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Best of BTB: OCSD deputies recount terror in Las Vegas: ‘I had never felt that close to death before’
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives: This story is from October 6, 2017. Today (Oct. 1) is the seventh anniversary of the Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas. The first thing he noticed, after the shots rang out, was a man on his back, about 10 feet to his right. Like most of the other 22,000 attendees of the outdoor country music festival, when headliner Jason Aldean was on the fourth song of his set Sunday night, Brandon Mundy had been awash in good vibes. Before Aldean had taken…
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Residents of the Village of Rienda and Rancho Mission Viejo got a glimpse of a new-style firefighting operation when the…
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The dangers of the internet. Racial hate groups. School shootings. Truancy. Gangs. Orange County school district representatives learned about the…
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A post seen on a well-known dark web site used by hackers states residents of Orange County should be prepared…
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The times are in, the antibiotic ointments have been applied, and the elastic bandages have been wrapped as the 36th…