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Hike atop colorful sandstone and cobble bluffs and enjoy breathtaking views of the Santa Ana Mountains and beyond at Red Rock Wilderness.
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is sending thieves and robbers a message via Southern California billboards, buses and bumper stickers: “Crime doesn’t pay in Orange County. If you steal, we prosecute.”
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The Above the Influence program, founded by retired Orange County Sgt. Brian Gunsolley, seeks to revolutionize conversations about substance use among students.
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Rain spattered a sprawling motorcade that glided toward 3Crosses Church in Castro Valley on Wednesday, where elected leaders and law enforcement in dress blues gathered to mourn slain Oakland police officer Tuan Le.
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We would like to thank and congratulate AOCDS member, Deputy Probation Officer Cynthia Madrigal, for a job well done. Largely due to DPO Madrigal’s commitment and tenacity, a seven-month long investigation has resulted in the dismantling of a bicoastal drug trafficking organization and the arrest of six individuals, including her probationer.
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A Mission Viejo police officer was just recognized for all of his hard work and effort, after Deputy Casey Briggs was named Mission Viejo Police Services’ 2023 Employee of the Year.
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Hailey Swanson described her husband, fallen Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson, as being “fearless, strong, loud, decisive, confident, devoted, protective, and always there with some off-the-wall comments and make me laugh, even in the darkest moments.”
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A Manhattan Beach police officer killed in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday was a survivor of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas who risked his life saving others during the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.