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GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Garden Grove police officer was arrested and placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into alleged inappropriate interactions with a juvenile explorer.
Officer Roberto Machuca was arrested June 27 and booked into the Orange County Jail, according to Garden Grove police. Investigators were notified of the allegations on June 26.
Jail records indicate he was released the day after his arrest.
Machuca was relieved of his duties as a police officer and placed on administrative leave, police said.
The juvenile was participating in the department's explorer program, which is for youth interested in law enforcement.
"The safety and security of our youth volunteers remains a top priority," a police spokesperson said in a statement.
Machuca, 32, has been with the department for several years.
The investigation remains ongoing. Garden Grove police said no additional information is being released at this time.
Police said the case will be forwarded to the Orange County District Attorney's Office once the investigation is complete.

I’m looking for gardeners in Garden Grove who have spares to share. And while this is for myself and my plants, I’ve also been thinking about how exactly it is that our city’s botanical name has little to do with gardening communities. 🌺

>!Preferably!<: lattices do climbing plants, potters, wood cuttings, garden wire, seed library recommendations…etc. 🪚🧰🪵

If anyone who fancies gardening as much as I do would like to start a community with me please let me know!🧑🏽‍🌾👩🏿‍🌾👨🏾‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾

What OC cities and specific areas are least hostile to overnight RV street parking?

Hello, my disabled wife and I are homeless and live in a decent-looking 2002 27ft RV. We were parked in my dad's driveway in Buena Park, but his wife kept unplugging my wife's AC and things got ugly shortly before I could enact my plan to put on rooftop Solar.

Anyway, now we are wanderers, and after getting chased out of several of what I thought would be safe parks during the day and Walmart parking lots at night, I am feeling a bit dejected, and while I need to coordinate with various friends in various cities on various types of temporary RV parking permits, long term, I ask: what Orange County (or southern LA county (e.g. Lakewood, LB, etc.) cities and specific areas are least hostile to clean, quiet, discreet RV overnight parking? Bonus points for being somewhat commutable to by bus and bike to Adventure City where I work, off Beach and Ball in Stanton/Anaheim.

My not-super-thorough research has indicated there aren't any colleges or cities with safe parking lot initiatives in Orange County unfortunately, but if you know of anything like that, run by Churches or social services or whatever, please let me know as well. Local RV parks are extremely unaffordable, but if you know of anyone offering private parking for a lived in RV that isn't absurdly expensive, please let me know as well.

Unfortunately, this struggle may ultimately just be the cost of living in the homelessness-criminalizing NIMBY hellhole known as Orange County.

Thanks for any help you can provide. Also, wife and I could use more local friends, especially stoners as my wife smokes a ton of 420 to manage her chronic pain. And I play rock piano, so let's jam. Anyway, thank you for reading and have a blessed day!