Government

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has announced it will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint in Yorba Linda on Friday, January 2.

On December 29, 2025, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will conduct an enforcement operation in San Clemente aimed at drivers suspected of violating California’s hands-free cell phone law.

Captain Matt Timmins has been appointed as the new North Patrol Chief of Police Services, overseeing law enforcement for the city of Villa Park and northern unincorporated areas of Orange County.

On December 24, 2025, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail arrested Jacob Alexander Demmin, 25, of Yorba Linda.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint in Stanton on Friday, December 19, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The exact location of the checkpoint has not been disclosed.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has received a grant of nearly $160,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to improve drug-impaired driving testing and training.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a man whose remains were found near Yorba Regional Park.

On December 9, 2025, investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail arrested Steven Jourdan Castro, a 29-year-old resident of Chino Hills.

On December 4, 2025, investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail arrested Cameron Taylor Heath, age 39, on suspicion of child sexual abuse.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has announced that additional officers will be deployed in San Clemente on Saturday, December 13.