Orange County News

If it works for businesses, why not everyone else? That's what a San Clemente man thought as he developed themeetingsystem.com, an offshoot of his 5-year-old Web conferencing system for businesses. Imagine a free tool to set up cyber conferences to...

Hot weather gives an encore performance through Saturday in inland Orange County, then a cool-down begins, with temperatures dropping substantially on Labor Day. The theme of our unusually cool summer, a low-pressure system on the coast, returns...

The U.S. lost 54,000 jobs in August, mostly due to the layoff of temporary Census workers, but hiring by private employers was higher than expected, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The unemployment rate edged up to 9.6% from...

I wasn't around back then, but have heard countless stories of how Huntington Beach went into flames, cops clubbed the crowds, and people pretty much lost their minds. Surfline.com has a "This Day in Surfing" feature on the O.P. Pro riots, which...

SANTA ANA – Police responding to a call of a woman screaming in the 100 block of South Andres Place early Friday morning found the body of a dead man in the street, police said. Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said officers were dispatched at about 5:30 a.m....

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – The results of a month-long investigation into the shooting death of a bail bondsman are expected to be submitted to the District Attorney's office by the end of September, authorities said. The investigation, conducted by...

Every week, homes throughout Orange County are scheduled for foreclosure auctions. The owners can be millions of dollars in debt, or owe just a few thousand. Auctions are frequently postponed. But homes in foreclosure or put on the market as short...

Families own an estimated 50,000 business in Orange County and another 100,000 in Los Angeles County, according to Mike Trueblood, director of the Family Business Council at Cal State Fullerton.Nationally, family businesses account for half the gross...

The most highly-paid nonprofit CEO in America is New York Philharmonic exec Zarin Mehta (left), bringing in $2,649,540, according to the newest CEO compensation survey by nonprofit watchdog Charity Navigator. Coming in at No. 2 is New York’s...

Without federal tax break in play, Orange County home pricing ran at a 4-month low last month. For the 22 business days ending Aug. 16 – DataQuick’s latest homebuying report — Orange County saw … $438,500 median selling price that is ...