New cases of coronavirus infections in Orange County declined in Saturday’s report from the county health care agency, but remained above average. According to the OCHCA, the latest daily tally was at […]
Infections down, but deaths up
Two SA crashes; GG Park upgrade
Three people were seriously injured in a two-car crash Friday afternoon in Santa Ana. According to the Orange County Fire Authority – which provides fire and paramedic services to Santa Ana – […]
Sunday COVID tally is at 639
Sunday’s count of new coronavirus cases continued to show a upward trend, as 639 COVID-19 infections were reported by the Orange County Health Care Agency, an increase from Saturday’s 528. Deaths remained […]
Silverado fire is 100% “contained”
The Silverado Fire near Irvine has finally been deemed “100 percent contained” by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. That blaze, which started on Oct. 26, covered 12,444 acres and […]
Fires are contained 80 and 82%
UPDATE: Overnight progress against the Silverado and Blue Ridge fires in Orange County continued late Saturday and early Sunday. According to Cal Fire, the Silverado blaze is now 82 percent contained; […]
Containment of fires advances
UPDATE: The Silverado fire is now considered to be 70 percent contained. Nine structures were damaged and three destroyed. Updated at 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– As you can probably tell by looking in […]
Fire evacuations are lifted
UPDATE: The Silverado Fire is considered 51 percent contained. Six structures were damaged and one destroyed. Two “minor” structures were also considered destroyed. Update as of 7 p.m. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Good progress […]
Progress made fighting fires
UPDATE: All evacuation orders and warnings related to the Blue Ridge Fire have been lifted. Please go to: https://tinyurl.com/SBCOEVAC and https://tinyurl.com/OCEVAC for an online evacuation map. Update as of 5 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– […]
Silverado, Blue Ridge fires burn
This is a developing story. Check back for updates throughout the day. UPDATE: A total of 80,500 homes in Orange County are under mandatory evacuation orders because of the Silverado and Blue […]
Winds push fires; thousands flee
This is a developing story. Check back with The Tribune for updates, as well as OCFA’s Twitter postings. UPDATE: High winds dying down. In the Blue Ridge Fire in Yorba Linda, 1,651 […]
