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Christopher Jordan Dorner Firing is Justified Again, Attorney Says; LAPD Denies Report Done

The Los Angeles Police Department firing of Christopher Jordan Dorner, the former La Palma resident and "rogue ex-officer" who presumably took his own life after terrorizing Southern California law enforcement and killing four in early February, has again been deemed justified, according to a vetera ... More >>

Costa Mesa Police and Highway Patrol Release Memorial Weekend Checkpoint Results: Update

See Update No. 2 at the end of this post with results from the joint Costa Mesa Police Department and California Highway Patrol checkpoint Friday night. Update No. 1 on the next page had Anaheim Police announcing its DUI checkpoint that night.ORIGINAL POST, MAY 24, 8 A.M.: Another long holiday weeke ... More >>

[UPDATED with Winning Bid:] Anyone Want to Buy Chris Dorner's Gun?

See the update at the end of this post on the winning bid.ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 12, 3:43 P.M.: A Southern Nevada pawn shop owner is hoping someone will drop a couple thousand on a .38 Special Christopher Dorner reportedly sold to him in January. Morbid, true, but at least it's not a weapon ex-LAPD co ... More >>

Margie Carranza, Emma Hernandez Get $4.2 Million for Being Shot by Cops Hunting Dorner

The city of Los Angeles will pay $4.2 million to Margie Carranza and Emma Hernandez, the mother and daughter newspaper deliverywomen who had their small pickup--and, in the case of one, herself--shot up by LAPD cops protecting the Torrance home of a Chris Dorner target.Carmen Trutanich, the LA city ... More >>

Kevin E. Harris, Costa Mesa Bomb Maker Who Blew Self Up, Left Bombs and Weird Manifesto

Not quite to the scale of the Boston Marathon explosions, a blast at the Costa Mesa home of a 52-year-old man police and paramedics had come to aid two hours earlier Sunday killed the resident, who it turned out had other bombs on the premises.Not quite to the scale of Christopher Dorner's online ma ... More >>

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Octomom Nadya Suleman and 14 Kids May Be Moving Back or Have Already Returned to OC

Octomom Nadya Suleman stopped making payments for her house and moved out with her 14 in-vitro'd children in the middle of the night. You did not just read an old sentence from when Natalie ceased making mortgage payments in La Habra before relocating in Palmdale. No, to our unending horror, yucky m ... More >>

Christopher Dorner Death: Sheriff Defends Tactics But Suggests They May Have Been Better

"As I thought about this, if it was not our department involved in this event, we would be watching this event on TV, looking at what they were doing and asking ourselves, 'If this occurred in our county, would we be prepared to deal with it, and how would we deal with it?' So this is a learning eve ... More >>

[UPDATED with Gunshot Likely Killed Him:] Christopher Jordan Dorner was the Man in Burned-Down Cabin: Coroner

See the update at the bottom of page 2 on the belief that a single gunshot killed the suspect, the San Bernardino County sheriff defending his deputies and the latest on the reward.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 14, 10:56 A.M.: Had Christopher Jordan Dorner lived and been taken into custody, the Orange County ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Arrest Totals:] Tis the Season to be Boozy and Patrolled and Stopped

ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 21, 8:56 A.M.: The Costa Mesa and Garden Grove police departments are conducting DUI checkpoints tonight, while one goes up in Huntington Beach Saturday night. None of the agencies is revealing the location of the mandatory motorist stops aimed at removing impaired and unlicensed ... More >>

Jennifer McClain Accused of Rash of SoCal Thefts from Lady Gym Lockers

Irvine Police believe they have nabbed Southern California's prolific lady gym locker burglar, who has been linked to health-club heists in eight cities in Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles counties, including five alone in Irvine.Jennifer McClain, 34, was arrested Wednesday by Irvine Police detecti ... More >>

[UPDATED with Villa Park Checkpoint, Results:] As Bombs Burst in Air on the Fourth, Smokies on the Ground Hunt for Drunk Drivers

See end of post for details on Fourth of July holiday DUI arrests, injuries and deaths so far, and a new checkpoint announced in Villa Park.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 3, 9:38 A.M.: Orange County law enforcement has big plans for the Fourth of July as it is anticipated fireworks won't be the only thing lit. ... More >>

Smile for the 10 Ugliest Police Mugshots of 2011

​On several Fridays this year, we've presented the Ugliest Police Mugshot of the Week.But what about the Ugliest Police Mugshots of the Year?Glad you asked.After the jump are the 10 ugliest of the ugliest, which were mostly culled from our semi-weekly selection, although we also tossed in some oth ... More >>

Anaheim Schools Axe 'Humiliating' Color-Coded Student ID Program

​The Anaheim Union High School District went under fire last week for segregating kids based on color, though not in the way you may think.   Two schools, John F. Kennedy in La Palma and Cypress in Anaheim, required students to carry around identification cards and matching planners in colors ... More >>

SUV Flips, Dog Dies in Anaheim

​A Toyota 4Runner flipping in Anaheim after a police chase this morning was not the worst of it.One responding officer, with his patrol car's lights and sirens on, struck and killed a dog that had wandered into the street.Meanwhile, the unidentified SUV driver was arrested after a short foot pursu ... More >>

[UPDATED with Final Tallies:] Fourth of July Surprise! Stepped Up DUI Checkpoints and Patrols

​UPDATE, JULY 6, 10:38 A.M.: The Avoid the 38 DUI Task Force just released the final numbers from the holiday weekend past's three sobriety checkpoints and multiple DUI saturation patrols countywide.From 12:01 a.m. Friday through midnight Monday, officers representing 38 county law enforcement age ... More >>

Prescription Drug Take Back Hauls in 2,700 Pounds of Meds in OC

​We previously reported Nadya Suleman hauled in $2,600 at her Saturday garage sale in La Habra.The same day, local law enforcement agencies collected prescription drugs voluntarily given up residents. If cops got a dollar for each pound of medicine they took in, they would have beat Octomom.

Top 10 OC Public Elementary Schools*

​OK, we've given you the top 10 public schools in Orange County on the high school and middle school levels.**based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. What follows are the 10 best OC ele ... More >>

Attention: Kogi Taco Truck Lands in Lakewood Tomorrow! Not O.C., But Close Enough. **UPDATE**

UPDATE: Moving this up as a reminder to those in the La Palma, Buena Park, and Los Alamitos area of O.C.!!! KOGI WILL BE IN LAKEWOOD, AT THE ABC DRIVING SCHOOL FROM 10 P.M-1 A.M. TONIGHT!!! That's right next door! KogiAttention all Kogi Taco Truck followers. Kogi is going to be *THIS CLOSE* to ... More >>

Mobile Dairy Classroom Ignores La Palma, Cypress, and Why That Matters

It's cool that the Dairy Council of California is in the midst of an Orange County elementary school tour involving a Holstein cow and calf and lessons on how milk is made, but there's just one major oversight. The self-described "educational milking parlor on wheels" will visit kiddies in SanTana, ... More >>

Ex-LAPD Cop Admits Guilt in OC Kiddie Picture Arousal Case

A visibly nervous Ralph Cameron Lakin II (pictured) stood out this morning in Superior Court Judge Steven Bromberg's courtroom not just because he wore a natty suit (tan slacks, green coat and floral-patterned tie), but also because the other criminal defendants awaiting attention were hoodlums or ... More >>

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