Decades before the city of Costa Mesa became an incorporated municipality, there were citizens who risked life and limb to protect lives and property, working as an all-volunteer fire department that ...

As Costa Mesa says goodbye to Police Chief John Hensley, who retires today, Fire Chief Jim Ellis has left his job on medical leave, and it is unknown when he will return, city officials said. Ellis ...

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday to bid farewell to Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Capt. Mike Kreza, who was fatally struck by a suspected DUI driver. Kreza was killed ...

COSTA MESA, Calif . -- A 96-foot-tall Christmas tree went up in flames outside the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa on Monday morning, officials said. The blaze was reported by a ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (KABC) -- Three days after a DUI suspect struck and killed a Costa Mesa Fire captain who was cycling in Mission Viejo, the suspect was charged Tuesday with one felony count of ...