Placentia News Archives

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.

Fontelle Harrod caresses a doorknocker bearing the family name she shares with her husband, Bob Harrod, at the couple's Placentia home Oct.

A pajarito reported that there were about 50 people there, including several candidates for other offices, including Quang Pham, who is running against Van Tran, for the right to take on Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.

Students at the Valadez Middle School Academy in Placentia will read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" in a nationwide attempt to break the world record for the largest number of people reading the same book at the same time.

An Orange County supervisor and four others have filed papers to run for the state Assembly seat vacated by Michael Duvall, who resigned last month after boasting over an open microphone about his apparent sexual conquests.

As one of the last retail commercial jewels in the city, the 250-acre Meredith property just north of the 10 Freeway could garner a project comparable to Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga or the Ontario Mills Mall.

It's no secret that our son wants to be a musician. He owns three guitars, a banjo, a keyboard, an amp and a menagerie of other little doo-dads that make sound.