11:31-#OCFA firefighters are on scene of a 2 alarm structure fire in the 11,800 block of Beach Blvd. in City of Stanton. Crews have an initial knockdown on the fire.

#OCSDPIO: Sheriff’s Investigators are seeking the public’s help to locate a critical missing subject. The man, Ricardo Bolanos, 34, of Laguna Hills, suffers from an intellectual disability and has a mental age of approximately 12 years old.

Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz filed for unemployment even as city checks kept coming trib.al/kJmUudT

A group of Santa Monica High seniors mount a counter protest…to protest labor conditions at the Krusty Crab? They are soon joined by Squidward.

One of the anti-maskers tries engaging with the high schoolers, asking where the Krusty Krab is. The responses: - “At the bottom of the ocean.” - “Valet parking.” - “Sus.” - “The Krusty Krab is a metaphor for society.”

📉May 4 California Department of Public Health update: Orange County's COVID-19 case rate fell, but is still short of the yellow tier at 2.4 cases per day per 100,000 residents. Testing positivity and health equity metrics both improved. public.flourish.studio/visualisation/…

Knott’s Berry Farm is open! #buenapark #knotts #KnottsBerryFarm

Breaking: Angels release Albert Pujols trib.al/9Hryzr1

📉May 11 California Department of Public Health update: Orange County has marked week one of two to qualify for the least restrictive yellow tier. The way COVID-19 cases are trending, I think that'll happen next Tuesday. All three key metrics improved this week: public.flourish.studio/visualisation/…

Life update(as they say):Today is my last day with the O.C. Register after 8 years. I'm still in awe that people have let me come into their jobs, lives, homes &tough moments to tell their stories.I'm grateful to them &the incredible people I've worked with. On to a new chapter!

Incredibly proud of our O.C. Register team and all of the So Cal News Group folks who were a part of this. If you click on the link, you'll see the Register took third in general excellence.

Tragic incident that happened on the 55 Freeway this morning. CHP says NOT related to the string of recent BB/Pellet gun shootings.

Looking for something to read? Try this excellent multi-part series by Nikie Johnson about one hiker who went missing and the people trying to find him and others to give families peace: ocregister.com/2021/05/26/the…

O.C. D.A. Todd Spitzer to 55 Freeway shooter: ‘Turn yourself in’ trib.al/yzSsxQa

📉June 1 California Department of Public Health update: All of Orange County's COVID-19 metrics have dwindled to fractions with just under one new coronavirus case per day per 100k residents — 0.6% of thousands of tests still being done each day are coming back positive. public.flourish.studio/visualisation/…

Tito Ortiz was hailed as Huntington Beach's Donald Trump. Where does the city go now? latimes.com/california/sto…

We are confirming the arrest of the two suspects believed responsible for the shooting death of 6-year-old Aiden Leos. Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee, 23, were arrested at their home in Costa Mesa.

Huge day! The journalists of SCNG Guild have voted *overwhelmingly* to form a union! The vote was 64-19. We now represent the workers of 11 daily newspapers in Southern California. This is the 1st time many of these papers have ever voted to unionize. This is history, folks!

This journalists’ union will be part of Media Guild of the West 🧭, a local of The NewsGuild-CWA. MGW represents hundreds of journalists at the Los Angeles Times, the Arizona Republic and other news outlets. Hello, fellow union members! It's nice to finally join you.

We already know the results of the California recall, but here's a detailed look at how the Yes/No vote is shaping up in Orange County (in jarring non-red/blue technicolor!) Interactive: public.tableau.com/app/profile/ia…