By Lou Ponsi As the holiday season arrives, many Orange County families are preparing to travel and reconnect with loved ones. Nearly seven million residents are estimated to be traveling at least 50 miles away from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the Auto Club of Southern California, which is about 7 percent higher than before the pandemic. More than 700,000 Southern California residents are expected to travel by air, a 3 percent increase from last year an

Photo courtesy of Orange City Fire By Greg Mellen It is a chilling scenario. You are opening personal or business mail when suddenly...

Check out the latest Behind the Badge article on how to stay alert for scams.

Check out the latest Behind the Badge article on how to stay alert for scams.

Ari Rivera, right, and Anderson Hao in front of their destroyed home in Altadena, California. Tens of thousands of people have been...

By Greg Mellen Residents of Orange County can breathe a sigh of relief. While fear of crime and violence remain concerns of daily life,...

By Greg Mellen The Social Security Administration has designated March 7 as a day of awareness for online crime, particularly for older...

By Greg Mellen Photo by August de Richelieu In 2022, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received 32 million...

By Greg Mellen Photo by Tuur Tisseghem As we are getting through the holiday season and the public wraps up any post-holiday purchases,...

By Greg Mellen Photo by Any Lane The odds of being caught up in a smash-and-grab robbery during the holiday season are small — though if...

By Greg Mullen Photo by: Katerina Holmes Social media platforms are facing added scrutiny for their practices and engagement with youth...

By Greg Mellen The aftermath of the shocking attack by Hamas and Palestinian militants on Israel and the response in Gaza are grim...

By Greg Mellen Photo By Yaroslav Shuraev Halloween: ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks, and, this year especially, Barbies and...

By Greg Mellen Photo by Matheus Bertelli The launch of artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 have become all the...

By Greg Mellen Photo by Anthony Fomin Hard to believe, but one of the most ubiquitous terms of caution and vigilance, particularly when...

By Greg Mellen Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge He’ll always remember the acid taste of the air, the blank looks of devastation...

By Greg Mellen, Behind the Badge Photo by Tristan Le When Keniel Thomas got the nonagenarian on the phone, he may have thought he hit the...

By Greg Mellen, Behind The Badge Photo by Michael Goulding/Contributing Photographer Active shooter events have risen sharply in just six...

By Greg Mellen, Behind The Badge With summer vacation, the excitement of being released from the confinement of classrooms and the...

By Greg Mellen, Behind The Badge For several years now, there has been rising concern about the mental health of school-aged children....