- Trio arrested in Irvine; they're suspected of stealing packages
- Fire from strung-together adapters for Christmas lights does $100,000 damage at Irvine home
- Vaccine law is changing Jan. 1, school district reminds parents
- Costa Mesa Snoopy House opens with snow and good cheer
- Girls' Basketball: Eagles pull away from Newport
- College Roundup: UCI falls at Oregon
- High School Roundup: CdM girls' soccer shuts out Corona
- Boys' Basketball: CdM opens tourney with win
- Women's Water Polo: Team USA beats Italy in Holiday Cup opener
- Women's Soccer: UCI's Palacios shines
- Ndiaye Big West Conference Player of the Week
- Faulkner: UCI's unlikely floor leader, Cheung-Sutton
- Decision on contentious Fountain Valley LED sign put off — again
- Police Files for Dec. 15
- Balboa Marina West restaurant plan goes before Newport Planning Commission
- Busy Halal Guys eatery wins a trial period for later hours, despite neighbors' opposition
- Jurors hear double-murder defendant's talks with fiancée and police: 'I'm crazy and I did it'
- Breakers returning to OC
- Girls' Volleyball: Local trio earns first-team Orange Coast League honors
- Girls' Volleyball: Newport's Hagadorn and Wilson on Sunset League first team
- Girls' Volleyball: Sage Hill's Dailey and Blevins are first-team All-Academy League picks
- Boys' Water Polo: Five locals on first team in OCL
- Virgen's View: Matt Colby Award returns to Costa Mesa
- Teens share a holiday party for the haves and have-nots
- Commentary: A Realtor's examination of the local housing market
- Calendar for Dec. 16
- Commentary: Urgent care is a vital alternative to emergency rooms
- Pomona man arrested after attempt to break into abandoned Costa Mesa business
- Do you know this man sought in connection with UCI office burglaries?
- Commentary: Don't buy me tinted windows or headphones for Christmas!
- Commentary: There might be a way to brighten an otherwise blue Christmas
- Handel's 'Messiah' brings on poignant holiday memories
- Fire ruins 96-foot Christmas tree at Westin South Coast Plaza, but it's still standing
- Man running on freeway dies after being hit by a car
- Hansen: For Christmas, try offbeat and fun gifts
- Women's Soccer: Four Pirates lauded
- College Roundup: UCI knocks off Utah State
- Boys' Basketball: CdM places fourth at tournament
- High School Roundup: Newport Harbor boys' basketball wins Oxford Academy tournament
- Boys' Basketball Preview: Harding leads Sailors
- Women's Basketball: 'Eaters riding wave
- Kids get rare snow day in O.C.
- Christmas can be good time to teach kids about money
- Popular Halal Guys restaurant again asks for later hours; some neighbors still object
- Letters from the Editor: Corona del Mar is a better place because of Amy Senk
- Boat parade's tradition shines bright on Newport Harbor
- Biz News: New-home neighborhood at Great Park has grand opening this weekend
- Calendar for Dec. 13
- Football: Four Lightning seniors make Academy League first team
- Boys' Water Polo: Sage Hill trio earn accolade
- Boys' Water Polo: Newport's Brosnan, Turnbow-Lindenstadt, Morrison on first team
- High School Roundup: Kuehnel goes for 25 in Sage Hill win
- Editorial: Get ready for El Niño before it starts
- Irvine student's work hangs in VP's home
- Survey asks: Should Newport rein in unleashed dogs at 'no man's' beach?
- Interfaith Council members show solidarity with area mosque
- Rock band The Brevet credits Irvine schools for its success
- An update on the Vietnamese dining experience
- Vietnam refugee finds the life he sought in the U.S.
- Lions earn All-American honors
- Briefs: UCI opens at No. 2
- Abram Booty leads movie project, 'Work Horses'
- Nutritionist's goal: Get people to eat healthier
- Wade packs wallop for Saddleback College football team
- Calendar for Dec. 12
- Anaheim Ducks stars take kids under their wings
- Looking at aerospace's place in history
- Tilly's mural prompts discussion in Irvine about public art
- From the Boathouse: Christmas parades and a poem
- Group meets to organize fight against crime
- Commentary: San Bernardino massacre hit too close to home for this reporter
- CdM Today: Fifth grader uses art to help other children
- Sherman Library & Gardens glows with 'Nights of a Thousand Lights'
- The Crowd: Tree lighting and giving - it's holiday time
- Lynn Schott is Irvine's new mayor pro tem
- 'Nutcracker' to be a tradition at Segerstrom
- Pet of the Week: Roxie
- High School Roundup: NHHS boys' basketball to play in Oxford Academy tourney title game
- Ctvrtlik's hook lifts CdM
- Athlete of the Week: Another O'Connor leads CdM
- City's traditional Snoopy display to get a little cooler
- Appeals court grants injunction in sober-living case
- Newport condo/commercial development clears zoning hurdle with Coastal Commission
- Newport-Mesa district ordered to release documents on Supt. Fred Navarro
- Balboa Island home tour takes a walk on the 'beautiful' side
- Calendar for Dec. 11
- Double-murder defendant did online research before killings, FBI agent testifies
- Girls' Soccer Preview: Sage defense strong
- Scrutinize reviews for accuracy before buying online
- Woman's body found hanging from post in Newport nature preserve in apparent suicide
- Mailbag: Proposed advertising board is a bad deal for Costa Mesa, F.V.
- Around Town: Marina Park in Newport Beach to open Saturday
- Costa Mesa man suspected of DUI after car hits curb and flips
- Newport-Mesa school board selects new president
- High School Roundup: Hopp scores nine in Estancia girls' water polo win
- Boys' Soccer: Estancia remains unbeaten
- Girls' Basketball: Maya makes it happen for Estancia win
- Boys' Water Polo: Hack the MVP in PCL
- Football: CdM's Garbers is top player in Pacific Coast League
- Girls' Volleyball: CdM's Harris is Pacific Coast League MVP