide, reports the OC Register. more ›

Two former Marines, and three other local men, have been arrested following a lengthy investigation for allegedly selling assault rifles to known Los Angeles gang members, according to LA Now. more ›

17 men and three women, all from Mexico, were stopped and arrested by border agents at around 3 a.m. today when they attempted to cross into the United States illegally via sea, reports LA Now. more ›

The story about apparent San Clemente murder-suicide of a mother, her two daughters and a grandmother took an odd twist today, as more details were released. An Orange County sheriff's deputy had arrived just before the shooting and heard the shots. The LA Times pieces the hauntingly grotesque story together: "A deputy responded and pulled up to the house. She saw the grandmother, Bonnie Hoult, standing on the curb, holding hands with a small child... more ›

A mother, her two young daughters and a 60-year-old relative were all found dead inside a gated community home in San Clemente yesterday. No suspects are currently on the loose, say police. more ›

Believe it or not, Southern California's San Clemente was once a sea serpent haven. The June 1934 issue of Esquire Magazine For Men featured an intriguing article by a Ralph Bandini who spoke quite openly of his two encounters with the San Clemente Monster. In his article "I Saw A Sea Monster," Bandini commented, "San Clemente Island is a lonely, wind-swept bit of rock and sand lying some fifty miles south of Los Angeles Harbor. It is little frequented except by fishermen. Its waters are lonely too...The Thing itself appears to like this remote bit of ocean - that windy channel between San Clemente and Santa Catalina." more ›

In a bizarro case that looks like a business deal gone bad, but plays more like a conspiracy theory gone right, a software programmer and his marketing guru partner sailed for San Clemente Island on Saturday to seal a "lucrative" deal with a secret government agency and he never returned. more ›

• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
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After a five-week hiatus, LAist is back to taking you on its weekly trip down to Orange County to uncover the unique dining experiences that await adventurous eaters willing to explore beyond the county line. more ›

LAist has been giving a lot of love recently to the many fine eating establishments that exist all over the basin. No matter what type of cuisine you like, there’s a long list of restaurants that can meet the grade. However, there’s also been a noticeable lack of Orange County representation in these reviews. True, 95% of the non-five-star restaurants in OC are chains not worthy of being reviewed, unless you want to debate... more ›

Oh, you don’t like needles? I see. Do you like being in a hospital where there isn’t enough blood to treat you for whatever it was that was so serious that it sent you to the hospital? more ›

San Clemente has never looked so seedy. The sleepy town just outside of Orange County is the backdrop for Rian Johnson's first film, Brick (note: Brick is an advertiser on LAist but this is not advertorial). We won't argue that the film should join the pantheon of great LA/So.Cal flicks we've been talking about recently or that it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's just the best film we've seen this year. more ›