DANA POINT – An 18-year-old woman was struck and killed by a moving vehicle as she attempted to cross Pacific Coast Highway early Sunday, police said. Police said the victim, 18-year-old Allix Nicole Barz of Cypress, was attempting to walk across PCH with a friend shortly after midnight. Via the Orange County Register. Click title to read more. 

ANAHEIM – An American flag draped over his back, Yaman Kahf stood with hundreds of protesters Sunday, roaring a message of solidarity from Orange County’s Little Arabia to the blood-stained streets of Syria. ”The important thing is that the people over there need to know that they’re not alone,” said Kahf, a Garden Grove resident. The rally at Brookhurst Street and Orange Avenue drew more than 300 people, all expressing hope Syria will be the latest Middle East country to witness the toppling of a long-reigning autocracy. Via the Orange County Register. Click title to read more.

SANTA ANA − More than 300 Valley High School students stormed out of their school at about 1 p.m. Tuesday and marched along Greenville Street to Glenwood Place to protest the sudden departure of Principal Felicity Swerdlow. Via the Orange County Register. Click title for read more.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY – Hundreds of Egyptians, Arab Americans and other members of the community joined Sunday at Mile Square Park to celebrate revolution in Egypt. As families enjoyed the picnic, music and children’s activities, Egyptian Consul General Hesham Elnakib and religious leaders voiced their hopes for a new era of democracy in the Middle East. Via The Orange County Register. Click title for read more.

According to federal prosecutors, Rick Vartanian, 57, was found to have hired several undocumented workers. In 2009, Vartanian is accused of telling officials those workers were no longer at his store, but had in fact taken steps to hide the workers from being detected by federal officials. Via The Orange County Register. Click title to to read more.

Police are stepping up patrols in industrial areas of the city, where raves are being held in vacant businesses and often end with violence. The illegal parties are mostly held on weekends and attract hundreds of rave enthusiasts to the music-driven events, where drug use and underage drinking often occurs. Via The Orange County Register. Click title to read more.

Overall immigration – both legal and illegal – is a major factor in the steady decline in U.S.-born teenage participation in the summer workforce,according to a report issued Wednesday by Camarota’s organization, an anti-illegal immigration think tank that believes in restricting legal immigration. Via The Orange County Register. Click title for read more.

Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy is asking for the public’s help in identifying women, young men, and children in dozens of photos seized when detectives searched a storage locker that Rodney Alcala rented in Seattle. If you know who these people are, contact Huntington Beach police detective Patrick Ellis, at 714-375-5066, or email at pellis@hbpd.org. Images were shot before July 1979. Via The Orange County Register. Click title for read more.

The rate of teens age 15-19 having babies continues to decline, both in Orange County and in California. The downward trend runs counter to the national rate, which has been on the rise the past two years. Via The Orange County Register. Click link to read more.

Does smoking pot make kids crazy? A new study out of Australia indicates that the longer young adults use marijuana, the likelier they are to experience hallucinations, delusions or a “non-affective psychosis” like schizophrenia. Via The Orange County Register. Click article name to read more. Can you believe this? Do you agree?