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A year and several months after California's prison realignment program went into place in order to alleviate inmate overcrowding, state Governor Jerry Brown announced January 8 that the prison crisis in California is over. He said it is time the federal government remove its cap on state prison populations and end its oversight on the mental health services offered to inmates at the lockups, the Orange County Register reported.

California has made improvements to the prison system, and it's time the federal government return control to the state, Brown said. The issues of overcrowding and mental health care conditions at …

In response to the recent shootings across the country, several communities in California are offering "active shooter" training for business owners and operators. The training will help prepare people how to deal and respond when a shooting occurs. The Santa Ana Police Department is among those offering the free training sessions, according to the Orange County Register.

The class is free and takes place from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on January 15 in the Police Community Room of the 60 Civic Center Plaza, the article stated. It is being sponsored by the Santa Ana Police Department and the Santa …

A man suspected of stealing a 78-year-old woman's purse January 4 has been arrested by police and booked into the Santa Ana jail.

The Orange County Register reported Santa Ana police suspect 34-year-old Michael Travis Hunt was the man who ripped the purse from the woman's shoulder while she was walking on Harbor Boulevard near West First Street shortly before noon.

A witness of the robbery ran after the suspect and pointed police in the direction of his travel. At the time they arrived at the intersection the witness said he saw the robber, he was gone, and the purse had …

A 35-year-old man who recently escaped from an Orange County jail has been found and arrested. The Orange County Register reported Marvin Manzo was being held at the medium-security jail James A. Musick Facility since early November for a probation violation. He escaped in late December, but was captured within less than a week.

Manzo has a history of theft and drug use, the article stated. Court records showed he was previously convicted of grand theft auto, attempted grand theft, vandalism and resisting arrest. He was originally sentenced to serve 180 days in the Orange County jail, but his recent …

A convict escaped from a minimum-security jail December 20, and Orange County police are requesting the public's help in finding the escapee. According to CBS LA, authorities continued their search on December 21 for 35-year-old escaped convict Marvin Manzo. Manzo was discovered to be missing from the low-security James A. Musick Jail during a body count around 9 p.m. on Thursday, leading authorities to immediately perform a thorough search of the area.

According to a report in the OC Register, authorities believe that Manzo escaped by climbing over the razor wire at the minimum-security facility, which sits between Lake Forest …

The alleged Fashion Island shopping center shooter, 42-year-old Marcos Sarinana Gurrola, was ordered to be held in Orange County Jail without bail, according to OC Weekly.

Gurrola was taken into custody on December 15 after allegedly firing more than 50 shots outside a Newport Beach mall. The man reportedly fired into the air and at the ground, with some witnesses saying he never pointed the weapon at any individual. While the shopping center was placed on lockdown, no one was killed or injured in this incident.

"According to witness statements, we had a male who was shooting a weapon into the …