Tuesday, May 22, 2012
These are selected reports from the San Juan Police Dispatch Services Log throughout the past few days.
The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided. At 9:59 a.m. Sunday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 31700 block of Avenida Avilla. According to the report, the informant reportedly kicked his son out of his home and proceded to have a heated, verbal argument. There was no report of an arrest. At 10:31 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported a burglary in the 33800 block of Via Cascada. The informant reportedly witnessed an unknown subject attempting to open her front door. At 7:49 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported an …
As the number for U.S. Border and Customs Enforcement agents has grown, so has the poundage of drugs seized and number of human smugglers potentially deterred.
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series examining drug smuggling, human smuggling and human trafficking in the San Diego and Orange County area, and how federal and local law enforcement agencies are grappling with the problem. Under the affluent veneer of Orange and San Diego counties, thousands risk death, ransom and modern slavery to enter the country without documentation. Others use muddy border tunnels, rickety fishing boats and secret compartments to haul tons of cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana along the I-5 and other highway corridors, or through beach landings. Just this week off Dana Point, the Border Patrol recovered hundreds of bales of marijuana worth more than $3 million on the street. Law enforcement …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Watch the video to see where hundreds of swallows have decided to relocate. It's a lot more modern than Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Of the state's 1,000-plus school districts, 188 have this dubious distinction.
Thirteen Orange County school districts face almost certain financial jeopardy, including Capistrano Unified and Saddleback Valley Unified school districts, according to the state superintendent of public instruction. There are 28 school districts in Orange County, not counting community college districts. No other school districts that serve Orange County Patch readership areas appear on the danger list. State Superintendent Tom Torlakson released Monday the list of districts across the state that may not have the funds to get through this year or the next two years based on multiyear projections. There are 188 school districts that fall under this category, and they are responsible for the education of 2.6 million children, according to …
Two must-dos from Ambuehl Elementary School.
Thursday, May 24: Last chance to buy a book at the spring book fair at Ambuehl Elementary School. The fair is open 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday’s hours are 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 25: Last day to purchase a first-aid kit at Ambuehl Elementary. The PTA is making the kits available. The class that sells the most first aid kits receives a “Pump It Up” exercise party at school!
The post-season continues for Chelsea Kruthers and Lexi Shaw.
With temperatures soaring high, the San Juan Hills High girls track and field team took their best on Saturday to Mt. Sac for the CIF Championships. At the end of the day, Chelsea Kruthers and Lexi Shaw both earned ALL-CIF honors, placing second in their respective individual events. Kruthers battled it close with the all-time national high school record holder Amy Weissenbach from Harvard Westlake in the Division III 800 Meter Race. Chelsea crossed the line with a time of 2:10.7, which qualifies her for the next round of CIF competition at Masters this coming Friday at Cerritos College. Shaw raced a new personal best in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.62, placing second in Division III, securing her the alternate position for …
Researchers say in a UCLA School of Nursing study that men who ride bicycles may experience hormonal imbalances.
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Men who ride bicycles may experience hormonal imbalances that could affect their reproductive health, researchers say in a UCLA School of Nursing study released today. To date, an extensive amount of research has been performed documenting the positive effects of long-term exercise on health, according to a nursing school statement. These studies have shown that while moderate exercise can lead to enhanced cardiovascular and metabolic function and reduced body fat, ultra- endurance levels of exercise can also adversely affect the neuroendocrine system and reproductive health,'' the statement said. The UCLA study explored the associations between exercise intensity and circulating levels of reproductive hormones in serious leisure male …
Itzcoatl Ocampo, the ex-Marine from Yorba Linda is accused of killing a mother and
her adult son last October, then fatally stabbing four homeless men between
December and January.
Orange County prosecutors announced today they will seek the death penalty for a former Marine accused of killing six people. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 24, of Yorba Linda, is accused of killing a mother and her adult son last October, then fatally stabbing four homeless men between December and January in what prosecutors called thrill killings. He remains jailed without bail and is tentatively scheduled to go on trial Sept. 10. Ocampo is charged with the Oct. 25 slayings of Raquel Estrada, 53, and her son, Juan Herrera, 34, and the fatal stabbings of four homeless men starting Dec. 20. The first homeless victim was 53-year-old James McGillivray, who was attacked as he slept outside a Placentia shopping center on Dec. 20. Eight days later, …
Local symposium will cap Lupus Awareness Month
When writer Flannery O’Connor was diagnosed with lupus in 1950 at age 25, the autoimmune disease was poorly understood, often confused with arthritis. O’Connor braved debilitating pain, immobility, and fatigue with her characteristic humor at times, calling her crutches “flying buttresses.” But she grumbled in a letter about a nurse who patronizingly advised, “Honey, take up knitting, and you won’t notice the pain.” Shortly before her death at 39, she bleakly apologized for feeling “too bad” to type the latest stories she had written. Some O’Connor scholars believe that the dark, violent images in this seemingly mild-mannered and prim Southern woman’s novels and stories serve as metaphors for the illness that was attacking her body and …
"Kind of freaky" event won't occur for 10 more years.
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People throughout Southern California gathered individually and in groups Sunday to take in the enthralling view of a late afternoon 85-percent eclipse of the sun. The annular eclipse started at 5:24 p.m. and ended at 7:42 p.m., according to Griffith Observatory officials. During an annular eclipse, the moon does not block the entirety of the sun, but leaves a bright ring of light visible at the edges. In Sunday's eclipse, the moon was at the furthest distance from Earth that it ever achieves -- meaning that it blocked the smallest possible portion of the sun, leaving the largest possible bright ring around the outside. It was the first annular eclipse visible in the U.S. in nearly 18 years, according to NASA, and National Geographic …
Marc Schroeder
7:24 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
All a waste of time and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Legalize and open the borders. Anything else is insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. more ›