Here are selections, made with your help, of the 125 people who were vital parts of Orange County’s story for 2025.

Bakersfield exists in that sweet spot of California living – not too fast, not too slow, and mercifully free of the traffic ...

The Supreme Court’s endorsement of how Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map is offering hope to California Democrats as they prepare to defend their map in court this month – and ...

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas lawmakers can use a new congressional map in 2026 that was drawn to benefit Republicans. The ruling gives the GOP an advantage in a ...

The 'Love Always Wins' artist and his wife tied the knot in 2019 Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in theGrio, ...

More Trump gifts spark bribery concerns With the penny going away, what should you do with the ones in your coin jar? Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors overhaul delivers star-studded lineup, new medallion ...

OF A YEAR IN FEDERAL PRISON. WELL, CALIFORNIA’S DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE NOW PREPARING THEIR ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST PROPOSITION 50. CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED PROP ...

Fossil Falls is an incredibly accessible natural wonder, and yet it feels like discovering one of the state’s best-kept secrets. It’s also a crash course in California history, transporting visitors ...

"In other reviews of colleges in Los Angeles, I have mentioned how highly I esteem academia and learning. Among the top universities in the world, University of California Los Angeles has to be in the ...

I am loath to give any exposure to a far-right grifter who has whipped up outrage by discussing outlandish conspiracy theories, but Candace Owens continues to cross lines, gain followers and curry ...

Conspiracy theorist Candace Owens is being ridiculed after alleging in a crazed series of social media posts that the first couple of France have paid an “assassination squad” to kill her and enlisted ...

Candace Owens claimed on Monday that French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte “allegedly” spent $1.5 million on a plot to assassinate her days after she claimed the couple ordered a hit ...