Tag: Lake Forest

Lake Forest Withdraws from Community Choice Energy Program

The City of Lake Forest is withdrawing from the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA). Its city council voted 4-1 to withdraw from the OCBA board during a Feb. 16 meeting, ending plans for it to participate in a community choice aggregation (CCA) program. “Sorry citizens and residents, we will never have a CCA,” Lake Forest…


Orange County Sheriff’s Department Shares Video of Deadly Shooting

Footage of the fatal police shooting of a hooded, gun-wielding woman was released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Feb. 12 in a move it hoped would bolster public trust. The video, taken about 1 a.m. last June 24, begins with a sheriff’s deputy scouring a darkened Lake Forest street following reports of a…


Man Pretending to Be Homeless Student Exposed as Registered Sex Offender

Police in Lake Forest, California, arrested a registered sex offender carrying meth after encountering a beggar claiming to be a law student. The arrest came after a Lake Forest homeless liaison officer patrolling the shopping centers off Lake Forest Drive and Rancho Parkway Jan. 27, encountered a homeless person asking for food, according to a Facebook post by Lake…