Tom Mauk, the CEO of Orange County — or the O.C. as the kids were calling it not a few days ago — will resign over criticism of how he handled (or mishandled, as the case may be) allegations that Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante sexually assaulted women working in the Orange County Public Works department. » 7/27/12 9:35am 7/27/12 9:35am

Last night, someone hung a noose on the door of gay rights group Equality California's office. The police response: "Sometimes you just have to live with being a victim." » 10/29/10 3:40pm 10/29/10 3:40pm

On last night's episode, a boozy, weekday afternoon for the gals went from jokes about vaginal tightness and big dicks to a tear-filled pity party about how hard it is to raise teenagers in a wealthy community. » 1/29/10 11:00am 1/29/10 11:00am

One big baby was born in Orange County, California last week. The hefty newborn boy weighed in at 14.2 pounds, and is probably the largest baby ever delivered in the O.C. [Telegraph] » 12/30/08 10:45am 12/30/08 10:45am

Remember Jameelah Medina, the Muslim woman forced to take off her hijab in front of a male deputy? Watch a new video of her recounting the harassment she faced by clicking on the pic. » 12/19/08 6:30pm 12/19/08 6:30pm

Sure, us common folk are cutting back in the current economic climate, but how are the nouveau riche faring? Gretchen Rossi, the newest "housewife" of The Real Housewives of Orange County » 11/10/08 12:40pm 11/10/08 12:40pm . Does this mean the women will be scaling back? "I think you'll see both dynamics this season," says Rossi. []

A judge in Orange County, California signed an agreement » 11/04/08 3:30pm 11/04/08 3:30pm last week that will allow Muslim women to wear county-issued headscarves in jail. The change came after a Muslim woman named Jameelah Medina filed a lawsuit against the county after she was arrested in 2005 for having an invalid train pass and forced to remove…

Lauren Conrad was spotted "getting very cozy" and swapping tales of C-list level celebrité with Orange County » 7/30/08 11:40am 7/30/08 11:40am actor . So she went from dating actual OC losers to dating someone who played one for a movie? Upgrade! • You know you are really pushing the limits of a story when the moms start commenting to local…

• Hot new trend: polygamist pastels? Yeah, whatever.• Facials that involve steam and extractions are bad for your skin. • NPR's "Fresh Air" host, Terry Gross, once got fired from a job as an inner-city school teacher. • Indigenous girls in Australia were forced to get contraceptive implants when they were as young as… » 4/16/08 5:20pm 4/16/08 5:20pm

Here's some Friday cuteness: animal control officers in Garden Grove, CA made a rare rescue mission to save a group of 14 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain. The article comes with a video, complete with peeps and worried quacks from the mother duck who was "frantically pacing around the drain opening" when… » 4/11/08 12:20pm 4/11/08 12:20pm