Andy Nguyen is a Field Editor based out of California who covers several Orange County communities including Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Newport Beach, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel and Dana Point. He previously worked at Times Community News covering public safety in the cities of Burbank and Glendale. Nguyen also wrote for the Thousand Oaks Acorn and the Orange County Register. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Media Studies.
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Trader Joe's stores in Orange County and across California are recalling a salad the USDA said may have hard plastic in its dressing.
Trader Joe's locations, including those near Seal Beach, are recalling a salad the USDA said may have hard plastic in its dressing.
Trader Joe's across California, including near Lake Forest, has recalled a salad the USDA said may have hard plastic in its dressing.
Trader Joe's across California, including Newport Beach, has recalled a salad the USDA said may have hard plastic in its dressing.
Trader Joe's across California, including Laguna Niguel, has recalled a salad the USDA said may have hard plastic in its dressing.
The city's sixth annual Weekend of Art will feature exhibitions from local artists and an arts and crafts vendor fair.
The Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter will be able to hold some two-dozen stray cats and dogs, the Orange County Register reported.
The Los Angeles Times reports a Huntington Beach family is on edge whenever they receive alerts of rocket attacks in Ukraine.
Students at Kraemer Middle School were sent home Monday after school officials said Assistant Principal Moises Plascencia took his own life.
Burton will read his book, "The Rhino Who Swallowed A Storm," as part of an event with audio-streaming company tonies.
The crash happened early Sunday evening on the transition road between Laguna Canyon Road and the Foothill/Eastern Corridor, CHP said.
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner will speak with members of the Lakes Forest Chamber later this month.
Dana Point is holding a whale-themed art and literature contest this month for children living in the city.
Newport-Mesa officials said it was following the state's lead in no longer requiring students to wear face masks on campus.
At least four men were involved in the fight, but Tustin police said it doesn't know how the brawl began.
One of three state permits needed to build a desalination plant near Doheny State Beach was approved Wednesday, the OC Register reported.
The Seal Beach Sun reports that an eighth-grader will represent Orange County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The Alzheimer's Orange County's Walk4ALZ and Run4ALZ fundraising event will raise money to help residents dealing with the disease.
Firefighters from the Newport Beach Fire Department and Orange County Fire Authority responded to the small blaze.
Authorities said Terry Lyn Myers volunteered at multiple Orange County churches, including in Westminster and Garden Grove.
