UPDATE: Police find missing at-risk 16-year-old boy
Editor's note: At 6:55 p.m., the Long Beach Police Department reported that at-risk missing person Alexander Martinez was located safe and unharmed with the help of a community member. He has been transported home and reunited with his family. Original post below:. Police are asking for assistance in locating an...
What I learned patrolling for ICE in Terminal Island
The same federal facility that detained Japanese Americans in 1942 is now the staging ground for immigration raids across Los Angeles. One San Pedro resident documents what he's seen—and why history feels like it's repeating itself.
Anaheim Gives Immigrant Aid Fund a $250K Boost
Anaheim officials are boosting their newly minted immigrant aid fund by $250,000 to help residents reeling from ICE raids – either causing some people to stay home or a household breadwinner getting detained. The fund, created last month along with a city webpage detailing various legal resources for residents,...
Husband suspected of killing wife in Garden Grove; also connected to Central Valley shooting
An investigation is underway after a man allegedly killed his wife in Garden Grove while their two children were home, and was later involved in a shooting hours away in San Joaquin County. Garden Grove police responded to a home on the 11500 block of Morgan Lane Thursday morning after a child called 911 to […]
Off-duty Border Patrol agent charged with assaulting Long Beach police officer, DA says
The agent was reportedly also involved in an immigration raid in Pico Rivera last month where multiple people - including a U.S. citizen - were detained.
Man arrested for vandalizing a historic public fountain in Orange
On July 13, 2025, the original three-tiered fountain decorated with herons, owls and cattails, which had been installed in Plaza Park in 1887 was vandalized, according to the Orange Police Department. The suspect removed a heron statue from the base and smashed it at the scene. Patrol officers and detectives...
A company accused of scheming with Andrew Do is now suing him for $15...
The complaint by Aloha Financial Investment hints at the legal wrangling to come in the corruption case of the former supervisor that has rocked Orange County.
Coroner identifies 3 killed in deadly pursuit crash in Orange County
The Orange County Coroner has identified the three people killed in a violent crash that began as a police pursuit Wednesday morning. Officials say 22-year-old Brandon Antonio Ayala Herrera of Huntington Park, 20-year-old Caleb Ezequiel Mendoza of Maywood, and 27-year-old Luis Alejandro Mendez-Carbajal of Panorama...
O.C. man arrested for smoking at a public park
Yesterday morning, while conducting proactive patrols at a local park, police officers observed an individual smoking in violation of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department. Upon contact and further investigation, the individual was found to be in possession of...
Undocumented DUI driver who killed 2 teens turned over to feds
A 43-year-old man who prosecutors say was twice deported when he killed two teens in a DUI crash in Orange County was released from state prison and turned over to federal custody Thursday, the Department of Justice said. In November 2021, police say Oscar Eduardo Ortega Anguiano, a convicted felon...
