Wednesday, May 16, 2012
California Supreme Court will decide whether cities can legally use zoning codes to prohibit marijuana dispensaries as Lake Forest has done.
A ruling in favor of a Lake Forest medical marijuana collective is on hold after the California Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a petition from the city to review the decision. The state Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about whether cities can use their zoning codes to prohibit dispensaries as Lake Forest has done, according to City News Service. The decision puts on hold the lower court's decision in favor of Evergreen Holistic Collective, issued in February, until the state's highest court rules. In the meantime, the Lake Forest City Attorney's office plans to resume prosecuting the dispensaries under the city's zoning code, according to a statement released this afternoon. "We are very pleased that the California Supreme Court …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Selected reports from the Orange County sheriff's blotter from Lake Forest.
At 1:05 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported suspicious activity in the 25700 block of Le Parc Road. According to the report, a red Toyota Tacoma has repeatedly dumped large loads of construction materials into a dumpster in the apartment complex. At 12:43 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported a traffic accident near the Trabuco Road and Cherry Avenue intersection. According to the report, the driver of a black vehicle was swerving and ended up facing into the flow of traffic when the collision occurred. Firefighters transported one person to Mission Hospital. At 12:08 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported a suspicious person in a vehicle in the 21700 block of Eveningside Lane. According to the report, someone was shooting a BB gun out the window of a …
Monday, May 14, 2012
An Orange County man living in Florida was arrested with 31 men in an online child predator sting operated by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
An Irvine native is among a group of men facing child predator charges in a large online sex sting operated by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office of Florida. Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight at a Monday afternoon press conference announced the results of the first-ever online child predator sting carried out by the sheriff’s office, which lasted six days. The sting included 21-year-old Kevin Williams, of 25 Seton Road, Irvine, who is listed as a student at Eckerd College in Pinellas County, FL. “I think this operation illustrates how vulnerable our kids are,” Knight said. “And to parents, guardians of children — we live in a different era now than what we grew up in. I cannot express how important it is to have parents and guardians to…
Friday, May 11, 2012
Selected reports from the Orange County sheriff's blotter in Lake Forest.
At 10:43 p.m. Thursday, police arrested a 35-year-old man near the Bake Parkway and Trabuco Raod intersection. According to the report, police were conducting a vehicle search and discovered the man had a warrant out for his arrest. He was taken into custody on $30,000 bail. At 9:03 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported suspicious activity near the El Toro Road and Rockfield Boulevard intersection. The informant reported that a strong tar odor was coming from a black Ford F-150 parked near Costume Castle. The informant suspected someone was smoking narcotics. At 6:13 p.m. Thursday, deputies were called to assist a citizen in the 22800 block of Bonita Lane. According to the report, the informant was parking her car when a young boy collided …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
For safety, they'll avoid the switchback trails where four horses fell into a Trabuco Canyon ravine.
UPDATE: New information about the horse's carcass left behind added at 2 p.m. Thirty-two women and their horses gathered Thursday morning in San Juan Capistrano, ready to embark on a four-day journey similar to the one that ended so badly for their husbands and friends the week before. “Blessings to all creatures great and small,” Pam Ogilvie prayed before the group started a 62-mile trek to Norco. “A special prayer for the men who experienced so much.” The women, mostly from Norco and Corona, have been riding together for years, making multi-day trips throughout Southern California. But tragedy struck Friday, when four horses and their riders slipped off a trail and fell into a steep ravine in the Cleveland National Forest in Trabuco …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Judge finds sufficient evidence to hold over Fullerton cops Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli for trial. The beating of Kelly Thomas was shown for the first time during this week's hearing.
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Wednesday, May 9
Two Fullerton police officers were ordered today to stand trial for the beating death of schizophrenic transient Kelly Thomas. Officer Manuel Anthony Ramos, 38, is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, while Cpl Jay Cicinelli, 40, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive force in the beating last July 5 at the Fullerton Transportation Center. The 37-year-old homeless man died five days later when his family took him off life support. The 38-year-old Ramos, a 10-year Fullerton police veteran, is free on $1 million bail, one of the highest ever posted in Orange County. Cicinelli, 42, is free on $25,000 bail. They are both on unpaid administrative leave. Ramos faces a potential sentence of 15 years to …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Selected reports from the Orange County sheriff's blotter in Lake Forest.
At 10:21 a.m. Tuesday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 24700 block of Raymond Way. A woman said she has a neighbor who throws trash into her backyard. The neighbor was reportedly outside watering his garden when the report was made. At 10:04 a.m. Tuesday, a caller reported a traffic hazard near the Lake Forest Drive and Muirlands Boulevard intersection. According to the report, a man was shooting a radar gun from a red compact vehicle, causing drivers in nearby vehicles to swerve. At 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, deputies arrested a 24-year-old man near the Rockfield Boulevard and Los Alisos Boulevard intersection. The man was reportedly sleeping under a bridge. He was taken into custody on $30,000 bail when police found he had warrants out …
A 30-minute SigAlert is issued for the far left lane on the southbound freeway by Lake Forest.
A SigAlert was issued at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for the far left lane on the 5 South at El Toro Road after a hit-and-run collision involving multiple vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP reports show that at least three cars were involved in the injury crash, which blocked the fast lane. Police recommend that drivers use alternate routes for about 30 minutes until the crash debris is cleared.
The San Juan Capistrano teacher appears on the Today show to tell her story for the first time. Then the show reunites her with two of her rescuers.
Kelli Groves, the San Juan Capistrano teacher whose car dangled off a Santa Barbara bridge for hours in a January rescue that made headlines around the world, spoke for the first time publicly Tuesday on “Today.” “I could not see either one of them,” Groves said of her two daughters, ages 10 and 10 weeks, who were also trapped in the borrowed BMW, hardly recognizable as it clung to a guardrail, more off than on the bridge. Watch the video here. Groves is a teacher at Del Obispo Elementary, where her daughter Sage also attends. She was on maternity leave after having Mylo. The threesome was headed to visit the mission at San Luis Obispo for Sage’s fourth-grade mission project. That’s when suddenly, just south of Buellton, a driver of a big …
Monday, May 7, 2012
The truck ran a red light and crashed into a pick-up and a car on Lake Forest Drive.
A truck carrying asphalt headed west on Lake Forest Drive overturned at Cañada Road shortly before 10 a.m. Monday after reportedly running the red light and smashing into two other vehicles, authorities said. The driver told police that his brakes failed as he headed toward Cañada. A passenger in the truck was injured in the crash and was extricated by firefighters who used the Jaws of Life. He was taken to an area hospital, according to police. The truck's driver escaped unscathed, as did the occupants of the two other vehicles. Both vehicles—a white pick-up and a silver car—were towed. A portion of westbound Lake Forest Drive at Cañada closed temporarily for clean up. The truck, which police said was hauling asphalt from construction in …
Bong Sativa
12:52 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
The city of Lake Forest has wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayers money pursuing their ill-conceived effort to shutter cannabis dispensaries legal under state law. Now after their specious & poorly conceived legal strategy was rejected by the Appellate Court they've decided to waste more time & money by appealing to the State Supreme Court & moving forward with their attack on cannabis … more ›