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Interactive dinosaurs brings roaring fun to Outlets in San Clemente

The prehistoric exhibit is timed alongside the release of 'Jurassic World Rebirth,' and is a taster before a bigger one planned at Tanaka Farms this fall.

Harper Forsting, 6, and her sister Josephine Forsting, 4, with their grandmother, Elaine Reames, reach out to an animatronic dinosaurs as they visit the Outlets at San Clemente in San Clemente, CA, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. The dinos started out as “Jurassic Beach” at the Carlsbad State Parks campground, but with the Jurassic movie released this month, they were commissioned by the outlet center. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The Dana Point Trolley zips around town on Monday, June 30, 2025, offering tourists and residents free service throughout the summer. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

South Orange County coastal cities make summer easy with free trolley routes

Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, CA is undergoing a multi-year revitalization. Traffic moves around the harbor on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Parking structure opens as first landside project in $600 million Dana Point Harbor renovation

With much of the Laguna Beach coastline closed to swimmers and surfers because of a sewage spill, beach goers walk past warning signs along Agate Street Beach in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Fewer sewage spills closed OC beaches in 2024 than 25-year average, new report said

By Laylan Connelly

June 6, 2025 at 11:39 a.m.

The OC Health Care Agency recently released its Harbor and Bay Water Quality Report, a...

Gordon and Dona Crawford’s Monarch Bay estate recently sold for $34 million, breaking its own record as the most expensive home ever sold in Dana Point.
(Photo by Andrew Bramasco)

Gordy Crawford’s Monarch Bay estate sells for a Dana Point record $34 million

By Sandra Barrera

May 30, 2025 at 9:52 a.m.

The deal set a new record as the most expensive home ever sold in Dana...

Elizabeth Diaz Soto, 9, strolls through Mission San Juan Capistrano’s Field of Honor while on a field trip twith her school, Alice Birney Elementary in Colton on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The display, sponsored by Homefront America, honors first responders and veterans and will be open through Memorial Day. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Orange County to remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day

By Heather McRea

May 22, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Here is a list of several of the ceremonies and events planned to honor the...

The remains of beachside homes that burned along Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire in Malibu, CA, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

As summer nears, a question looms: How safe are Southern California beaches?

By Laylan Connelly

May 23, 2025 at 7:25 a.m.

Lingering debris from the Palisades fire and marine mammals sickened by toxic algae remain a...

A 38-year-old woman armed with a knife was shot and wounded in Dana Point in March by an Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy, footage released on May 20 shows. (Courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department)

Deputy shoots and injures woman armed with knife in Dana Point, video shows

By Sydney Barragan

May 21, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

Deputies arrived for a welfare check after a neighbor called 911 to report a woman...

The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano will host a pop-up organic market in Dana Point. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The Ecology Center to host organic pop-up market in Dana Point

By Brock Keeling

May 14, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

A little over three miles from its fertile soils and bountiful crops, the regenerative farm...

People walk down to a crowded Strands Beach in Dana Point as seen on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Pearson, Contributing Photographer)

Dana Point clears way for new cliffside transportation at Strand Beach

By Erika I. Ritchie

May 12, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

City officials will now study the location and determine if changes have to be made...

Thousands of grunion can show up during a “grunion run” — but sometimes, none show up at all. (File photo: Rose Palmisano / The Orange County Register)

Grunion run event will explore mysterious creature at Doheny State Beach

By Laylan Connelly

May 10, 2025 at 7:40 a.m.

The mating ritual of grunion is an odd sight -- they come out the ocean...

Ron Beard, left, breaks out in a smile as his wife, Sue, blows out the candle on their anniversary cake during a 70th anniversary party for the couple at the Sea Bluffs Ivy Signature Living in Dana Point on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Celebrating 70 years together; an OC couple marks a platinum wedding anniversary

By Lou Ponsi

May 9, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

Ron, 91, and Sue, 85, Beard celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on May 8 at...

A memorial of flowers and candles are set out at the site of a crash that killed 16-year-old Rebecca Cespedes, of Dana Point. The Dana Hills High School student was driving the truck on May 6, 2025, when the vehicle collided with a tree near the Dana Point Harbor. (Photo by Laylan Connelly/SCNG)

16-year-old driver killed in single-vehicle tree crash near Dana Point Harbor

By Ryanne Mena

May 8, 2025 at 9:59 a.m.

All six juveniles are students at Dana Hills High School.

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