SILVERADO CANYON, Ca. (December 14, 2021): Effective Tuesday December 14, 2021, at 5 p.m. Evacuation Orders (Mandatory) are lifted for Williams Canyon and Modjeska Canyon. Evacuation Orders (Mandatory) remain in place for Silverado Canyon while crews clear debris from roadways. The Silverado Canyon Evacuation Order will be lifted once roads are passable, expected to be later this evening.

­­ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Information Officer, Sergeant Todd Hylton THylton@OCSheriff.gov | C: 714-904-7042 Don’t Let Drunk, or “High,” Drive: Celebrate the Holiday Season Responsibly National “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Enforcement Campaign Begins Dec. 15 SANTA ANA, CA. (December 15, 2021): This holiday season, the Orange County Sheriff’s...

­­ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE YORBA LINDA, Ca. (December 15, 2021): The city of Yorba Linda on Tuesday, December 14, selected Captain Joses Walehwa as their new Chief of Police Services. “I am honored to have been selected the next Chief of Police Services for the city of Yorba Linda and...

STANTON, Ca (January 11, 2022) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, January 14, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location in the city of Stanton. DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 23, 2021) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit, in partnership with the DNA Doe Project, have released a newly updated image in hopes of identifying a John Doe found in Trabuco Canyon nearly 25 years ago. On Dec. 13, 1996, Coroner Division and OCSD...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (Date, 2021): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department – OC Crime Lab has been awarded a $117,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for training and enhanced drug-impaired driving testing. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will use the funding to facilitate the testing of all...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 29, 2021): Investigators are looking to identify a person of interest in the 1980 homicide of 15-year-old Kerry Patterson. Kerry was last seen on June 26, 1980 walking in the area of Parks Junior High School in the 1700 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Fullerton. Investigators...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (January 14, 2022): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department today promoted 33 personnel, including two Assistant Sheriffs.

UPDATE: Jan. 15, 2022, 8:30 p.m.- The Tsunami Advisory has been lifted for Orange County.

SANTA ANA, Ca. (January 19, 2022): The Orange County Crime Laboratory, a division of the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department, was nationally recognized as a “Registry Implementer” for its high-quality standards and practices in forensic science by the National Institutes of Science and Technology-sponsored Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC). OSAC...