Orange County

Three people were found dead inside a Balboa Island home in Newport Beach Monday.

According to the National Weather Service, a storm approaching from the northwest is expected to drop a half-inch to nearly 2 inches of rain in Los Angeles County Monday. The heaviest rain is expected around noon.

Fire officials across Southern California are bracing for possible heavy rain and gusty rain Sunday into Monday.

The city of Garden Grove will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman arrested for driving under the influence when she was actually having a stroke.

A massive cargo ship that was supposed to be at anchor was buffeted by high winds during a January storm and repeatedly crossed over an undersea oil pipeline that later ruptured off the coast of Huntington Beach, according to vessel monitoring data.

The Coast Guard designated the MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A. -- the operator of the vessel involved in an anchor-dragging incident that may have caused the oil spill in Huntington Beach -- and Dordellas Finance Corporation -- the owner of the vessel -- as parties in interest in the marine casualty event.

Bill Clinton has been released from a Southern California hospital where he spent five nights battling an infection.

Paul Salata, the former USC football player who founded the Mr. Irrelevant Award to honor the last selection of the NFL Draft, died Saturday in Newport Beach, one day shy of his 95th birthday.

Former President Bill Clinton is progressing well in his treatment for a non-COVID infection and will likely be released from UC Irvine Medical Center on Sunday, a spokesperson said.

Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects in connection with a murder that occurred in 2019.

With gusty Santa Ana winds combining with low relative humidity, the red flag warning will be in effect from 6 a.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the NWS.

Miyoko Sakashita of the Center for Biological Diversity, which opposes offshore drilling, said the removal of the old pipelines should have been a signal that the one that failed also was at risk.

The former president, 75, was said to be in good spirits and received a visit Thursday night from his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

More than 80 birds and fish affected by oil from a pipeline leak off the shores of Huntington Beach have been recovered, with more than half dying, officials said.

The amount of crude oil spilled into the is believed to be close to about 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials estimated, the Coast Guard announced Thursday.