Behind the Badge
Rare disease claims life of Anaheim PD senior office specialist, who was to get engaged this summer
0The daughter looked at her mother from her hospital bed and asked: “Mom, am I going to be OK?” Just six months earlier, Marriah Merlyn Valdez, 26, had convinced her mother, Amparo “Amber” Valdez, to go on a cruise with her. In October 2018, the two toured the Mexican Riviera, enjoying such spots as Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, and Mazatlan. Now, on this day — Saturday, June 1, 2019 – Marriah lay in her bed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, her body wracked by a rare disorder of the immune system, her liver decimated, her…
Officer Sandoval remembers the day nearly 25 years ago when the police came to her house. On that fateful day, the police, in…
Officer RJ Young stood in front of the Anaheim Police Department East Station’s police service dog memorial Friday afternoon. His…
Fifteen minutes of madness. That’s how an Anaheim PD sergeant, at a community meeting Monday night, described the aftermath of…
He left this world in his favorite spot: The back of a police car. Before he died, Bruno — the…