The Santa Ana City Council, which has been considering revising its Police Oversight Commission’s purview, will give the group that got off to a slow start some time to settle into its role before any major changes are discussed.

A wind advisory has been issued for some L.A. County mountains until 2 p.m. where wind gusts could reach up to 50 mph.

City officials reversed course on a plan to demolish church buildings to make way for 40 affordable townhouses in Santa Ana, a move that's confounded Habitat for Humanity of Orange County.

Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder now accused of running a multinational drug-trafficking ring and orchestrating the killing of a federal witness, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Santa Ana during a brief hearing on Monday, Jan. 26, days after his headline-grabbing capture.