Here are selections, made with your help, of the 125 people who were vital parts of Orange County’s story for 2025.

Crunchyroll unveiled its Winter 2026 anime streaming lineup, which includes over 50 new and returning anime series, as well ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has selected San Francisco Police Department veteran Derrick Lew as chief of police, replacing interim Chief Paul Yep. Lew’s appointment of the San Francisco native ...

Mr. Lew is a veteran police officer whose experience includes major operations against drug dealing. By Yan Zhuang Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco on Wednesday named Derrick Lew, a veteran officer ...

After announcing his retirement last month, Hillsdale Police and Fire Chief Scott Hephner now plans to postpone his departure until February 2026 to help search for his successor. “I made an agreement ...

WAPELLO COUNTY, Iowa — A southeast Iowa dog is back home safe after being rescued from a nearly dire situation on Tuesday. The Wapello County Sheriff's Office received a call about a dog that had ...

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Pledging a transparent and compassionate approach to justice, Cook County’s new chief judge, Charles Beach, on Monday took his oath of office before a crowd of judges, attorneys and state and local ...

19-year-old Barron Trump is the uncle of 18-year-old Kai Trump. Barron is the half-brother of Donald Trump Jr., Kai's father. Vanessa Trump, Kai's mom, is dating Tiger Woods, who is a favorite player ...

A professor at Yale, he immersed himself in communities after catastrophic events like Three Mile Island, the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Hurricane Katrina. By Michael S. Rosenwald Kai T. Erikson, a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The new chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court was installed Monday morning. The Honorable Charles S. Beach II took the oath during a packed ceremony inside the Chicago-Kent ...