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A brown pelican lays on a towel on a surgery table.

Climate & Environment

Biologists are puzzled over the brown pelican die-off. Here's how you can help

Earlier this year, hundreds of the seabirds were starving to death in California.

Fireworks shoot out from a stadium during an outdoor show at night with a large crowd watching.

Arts & Entertainment

Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: August 26 - 29

Free comedy night at NeueHouse, Alison Saar at the Getty, Bayou jams in San Juan Capistrano, and more.

A man in a chair wearing a suit jacket, tie and glasses looks forward with a microphone in front of him. A sign in front has the official seal of the County of Orange and states "Andrew Do, Vice Chairman, District 1."

Civics & Democracy

Resignation calls grow against OC Supervisor Andrew Do after FBI raids

Calls for the Supervisor Do's resignation echo across Orange County's political sphere.

A close-up look at the makeshift memorial outside Cook's Corner, site of a mass shooting that killed three: Home Depot buckets are overflowing with bouquets of flowers. There are flags, signs, notes and three large photos of the victims who died.

News

Cook’s Corner marks one year since mass shooting

The popular Orange County bar will host a candlelight vigil tonight.

Mosquitoes can carry viruses including dengue, malaria, chikungunya and Zika. They are a growing public health threat abroad and in the United States.

News

West Nile virus found in second Orange County city

The virus was detected in Santa Ana in an area bordering Garden Grove Boulevard.

One man wearing a blue shirt with yellow lettering in the corner that reads "FBI" drags a black rolling case down a driveway next to a man wearing a light blue button up dragging a red plastic case down the driveway of a single story home.

Civics & Democracy

Feds search homes of OC Supervisor Andrew Do, Judge Cheri Pham and their daughter

Federal agents on Thursday searched the family home of O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do and his wife — O.C. Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Cheri Pham — as well as a home owned by their daughter Rhiannon Do.

Civics & Democracy

Here’s the war memorial mixed up in OC fraud allegations

The county says a Huntington Beach nonprofit that received $1 million in funding for a war memorial failed to finish the taxpayer funded project. Here’s what we found when we went out to the site.

A group of protestors stands on campus, many holding up their fingers in a peace sign.

Education

UC Irvine students who led pro-Palestine campus protests allege university violated their due process

Lawyers said UC Irvine hasn’t lifted interim suspensions in over three months, despite doing so for other protesters.

A row of homes on an overcast day at Sunset Beach in Orange County. According to Sean Vitousek, Sunset Beach is one of the beaches in Southern California that is most feeling the effects of coastal erosion.

Civics & Democracy

Push to build more homes on California coast stifled after lawmakers derail housing bills

Several efforts to minimize the power and influence of the California Coastal Commission have stalled.

An empty chair with a placard that says "Andrew Do" as a man in the foreground gestures while speaking into a microphone.

Civics & Democracy

Orange County announces lawsuit against another nonprofit with connections to Supervisor Andrew Do

Supervisor Katrina Foley announced Monday that the county has filed a lawsuit against Hand to Hand Relief Organization and its CEO to recover millions of taxpayer dollars.

A close-up of a clear glass front door in a long, tan walkway. The door has the text "VAS Viet-America Society" displayed, with an additional sign that says "available for lease" below it.

Civics & Democracy

Viet America Society attorney responds to OC lawsuit

The lawsuit alleges that county money meant to feed vulnerable residents was illegally diverted by O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do’s daughter and others to purchase five homes.

A woman with long, dark wavy hair smiles into the camera. She is wearing a red, collared jacket with a zipper up the front. Her arms are folded across her middle.

Civics & Democracy

Resources for transgender people in OC are scarce, so this activist started a group to change that

A new report found that discrimination against transgender people is one of the biggest barriers to higher paying jobs, and that in turn leads to a struggle to find secure housing.

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