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.
You can reach him at andy.nguyen@patch.com and find pictures of his cat on Twitter at https://twitter.com/andy_truc.
Vaccinated Los Alamitos residents will no longer have to face coverings indoors when California's mask mandate ends next week.
Vaccinated Laguna Niguel residents will no longer have to face coverings indoors when California's mask mandate ends next week.
Vaccinated Lake Forest residents will no longer have to face coverings indoors when California's mask mandate ends next week.
Vaccinated Newport Beach residents will no longer have to face coverings indoors when California's mask mandate ends next week.
The Seal Beach Police Department said a car drove into the Taco Surf restaurant on Sunday.
The Orange County Transportation Authority said it was meeting with the union representing its drivers in the hopes of preventing a strike.
The shelter in place order for Hidden Hills Elementary School was related to a nearby barricade incident, authorities said.
Orange County officials are asking residents for their thoughts about how to spend funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Orange County officials are asking Seal Beach residents for their thoughts about how to spend funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Orange County officials are asking Newport Beach residents for their thoughts about how to spend funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The 49-year-old man and 78-year-old woman were found unresponsive Friday on Salt Creek Beach, near the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel.
Orange County officials are asking Dana Point residents for their thoughts about how to spend funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Orange County officials are asking Lake Forest residents for their thoughts about how to spend funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The hunt for the county's new registrar of voters began after Neal Kelley announced last year he was retiring from the role in March.
The Los Alamitos Co-ed Youth Volleyball League is open to children in grades four to eight.
The lead singer and guitarist of the famed pop-punk band said his 1962 Chevrolet Nova was stolen in Costa Mesa.
That latte is about to get a little more expensive in Newport Beach due to inflation, increasing labor costs and supply chain issues.
That latte is about to get a little more expensive in Seal Beach due to inflation, increasing labor costs and supply chain issues.
That latte is about to get a little more expensive in Orange County due to inflation, increasing labor costs and supply chain issues.
The Orange County Fire Authority will go over how Lake Forest residents can protect themselves during a wildfire.
