Placentia News

At a family holiday party your 8-year-old nephew asks you "just what does a nurse do?" Do you say "takes care of patients," or use this moment to give him a real idea, described in a way he can understand, of the important work a nurse does daily? What about when you conduct a mid-afternoon assessment on that cardiac patient? Plenty of observations ...

The city is installing two security cameras in the walkway bridging the train tracks in Old Town - workers will have the cameras online in two weeks.

Charges are pending against a 16-year-old boy from Ontario after a high-speed chase early Sunday morning drew crowds of apparent gang members, dozens of police from several agencies and a police helicopter.

PLACENTIA Children with spray-paint cans, men who like to pick fights, and those who like to enjoy their beer on the sidewalk may have noticed more police scrutiny in the past year.

Two men and two juveniles were arrested early this morning on suspicion of robbing a man at gunpoint, police said.

Who would pay $30 for a big bottle of beer? Apparently, lots. Dozens waited up to three hours last night to be among the first to buy The Bruery's Black Tuesday Stout.

Mama always said for you to eat your vegetables. She didn't say they couldn't be in your beer.

A Placentia man and a Chino Hills man both pleaded guilty to 13 counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy in a workers' compensation case that began in 2005.

We looked at pumpkin cocktails the other day, so it's only right to look at a more, shall we say, serious way of drinking your October pumpkin, in the form of beer.

Though cash-strapped Placentia has raised many of its fees to bring in revenue, one chance for the city to promote green living slipped through the cracks.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office has charged three men with various drug counts after Placentia Police allegedly found hallucinogenic and other drugs after a Finnell Way stakeout.

I have to travel to the Midwest this week to attend a mystery writer's convention, after which I'll skip over to my birthplace to speak at two library events.

The up-start microbrewery, The Bruery , in Placentia is creating a buzz in the beer world with its Black Tuesday Imperial Stout - " a $30-a-bottle opaque brew with almost 20 percent alcohol.

A woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after she hit and killed an 80-year-old bicyclist in a Yorba Linda crosswalk Wednesday night, police said.

Election Day for replacing disgraced former Assemblyman Mike Duvall, who resigned amid a sex scandal, is Nov.

This morning on KSEE Sunrise Faith Sidlow talked with the director and two castmembers from "Eurydice" being performed through this weekend at Fresno City College Multimedia Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Chuck Erven October 16 & 17 at 7:30 p.m. October 17 at 2 p.m. $12 general and $10 students/staff. FCC Theatre Box Office: 442-8221 ...

Share + Oct 16, 2009 3:13 pm US/Pacific SANTA ANA, Calif. 1 of 1 Ana Torres, 75, was sentenced to nine months in jail for running over and killing a 89-year-old woman in a Placentia church parking lot.

Gary Smith, 56, of Placentia, and his wife, Suzanne, were joined by her sister-in-law, Kim Murphy, and Gary and Suzanne's son, Brandon, 26.

Every week, ustedes ask me about wonderful restaurants that no longer exist. Santa Ana's Nancy Puebla ? Is now in Perris .

Every year, elementary school teachers spend hundreds of dollars out of their own pockets on much-needed school supplies.