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K9 helps bring balance to Riverside Sheriff’s Deputy home
Cydney Smith lives in a working ranch in the Yucca Valley. A small town in the San Bernardino Mountains, known…
Garden Grove lieutenant among 200 police officers lost to COVID-19
The white hearse stood out in the cavalcade of police SUVs and motorcycles. The red and blue lights flashed, as…
The acting police chief calls early weekday mornings “magic time.” Before heading to work, Julian Harvey makes breakfast for his…
Garden Grove police officers responded to a report of shots fired at about 7:20 p.m. March 1, and found a man…
Standing near the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Duke 6 helicopter, the medics stood around 5-year-old Cento, a Belgian Malinois, petting…
Little is more exhilarating for a teenager than riding in a fire truck, sirens screaming and lights flashing, with an…
Husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends. Directly or indirectly, virtually everyone is or has been impacted…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Suspect Antonio Padilla Jr., 37, of Palm Desert was charged Wednesday, Feb. 28,…