Axon Enterprises, the maker of Taser electronic stun guns and other less-than-lethal weapons, has introduced a significant upgrade to the current generation of law enforcement Taser. Axon, with the newly introduced Taser 10 model has refined and greatly improved the less-than-lethal weapon that thousands of Officers worldwide currently carry. The …
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One person was killed when his motorcycle struck a car on East Chapman Avenue east of Yorba Street shortly before 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. According to witnesses, 2 motorcycles were traveling eastbound on Chapman Ave. when an SUV driven by a woman turned left in front of them. One motorcycle …
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It has been a very long time since Californians have seen regular gas at $3.99 due largely to the anti fossil fuel policies of both the Biden and Newsome administrations. While $3.99 gas is a welcome relief, it may be short lived due to conditions in the Middle East and …
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Two men suffered non life threatening injuries when they were shot in the parking lot behind Paul’s Cocktails at Chapman and Olive in Old Towne Orange around Midnight Friday. Police in the area heard the gunfire and immediately responded and found the 2 injured men. A suspect was apprehended in …
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A nightmare scenario that could have led to injury and death at Disneyland early Christmas morning was narrowly averted just outside Disneyland as the park was closing early Christmas morning shortly before 1 AM. A suspected DUI driver was barreling towards families leaving the park at high speed after …
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An early morning fire tore through one of the two historic World War 2 blimp hangars in Tustin overnight. The fire was reported at 12:53 a.m. and was quickly upgraded to 3 alarms by the first arriving Orange County Fire Authority units. The cause of the fire has yet to …
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The recently measured snowpack levels in the Sierras and the Upper Colorado River Basin are nearly 200% of their historical averages for this time of year in some spots. While this level of snowpack will no doubt help ease the drought conditions in the west, it will not solve the …
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An elderly man and his dog narrowly escaped a fire in their mobile home early Wednesday morning. The fire was reported to the Orange County Fire Authority at 1:29 am at 13061 Fairview Street in Garden Grove. Before the fire department arrived, a Garden Grove Police Officer and a bystander …
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The Orange County Fire Authority responded to a fire in a vacant building at 13551 Harbor Blvd. shortly after midnight Tuesday morning. This was at least the 4th fire in this building in recent months and is believed to have been started by a homeless person. Flames were already shooting …
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Three people believed to be from Orange County have been killed in an accident on Interstate 40 near Williams, Arizona, “the Gateway to the Grand Canyon”. Preliminary reports indicate their car was traveling westbound on Interstate 40 when for unknown reasons it crossed the center divider and struck a big …
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The Orange County Independent News from Orange County California