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Location
Yorba Linda, CA
US
Edited Date/Time
1/12/2012 6:33am
I live in a very quiet, safe, good-neighbors kind of neighborhood, in a semi-rural area.
The crime rate is extremely low around here (unless you consider T.P.ing some ones house a crime).
This morning on my way to work, I saw that the police had cordoned off a whole culdesac a block from my house.
Police tape was run across the street from corner to corner, and all the way down, around, and back.
Nobody could get in or out, and there were several squad cars and many officers there to make sure no one tried.
I called my wife to see if she had heard what had happened. She hadn't, so she called a friend at the P.D.
Turns out there was an attempted burglary at 6:00 a.m.
Also turns out the victim is an FBI agent.
Boy, did those guys pick the wrong house!!
The crime rate is extremely low around here (unless you consider T.P.ing some ones house a crime).
This morning on my way to work, I saw that the police had cordoned off a whole culdesac a block from my house.
Police tape was run across the street from corner to corner, and all the way down, around, and back.
Nobody could get in or out, and there were several squad cars and many officers there to make sure no one tried.
I called my wife to see if she had heard what had happened. She hadn't, so she called a friend at the P.D.
Turns out there was an attempted burglary at 6:00 a.m.
Also turns out the victim is an FBI agent.
Boy, did those guys pick the wrong house!!
I can't imagine all that police presence for a simple break in.
The Shop
No vehicular access.
They had the police tape up in a way that prevented anyone from getting out of their driveways.
When I drove by, all the cops were outside the tape.
I'm thinking they were waiting for investigators to show up.
I'm sure news will come down the street eventually, and I'll let you guys know the details.
It was four teenagers.
Broke into the FBI agent's house, thinking no one was home.
The home owner chased them out, caught one, and shot the shit out of the get away truck when the others tried to flee.
All were arrested.
Wish I could go back to the days when they had fields, we would ride motorcycles in the hills (now all houses), ride along the drainage ditch (before it became the bike trial from Rose Drive to Mountain View), tie up the horses at McDonalds, play cowboy and indians on horse back in the citrus groves... damn,,, good times... Dymonds practice track near where the Honda dealer is on YL Blvd and La Palma... 4 wheelin in the oil fields...
Have you seen the "you know you are from Yorba Linda if" on facebook? pretty funny stuff, I think YL is the wealthiest zip code in the US.
Actually, the wealthiest is in Silicon Valley by Fresno.
It's changed a lot since I've been here.
It must have been amazing in the '70s.
"Have you seen the "you know you are from Yorba Linda if" on facebook?"
Haven't seen it. How do I find it?
I'm trying to figure out why I didn't hear the shots...
1.Your parents own their own business
2.Your parents are season ticket holders for the Angels or Ducks...or both
3.You remember how many more fans the Angels got when they won the World Series
4.You were at Game Six in 2002 when the Angels rallied back, and remember how loud it was
5.You saw the Angels win the World Series in Game 7, or the Ducks win the Cup in Game 5
5.Your high school was not in Yorba Linda
6.Public high school football games all occurred at Bradford Stadium
7.Your commute to high school took about 15 minutes
8.You used to/still go to In N Out, Edwards, or Cinema City to hang out
9.You have seen a fight break out at In N Out, Edwards, or Cinema City
10.You have gotten a curfew ticket at In N Out, Edwards, or Cinema City
11.You now hang out at Hidden Cafe
12.CANYON INN, FOXFIRE, or TGIF...the choices are endless
13.JUSA soccer> AYSO soccer
14. RDO, BFE, Stonehaven, East Lake, Hidden Hills, San Antonio, Black and Gold
15.You have been body boarding in the rain at Yorba Linda Country Club
16.You remember Family Fun Center next to Camelot before it got torn down
17.The go-karts and battle boats at Family Fun Center
18.You remember the construction of the giant Savi Ranch Sign
19.You have been to a 909/951/White Trash Themed party
20.You hate Brea PD
21.You are still baffled why there is no Yorba Linda Police Department
22.You have a friend who knows why there is no Yorba Linda Police Department
23.City Council meetings on Channel 3
24.Tommy Lasorda Field House
25.You are a member of or have attended a service at Friends Church
26.You refer to Yorba Linda as "The Y-L"
27.The only organized sport your middle school had was Track....and everyone was on the track team
28.You wasted an entire school day at Bradford Stadium for the Middle School Track Meet
29.You have one of those Richard Nixon Stamps with a Glass Case surronding it from that Geography Competition
30.Your proctor for the Geography Competition was at least 75
31.You have only been to the Richard Nixon Library for these reasons:
-School Field Trip
-School Awards Ceremony
-Prom pictures at the fountain out front
32.You tell people to go to the Nixon library because it is the only tourist "attraction" in town
33.You live 100 feet from a horse trail
34.Your street has a Horse crossing on it
35.YORBA LINDA STAR(yes, yorba linda has a newspaper)
36.You only check the police report in the Yorba Linda Star
37.USC Football flags on all the expensive SUVs and cars
38.You are shunned for liking UCLA
39.You know someone who knows Audrina from The Hills, or know her personally
40.You have Atreyu's first CD Visions, "before they got big"
41."Atreyu went to my high school"
42.You know the Forces(drag racing team), and have partied with one of the daughters
43.Oktoberfest at St. Martin was a glorious time of year for you
44.You know that Yorba Linda is the "richest city in America" according to CNN(Household Median Income)
45.You have been ice skating at Ice Palace
46.Lifted trucks or Expensive car- the only two vehicles you know
47.You know what a "bro" is
48.Parties are broken up with at least 5 cop cars
49.You know how to wakeboard/snowboard/surf/skateboard...and are good at all of them
50.Hava-brew, Glamis, Ocotillo...Everyone has gone once
51.You have blown by the digital speed limit sign on Yorba Linda BLVD late at night just to see it FLASH QUICKLY
52.You have gone at least 70 on Esperanza Road, La Palma, or Imperial Hwy
53.You have been pulled over Esperanza Road, La Palma, or Imperial Hwy
54.at Esperanza High School, you FUCKING hate the bridge
55.Fiesta Day Parade
56.You have gotten drunk on the 4th and watched the fireworks at the park behind Yorba Linda Middle School
57.You had no idea that park was called Hurless Barton Park
58.You have seen/participated in the East Lake Boat Parade
59.You have jumped into East Lake
60.You watched that 100 year old train pass through the city 7 years ago
61.You have done donuts on the grass at Eastside Park
62.You go to the Fry's parking lot to do donuts in puddles when it rains...
63.You have been running on the horse trails before
64.You have stepped in horse shit
65.You refuse to drive to BFE if you do not live there
66.You take the freeway to get to BFE
67.You remember Nickel Nickel before it became Hidden Cafe
68.You know that there is a college here...It's called the Fairmont Adult Education Center
69.You know they are finally building a high school in Yorba Linda
70.All the street names are Spanish, but there are no Mexicans
71.You thought it was Arnold's house being built in Hidden Hills....
72.You were really bummed when you found it was just a regular family
73.Your friends who aren't from around here comment on the size of that white house
74.You are confused about that one random old house by Del Taco on Esperanza by Imperial
75.You have seen the house with the two miniature replica houses right next to it
76.Your graduation was at.....BRADFORD STADIUM
77.The Travis-Bernardo rivalry, which stopped Day 1 of High School at Esperanza
78.Someone on your street drives a Porsche, Ferrari, or Lamborghini...or a combination of above vehicles
79.You have wondered why the Public Library is the same color as Pepto Bismol
80.Trick-or-Treating scored you the family sized pack of candy
81.You played Football, Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, and all other sports when you were a kid
82.You were a Trailblazer, Matador, or Bobcat
83. You know that Lakeview and Imperial magically cross right by Chili's and McDonald's
84.You remember the smoking doll that Officer Willy brought to your school for DARE
85.You still smoke after seeing the smoking doll demonstration
86.You have wondered why there is a random giant water tower in the Village Center(it's a cell phone tower)
87.You have been to the farmer's market on main street
88.You think Main Street is the most boring place ever
89.You rep your city as "the Land of Gracious Living"
90.You can not go a day without seeing a license plate that says "LAND OF GRACIOUS LIVING" on it
91.You are Mormon or have a bunch of Mormon friends
92.You have been to a Mormon dance
93.You know at least 5 people who have gotten a DUI
94.You know that Cinema City was better when it was Cinemapolis
95.You have 5 black friends, and out of those 5, only 1 is really black
96.When you played rec basketball when you were a kid, it was their black/asian kid versus your black/asian kid
97.Bari Bari....
98.You remember the guy with the sign at the railroad tracks
99.You have seen the Yorba Linda walker multiple times in a day cruising up and down Yorba Linda Boulevard (read less)
Pretty funny.
I have to contest the one about no Mexicans, though.
A Mexican family moved into my neighborhood a few years back.
Of course, they were probably only allowed in because they're Mormon.
Back in the day, you pretty much knew everybody, today, don't know anybody.
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