Category: Orange County News

Fire and Forestry Spending Oversight Bill introduced

In order to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively toward reducing the main drivers of wildfires and improve the resilience of increasingly vulnerable communities, Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris has introduced Assembly Bill 788. As devastating wildfires have ravaged the Golden State, California has appropriated $2.7 billion* for wildfire and forest Read More

Arrest made in retail theft involving recovery of over $460,000 in stolen merchandise

On February 24, 2023, members of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Border Division’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force (ORCTF) arrested two individuals suspected of purchasing stolen merchandise from organized retail theft crews. In January 2023, Border Division’s ORCTF investigators supported by private sector retail theft investigators initiated a criminal investigation Read More