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Westminster police officer struts on the runway to help fund cancer research
Westminster Police Officer Alex Lopez is not one for seeking out the limelight. So when the 28-year-old patrol officer was…
Barnes intends to take O.C. Sheriff’s Interfaith Advisory Council ‘to the next level’
In 2015, when tensions between law enforcement and the black community were at a particularly high point, then-Undersheriff Don Barnes…
While training, Anaheim Fire & Rescue firefighters took a moment to cheer on their home team in the 2015 Stanley…
“I forgive.” Those two words might be the most difficult for any victim of violence to say. Yet, award-winning author…
The youngster cracked wise. “Is Sgt. Joe Friday back there?” No, for the record, he isn’t. But nice try. Fun…
When a phone call wakes Det. Norma Vasquez from sleep, she knows what it means. It means a long day…
“How many of you have been told you’re too little to do something?” A sea of tiny hands shoots up.…
“How many of you have tried drugs or alcohol?” “Does wine count as alcohol?” asks one of the 6th graders.…