Behind the Badge
Best of BTB: New plaque commemorates deadly ambush of first L.A. Sheriff killed in line of duty
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from April 3, 2024. On a sunny morning in the Irvine Spectrum area, it’s hard to believe anything bad happened here. Before being taken over by master-planned communities and upscale malls, or even its eponymous orange groves, Orange County was an untamed lawless land. Before it was bespeckled by Irvine Corporation projects, it was the definition of the Wild West. Infamous gangsters roamed or were pursued by similarly unchecked vigilantes through the canyons and arroyos of…
After a two-year hiatus forced by COVID-19, the Tustin Police Department revived its annual memorial ceremony for the agency’s only…
The Flame of Hope, the torch carried by law enforcement and other officials in Orange County to benefit the Special…
The Tustin Police Department shares why catalytic converters are being stolen, what role they play on the vehicle, and what…
The newest members of Irvine’s Community Emergency Response Team, commonly known as CERT, gave a variety of reasons for volunteering…