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The week prior to Thanksgiving someone apparently intentionally set a fire in the men’s restroom of the Orange Public Library. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the building was evacuated and the restroom sustained some minimal damage. The fire is under investigation. California Penal Code Section 451 states, “A person is guilty of arson when…

Across University of California campuses students have been protesting a 32% increase in tuition. According to the Orange County Register about 300 students protested at the University of California, Irvine in Orange County, California. Last week at UC Berkeley students had been arrested during protesting. Reportedly $800 million has been cut from state funding for…

An interrogation video of two teenage killers was recently released in Sacramento. 16-year-old Daniel Russell and 16-year-old Calvin Pearson broke into the home of Marie Oliver, a 90-year-old woman, and beat her to death using her cane. After breaking her nose, cheekbone, eye socket, and two of her ribs, they took off with some of…

Domestic Violence occurs when one person physically strikes another person without consent and the two people are married, in a dating relationship or otherwise romantically involved. This crime can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. If charged as a misdemeanor the maximum jail time possible is one-year. If charged as a felony the…