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    December 20, 2011

    Irvine and Santa Ana (Yes, That Santa Ana) are Dueling Safest Cities in America

    ​UPDATE, DEC. 20, 12:39 P.M.: My morning coffee obviously had not kicked in yet when I posted the original version of this item on Irvine and Santa Ana appearing on dueling lists of the safest cities in America. For, had I been fully awake, I would not have read right over Mission Viejo being rank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    [UPDATED W/Official Rand Corp. Retraction] Closing Marijuana Dispensaries Actually Increases Crime, Rand Study Finds

    ​UPDATED Oct. 25, 11:30 A.M: Two weeks after lifting the report from its website, Rand Corporation, the research organization that helped crunch body count numbers during the Vietnam War has officially retracted its study from last month that claimed crime increased near medical marijuana dispensa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Mission Viejo is Safest Place to Live, Shops at Mission Viejo is Safest Place to Leave Your Car

    ​If you reside in Mission Viejo, congratulations, you sleep at night in the safest city in Orange County, according to rankings based on FBI crime data.Meanwhile, if you are a purse, stereo or other valuable item inside a car parked at the Shops at Mission Viejo--or a vehicle itself parked there-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Irvine and Mission Viejo Shoot It Out Over Which Is Safer

    ​For five straight years, Irvine has billed itself as "America's Safest City," but new FBI rankings show it's not even the safest city in Orange County. This leads to an obvious question: What's your problem with Irvine, FBI?

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    The Man, The Myth William J. Bennett Coming to OC

    Conservative pundit William J. Bennett is coming to the Richard Nixon Library and Museum Sunday to hawk the book he cowrote with John Cribb, The American Patriot's Alamanc. Bennett has written so many books that it's fun to contrast the titles with his own notoriety. For instance:The Book of Virtues ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Tuesday's Headlines

    Apologetic at gunpoint: The Oxford-shirt-and-khaki-pants-donning man known as the "Irreconcilable Bandit" held up his 16th bank Monday—a California National Bank in Newport Beach. He repeatedly apologized to the teller, saying he was going through "hard times" and needed the mon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    Sheriff Mike Carona Finally Reduces OC crime

    Those who know Sheriff Mike Carona might be skeptical that a man with no street cop experience can impact local crime statistics in a dramatic, positive way. Though Carona hails himself as "America's Sheriff," he's never solved a crime, endured a stakeout or made an arrest. He served as a court bail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2007

    Killing in Long Beach

    The last time the combination of Long Beach and crime was featured in this space, some of the area's dimmer predatory perverts were doing their part to help NBC's ratings. Now comes better news. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, crime is down in LBC, despite what you might see on Dateli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2006

    Thousand Oaks Safe For Inanimate Objects

    A story in this morning's Ventura County Star boasts that, "Thousand Oaks has reclaimed its title as the safest city for its size in the country, according to preliminary 2005 crime statistics released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation." Really? Always suspicious of a city with such a ph ... More >>

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