THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

Daily excerpts of crime and emergency reports from the 32 cities and other communities in Orange County.

Some agencies update their logs less frequently than others.

ANAHEIM

* East Orangethorpe Avenue: Report of a petty theft in the 80 block at 1:42 p.m. Thursday.

BREA

* Brea Mall: A burglary occurred at 3:16 p.m. Wednesday; a petty theft was committed at 3:29 p.m. Wednesday; and a burglary was reported at 9:32 p.m. Thursday.

BUENA PARK

* Beach Boulevard: Report of a petty theft at a Ralphs supermarket in the 5400 block at 2:11 p.m. Wednesday.

COSTA MESA

* Cadillac Avenue: A car stereo worth $250 was stolen in the 3500 block; reported at 4 p.m. April 18.

CYPRESS

* Valley View Street: Report of a residential burglary in the 6000 block at 12:34 a.m. April 19.

DANA POINT

* Dana Point Harbor Drive: A robbery alarm in the 25000 block was triggered at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY

* Updated incident logs for the last week were unavailable. For information about crime prevention programs in your community, call the Fountain Valley Police Department at (714) 593-4423.

FULLERTON

* Associated Road: Report of a residential burglary in the 1900 block at 2:38 p.m. April 19.

GARDEN GROVE

* Knott Street: Police were looking for suspects in a burglary at the Chapman Adult School at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. Someone removed the glass pane from a door into the computer room and stole at least one computer. Anyone with information is asked to call (714) 741-5707.

HUNTINGTON BEACH

* Beach Boulevard: Police were looking for an armed man who robbed a restaurant in the 18800 block of an undetermined amount of cash. The man entered the restaurant after 11 p.m. Saturday and asked for the manager. He produced a semiautomatic handgun and forced the manager to open the safe in a back office, then fled on foot. The man is described as white, 20 years old, 6 feet tall and 185 pounds, with a mustache and wearing a black bomber-type jacket and jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call (714) 960-8809.

IRVINE

* Barranca Parkway at Paseo de Westpark: A cellular phone was stolen while its owner was in the pool; reported at 2:17 p.m. April 19.

* Technology West: A computer was stolen from a business; reported at 4:35 p.m. April 19.

LAGUNA BEACH

* Temple Hills Drive: Report of a prowler with a flashlight in the 1800 block at 1:53 a.m. Tuesday. Police were unable to find the suspect.

* North Coast Highway: Police told noisy residents to be quiet in the 1400 block at 1:17 a.m. Tuesday.

LAGUNA HILLS

* El Toro Road at Avenida De La Carlota: The juvenile driver of a Volvo was arrested after ramming into a Ford Explorer following a traffic dispute. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the vehicles. The suspect was released to his parents at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday.

LAGUNA NIGUEL

* Moulton Parkway at Avila Road: A man was arrested at 2:45 a.m. Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence after a preliminary test registered his blood alcohol level at 0.17%, more than twice the legal limit. A female passenger was also arrested after she urinated in the bushes on the side of the road while the driver was being arrested.

LAGUNA WOODS

* Updated incident logs for the last week were unavailable. For information about crime prevention programs in your community, call Lt. Rex Hatch, police services chief for Laguna Woods, at (949) 707-2645 or visit the Sheriff’s Department Web site at https://www.ocsd.org/.

LA HABRA

* North Euclid Street: A warrant arrest was made in the 100 block at 9:20 p.m. April 19.

LAKE FOREST

* Portola Parkway at Lake Forest Boulevard: Deputies pulled over a car with expired registration tags at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies suspected the driver was lying about his identity and performed a consent search of his vehicle; they discovered that he had a revoked driver’s license and a felony warrant out for his arrest in Los Angeles. He was arrested on the warrant and on suspicion of falsifying identification and driving on a revoked license.

LA PALMA

* Moody Street: A possible fire alarm was reported going off for 15 minutes near an elementary school at 4:26 a.m. April 19. Police and fire officials investigated, finding not a fire but an activated smoke detector in the trash.

LOS ALAMITOS

* Cerritos Avenue: Report of two female high school students inhaling a substance in the 3600 block at 12:35 p.m. April 19.

MISSION VIEJO

* Via Leon at Alicia Parkway: An abandoned vehicle was found at 4:08 p.m. Tuesday.

NEWPORT BEACH

* Poinsettia Avenue: A bench worth $80 was stolen from a home in the 300 block sometime Tuesday evening.

ORANGE

* East Chalynn Circle: An extended family of 12 was homeless after a blaze started by a 6-year-old playing with matches damaged a duplex in the 700 block at 11:50 a.m. Saturday. No one was injured, but one side of the building was destroyed and the other was heavily damaged. Dollar loss was estimated at $70,000 to the building and $40,000 to its contents.

PLACENTIA

* Placentia Avenue: A petty theft was reported in the 1800 block at 8 p.m. Thursday.

SAN CLEMENTE

* Avenida Pico: Police arrested a 15-year-old on suspicion of making terrorist threats and possessing a knife at San Clemente High School on Wednesday.

* Avenida Verde: A robbery alarm in the 100 block was triggered at 11:21 a.m. Tuesday.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

* Avenida De La Vista: A prowler in the 3000 block was reported at 2:23 a.m. Tuesday.

SANTA ANA

* South Main Street: Police were looking for two men wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a shoe store in the 1600 block at 8:17 p.m. Saturday. The robbers escaped with about $550. Anyone with information is asked to call (714) 245-8390.

SEAL BEACH

* Sunset Way: A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving at 12:36 a.m. on April 18.

STANTON

* Updated incident logs for the last week were unavailable. For information about crime prevention programs in your community, call Capt. Bob Eason, police services chief for Stanton, at (714) 373-8835 or visit the Sheriff’s Department Web site at https://www.ocsd.org/.

TUSTIN

* Holt Avenue: Report of an audible burglary alarm in the 14000 block at 1:29 a.m. Tuesday.

VILLA PARK

* Serrano Avenue: Report of an audible burglary alarm in the 18000 block at 9:26 a.m. Tuesday.

WESTMINSTER

* Westminster Mall: Three women and one man from Mexico were arrested on suspicion of forgery and grand theft at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday. Two of the women are 21 years old, one is 28 and the man is 34.

YORBA LINDA

* Via Mariposa: Report of vandalism in the 5400 block at 10:44 p.m. Thursday.

OTHER COMMUNITIES

ALISO VIEJO

* Aliso Creek Road: More than $3,000 was stolen from a safe at a business in the 25000 block; reported at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

* Aliso Creek Road: Security officers caught an employee with about $700 in stolen jewelry in the 26000 block at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

* Journey: A robbery alarm in the 100 block was triggered at 12:42 p.m. Tuesday.

FOOTHILL RANCH

* Saddleback Ranch Road at Glenn Ranch Road: Deputies responded to an injury traffic accident at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday.