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OCSD teams with United Way to expose Garden Grove high school students to career paths
The rumbling of the helicopter blades slicing through the morning air reverberated throughout the classroom. “We’re not under attack,” Sheriff…
Veteran officer from Central California joins La Habra force
La Habra’s friendly community and smaller police department were major draws for Officer Yvonne Viramontes, a recent addition to the…
The 17-year-old sits straight and speaks quietly. Within minutes, the eight-person board knows he’s lying. La Habra police caught the…
He was 14 — a kid seduced by the gang lifestyle who wanted to impress his “homies.” One night in…
She knew the look. And things looked very grim. At around 1 p.m. on Dec. 11, while sitting on a…
The veteran officer’s brown eyes widen. “We all have a story to tell,” John Ema says. Ema doesn’t want to…
Her world imploded in slow motion. It was an incremental collapse into homelessness. First, her sister died, leaving behind an…
Cameron Knauerhaze walks in to the dispatch center to offer coffee for those who will field 911 calls over the…