In December, on the night before he was required to start three weeks of training as a new sergeant at the Garden Grove PD, Phil Schmidt’s 15-year-old son had to be rushed to the...

When their muscles burned and fatigue set in, they pedaled harder. As icy wind cut through thin jerseys and the incline of a hill forced labored breath, they pushed on. Everything these 13...

The Tustin Police Department welcomed four new members to its ranks with a swearing in ceremony on Thursday. More than a dozen Tustin police employees, both sworn and civilian, lined the back of...

The sixth-grade girls were at science camp in January when one of them confided in the other. It was a terrible secret the 12-year-old had been keeping to herself. That night in the cabin in...

If Kelsey Harris were there, she would have yelled to the player who drifted offsides for the third time to watch his position. If she were watching, Kelsey may have groaned along with the crowd...

The firefighter keeps the photo on his smartphone --- an image he’ll never delete. It’s a note from a kid named Ryan that Fullerton Firefighter Thomas Barbor received while serving during a...

The Garden Police Department is looking for anyone that may have witnessed a stabbing Tuesday night that claimed the life of a 19-year-old man. The homicide occurred just before 9 p.m. in the area...

Anaheim Police Sgt. Jacob Gallacher stood on the Paul Revere Elementary School playground questioning a young boy about why he’s habitually getting to school late in the morning. He asked the boy:...

BehindtheBadgeOC.com staff members and contributors won eight awards at the Orange County Press Club’s annual journalism awards and gala Monday night for stories, photos and videos published in...

Four years ago, when a battalion chief position became vacant at the Brea Fire Department, the city managers of Brea and Fullerton put their heads together to come up with a novel idea: Why not have...