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.
Newport Beach officials showed off its first-ever human lift at Marina Park on Thursday to help expand access to public docks.
Seal Beach residents claim a possible conflict of interest arose after a councilman's nonprofit took over the city's pickleball courts.
The stadium's sale was paused amid a federal corruption investigation into Mayor Harry Sidhu and his dealings with the Los Angeles Angels.
The 200-acre blaze began Wednesday in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, destroyed 20 houses and damaged 12 more.
The event took place just two months after the groundbreaking at Lake Forest's Mountain View Affordable Housing Community.
Phan immigrated to the United States in 2015 from Vietnam, and began attending OCC in 2016.
Twenty-nine students from across Orange County received a $2,500 scholarship based on grades, scores, extracurriculars and more.
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes praised Dr. John Cheng, 52, of Laguna Niguel, who tackled a gunman at Geneva Presbyterian Church.
Residents of Dana Point and Laguna Niguel should start seeing ballots show up in their mailbox for the June 2022 Primary Election.
Residents of Newport Beach should start seeing ballots show up in their mailbox for the June 2022 Primary Election.
Residents of Lake Forest should start seeing ballots show up in their mailbox for the June 2022 Primary Election.
Residents of Seal Beach and Los Alamitos should start seeing ballots show up in their mailbox for the June 2022 Primary Election.
Residents of Orange County should start seeing ballots show up in their mailbox for the June 2022 Primary Election.
Parishioners at Geneva Presbyterian Church "undoubtedly prevented" further bloodshed during Sunday's shooting, officials said.
Lake Forest officials are seeking volunteers to help beautify the city's streets, parks and trails next month.
Rolando Echenique, 36, was arrested in connection to the death of Jason Randall Dahl, 53, who was found dead in an Anaheim field Wednesday.
Leaders in Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and Newport Beach are planning to revitalize their respective cities' piers.
Firefighters continued to battle the blaze Friday evening while evacuations were scaled back for Laguna Niguel residents.
City officials said the revised permit program will help ease parking congestion in neighborhoods with single-family and multi-family homes.
Cities in Orange County are closely scrutinizing surplus military equipment requested by police departments, including drones and rifles.
