The Saddleback A.I. Summit hosted on November 3rd 2025, gave honest insight to some approaches as well as precautions that all-levels of education and outside of it are using to either combat or ...

On Oct. 7th, the president of Saddleback College Elliot Stern announced his retirement for the summer of 2026. After seven years of transformative leadership, president Stern is saying good-bye.

The first annual “Surf Queenie of Doheny,” an all girls surf competition and festival, made a splash at the Doheny State Beach in Dana Point on Oct. 25. The festival, organized by local surf shop and ...

Forty-two-year-old Farnaz Farshidpour became discouraged when she attended college immediately after high school graduation and couldn’t pass all her classes, prompting her to stop attending. After ...

With approximately 17 million visitors a year, the Irvine Spectrum is known in Orange County for being a popular spot for entertainment, shopping and dining. With over 130 stores and restaurants, the ...

Robert Ramirez/The Lariat Saddleback College’s homecoming game ends with a 38-10 win over the Southwestern football team, continuing their 3-1 record. Saddleback started the game hot with an ...

Branding itself as “the new heart of Orange County,” OC VIBE is an expansive entertainment district that began construction in 2023 and will continue into 2029. The new entertainment center will be ...

Residents of Southern California are expressing shock and sorrow following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during a speaking event in Utah on Sept. 10. Kirk, 30, ...

Lindsay Fox, one of Saddleback’s fashion instructors, brings out that trends are nothing new. Fashion trends began in the early Middle Ages. She explained that historically people felt pressured to ...

Former LAPD homicide investigator and author of “Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Murder Investigations,” Greg Kading, was interviewed for OC in Focus at Saddleback ...

A house fire on the 24600 block of Athena in Mission Viejo killed 47-year-old Edwin Cardenas Mejia early in the morning on Sunday, Sept. 28. Firefighters arrived at the scene of the house fire at ...

Below are 10 hip-hop and R&B classics that sampled jazz “I Love Music” — Ahmad Jamal This song was sampled by Pete Rock on “The World is Yours” by Nas off of his debut album Illmatic. The sample ...