By Shawn Raymundo A multi-city program to help transition homeless individuals off the streets throughout South Orange County launched in nearby cities recently and is…
By Shawn Raymundo The city’s cost of contracting police services from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department climbed by nearly 13.5% within the first three years…
By Eric Heinz, Lillian Boyd and Shawn Raymundo Orange County Catholic Worker, along with the Emergency Shelter Coalition and Housing is a Human Right Orange…
By Staff Orange County has seen a rise in the homeless mortality rate since 2014, according to a report the Orange County Sheriff’s Department recently…
By Eric Heinz More than a year after the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) discontinued the narratives that described reported crimes in its blotter, the…
By Emily Rasmussen After 10 years of leading the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD), Sheriff Sandra Hutchens’ seat is wide open. OCSD is the nation’s…
By Eric Heinz, Emily Rasmussen and Daniel Ritz On a recent sunny afternoon in San Juan Capistrano, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) deputy slowly…
By Emily Rasmussen, The Capistrano Dispatch Representatives of several South Orange County cities joined forces with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) and the Capistrano…
By Emily Rasmussen, The Capistrano Dispatch Lt. Carl Bulanek wasn’t planning on becoming a chief of police for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department until he…
Compiled by Staff May TRAFFIC HAZARD Avenida Descanco/Avenida Mariposa (Tuesday, May 30, 5:06 p.m.) “Children at play” signs were left in the middle of the street. The…
By Eriz Heinz Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) South Directed Enforcement Team (DET) arrested three suspects accused of burglarizing multiple homes…
