Behind the Badge
Make-A-Wish cruise with Orange County Sheriff’s Department is ‘best night in the whole entire world’
0When she got home late Monday night Dec. 9, Lynden Smith turned to her parents and said: “This was the best night in the whole entire world.” Lynden, 7, had just spent three hours aboard the Eternity, a 140-foot yacht dressed up in holiday décor and carrying Santa as it cruised around Newport Harbor. Diagnosed in July 2019 with stage III lymphoma, Lynden was one of 50 “wish kids” who participated with their families in the popular annual event co-hosted by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Make-A-Wish Orange County & Inland Empire. The 20th Christmas Harbor Cruise was held…
Crime scene tape marks an area outside the OC Crime Lab in Santa Ana, where the forensics team is pulling…
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is seeking information to help identify a man who robbed a Wells Fargo bank. The…
Teachers at Dana Hills High School didn’t envision starting the school year with vandalized white boards and burglarized classrooms. But…