Lake Forest News

LAKE FOREST Toll Brothers, the nation's largest luxury home builder, said Thursday it will buy half of the nearly 2,379-home project at the Shea Baker Ranch development, infusing a premium niche into what will become the city's largest home development.

Few details were available regarding the 11:33 a.m. shooting in the 1400 block of El Sereno Avenue as the victim was not cooperating with investigators, Pasadena police Lt.

Lake Forest native Ryan Lasch signed a two-year contract ThursdayA with the Anaheim Ducks , Orange County's professional ice hockey team.

Back by popular demand, RPL Effect and Sister Venus will perform Sunday in Lake Forest for the official beginning of the city-hosted summer concert series.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- -- Voice Assist, Inc. , a leading developer of hosted speech services and voice "in-application" technology, today announced that Chairman and CEO Michael Metcalf will attend 2012 Connected World Conference, the industry event for individuals looking to either create or consume the latest emerging devices and technologies.

A Lake Forest 10-year-old was honored Monday for her performance in a local theater production during the MACY Awards , held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts .

It's been four years since stories of her father-in-law's military service inspired Carrie Hackett to take her family to the observance ceremony held each Memorial Day in Lake Forest.

A trial date of Oct. 31 has been set for the man suspected of killing of two Mission Viejo men at a 24-hour eatery in Lake Forest about a year ago.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a three-part series on poverty in Orange County, particularly in the areas covered by our network of Patch websites.

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a fundraiser at El Toro High School to raise money for the school's International Baccalaureate program.

LAGUNA HILLS The corner of La Paz Road and Paseo de Valencia was bursting with colors and sounds from around the world Friday night at Valencia Elementary School.

The 68-year-old Lake Forest woman who was shot three times by her husband is expected to survive her injuries, police said Friday.

A Philadelphia woman is being questioned by police who say she suffocated her 18-month-old twins, named Adam and Eve, in the family home.

LAKE FOREST A special education class at a local elementary school won $5,000 for their school after collecting "Real Milk" labels for a contest held by the California Milk Association.

The suspect in the killing of two Mission Viejo men at a Lake Forest eatery is scheduled to appear in a Santa Ana courtroom Friday, his first such appearance in months.

Patrice Munday is comfortable in the role of rescuer. Her children are adopted; her dogs and cats are rescued and, in the 1,701-home Lake Forest 1 Community Association, she's known as the lost pet detective.

LAKE FOREST A boy on a field trip was found not breathing inside a community pool Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

Plans for an 85-home community on 24.6 acres of undeveloped land in central Lake Forest are coming before a city commission at its Thursday evening meeting.

Tom Fuentes' 20 years at the helm of the Orange County Republican Party brought him national recognition, but family life was the focus of his funeral Mass this morning at Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church in Lake Forest.

What do Trabuco Canyon and Belur Math , India have in common? It turns out they house the same order of Hindu monks.