Orange County,often known by its initials O.C.,is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 3,186,989,making it the third-most-populous county in California,the sixth-most-populous in the United States,and more populous than 19 American states and Washington,D.C. Although largely suburban,it is the second-most-densely-populated county in the state behind San Francisco County. The county's three most-populous cities are Anaheim,Santa Ana,and Irvine,each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast:Seal Beach,Huntington Beach,Newport Beach,Laguna Beach,Dana Point,and San Clemente.
Dana Point is a city located in southern Orange County,California,United States. The population was 33,107 at the 2020 census. It has one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast,and with ready access via State Route 1,it is a popular local destination for surfing.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County,California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for the transportation system for the travel needs,including freeway improvements,express lane management,bus and rail transit operation,and commuter rail oversight.
The Orange County Line is a commuter rail line run by Metrolink from Los Angeles through Orange County to Oceanside in San Diego County,connecting with the Coaster commuter rail service to San Diego. The Orange County Line carries passengers to the primary Metrolink hub at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles,as well as to many attractions in Orange County including the Knott's Berry Farm area,Angel Stadium of Anaheim and the Honda Center,the Disneyland Resort,Old Town Orange,Santa Ana Zoo,Mission San Juan Capistrano and many more. In San Diego County,it serves the Oceanside Pier and Camp Pendelton.
KDOC-TV is a religious television station licensed to Anaheim,California,United States,serving the Los Angeles area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station maintains studios on East First Street in Santa Ana,and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
Joel Wachs is an American former politician and lawyer. He is the president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City. He was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for 30 years,where he was known for his promotion of the arts,support of gay causes,advocacy of rent control and other economic measures.
Paul K. Tanaka is an American former politician and a former law-enforcement officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He was convicted April 4,2016,in Federal Court of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice. Tanaka served as Undersheriff of Los Angeles County from 2011 to 2013. He was also mayor of the City of Gardena,California. His tenure has provoked controversy due to allegations of violence,corruption,and alleged membership in the Lynwood Vikings,a secret police organization,which was described as a "neo-Nazi,white supremacist gang" by a federal judge.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County,California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and thirteen contract cities in the county:Aliso Viejo,Dana Point,Laguna Hills,Laguna Niguel,Laguna Woods,Lake Forest,Mission Viejo,Rancho Santa Margarita,San Clemente,San Juan Capistrano,Stanton,Villa Park,and Yorba Linda.
Leroy David Baca is a former American law enforcement officer who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County,California from 1998 to 2014. In 2017,he was convicted of felony obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.
The Compton Police Department was the municipal law enforcement agency for the city of Compton,California until it was disbanded by the City Council in September 2000. The Compton City Council then contracted with the County of Los Angeles for law enforcement services provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
San Juan Capistrano station is a train station in San Juan Capistrano,California,United States served by Amtrak,the national railroad passenger system,and Metrolink,a commuter railroad. The station has a single side platform serving the single track of the SCRRA's Orange Subdivision.
James Andrew Musick was an American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Braves/Redskins from 1932 to 1936 and the Sheriff of Orange County,California from 1947 to 1975. He led the NFL in rushing in 1933.
Sandra Sue Hutchens was an American law enforcement officer who was the Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County,California. She was appointed to the position on June 10,2008,replacing acting sheriff Jack Anderson,who had led the department since the January 14,2008 resignation of Mike Carona. Prior to her appointment,she was retired from the position of division chief within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Hutchens was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. In 2017 Hutchens announced that she would not seek re-election for a third term. She endorsed the successful election bid of Undersheriff Don Barnes.
James V. Selna is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
John L. Scott is an American law enforcement official who was serving as the interim Sheriff of Los Angeles County,California from January 30,2014 to December 1,2014. Scott was appointed L.A. County's 31st sheriff by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors when his predecessor Lee Baca resigned before the end of his elected term.
The 1974 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University,Fullerton as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. This was Cal State Fullerton's first year competing at the NCAA Division I level and as a member of the PCAA,but the Titans' games against conference opponents did not count in the conference standings until the 1975 season. They had previously been in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Led by third-year head coach Pete Yoder,Cal State Fullerton compiled an overall record 4–7. The Titans played home games at Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana,California.
The Frank A. Forster House in San Juan Capistrano,California is a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) stucco,Spanish tile roofed mansion built in 1910 for $10,000 by Frank Ambrosio Foster,grandson of rancher John Forster. It is the only remaining home of its style and era in the area. It was designed as a 5-bedroom,1-bathroom home in the Mission Revival style by Los Angeles architects Robert Farquhar Train and Robert Edmund Williams. Upon the deaths of Frank and his wife Ada,their daughter Alice Forster Leck inherited the house,and bequeathed it to her nephew Pancho Forster.
Don Barnes is the current Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County,California. He was elected to the position on November 5,2018,and sworn in on January 7,2019,replacing Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. Barnes was endorsed by then-Sheriff Sandra Hutchens shortly after she announced that she would not seek re-election.
The 2022 Los Angeles County elections were held on November 8,2022,in Los Angeles County,California,with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on June 7. Two of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election,as well as two of the countywide elected officials,the Sheriff and the Assessor. In addition,elections were held for the Superior Court,along with two ballot measures.
John Centennial Devine (1876-1940) was an Arizona politician who served two consecutive terms in the Arizona State Senate from 1917 through 1920. An Arizona pioneer,with an mining engineer background,he worked at several mines in Pinal County as either the supervisor or general manager. He worked as an undersheriff both early and late in his career,once killing a man who resisted arrest.
