Updated: The deputy who shot a Camp Pendleton Marine in the San Clemente High School parking lot Feb. 7 has been identified by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as Darren Sandberg, according to the O.C. Register.
The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs has responded to mounting criticism in the wake of the execution of former Marine Sergeant Manuel Loggins by a deputy Sheriff in San Clemente. Continue reading
The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) announced on Dec. 27 that they have hired former Orange County Register reporter Kimberly Edds. That is a great move for them as she is a terrific reporter and I am sure she will excel as their new Director of Communications.
Edds is just the latest of many fine Orange County news reporters who have quit the newspaper industry in the last few years. Jean Pasco, who covered political news for the L.A. Times, retired to go work for Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly. Jennifer Delson took an early retirement from the L.A. Times too and she now owns her own public relations firm. And Jennifer Muir, who wrote for the O.C. Register, now handles communications for the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA). Continue reading