Mission Viejo News

Residents may have noticed something strange lately at the Oso Reservoir on the border of Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita.

Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona thought Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas was trying to "take me out" and that their relationship had deteriorated into "one of those death spirals" after a special ...

Mission Viejo When the 11-year-old boy with a knee injury was admitted to the hospital, he never thought his stay could be fun.

UNDERAGE DRINKING: Sharry Graham says her son's life changed forever the day an underage driiver coming from a house party drunk slammed into him and his friends leaving him in a coma for several weeks, CHART ...

Balloon vendors can't seem to catch a break these days. With helium costs skyrocketing and supply shortages developing, the balloon industry has struggled for more than a year to compete as worldwide demand for ...

Police were called out to break up the annual "mooning" of Amtrak trains in Laguna Niguel on Saturday when the crowd grew to 8,000 and many began baring more than just their behinds.

It was due to happen. Years ago Mission Viejo tried to control the local OC Register by threatening to stop paid announcements.

My oversight. Although I know the background of why the city considered dropping all paid ads I failed to explain their motivation in the original post. It was due to the vast number of negative Letters about the city which we wrote that were published in the local edition of the OC Register.

Most recently they have expressed concern over local blog reports such as “easelgate,” “firegate” and our coverage of city council meetings that you have read about in multiple blogs as well as the OC Register. We have recently questioned their judgment on participation in the Rose Parade where our city manager is an official. In fact, the city has already blocked a few areas along the parade route and have tickets for sale at $85 each.

Thanks to the First Amendment they cannot control our content.

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Well, folks. We just had a successful RECALL of two Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District, CUSD. So here we are, two weeks after the swearing in of the two new members Sue Palazzo and Ken Maddox only to find the city of Mission Viejo approving the drafting of a (potential) lawsuit against CUSD due to a proposed reduction in bus service for our students.

Mayor Trish Kelley reported that CUSD has a plan to reduce bus service from 62 to 18. The impact on Mission Viejo would be as follows: A decrease at four elementary schools from a total of seven buses in the morning and seven in the afternoon to two and two. The Newhart Middle school will see a reduction of nine and nine to three and three. Capistrano Valley High School will see a reduction from six in the morning and nine in the afternoon to three and three. Collectively this would represent a two-thirds reduction of bus service for Mission Viejo schools.

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A Lake Forest man accused of shooting his estranged wife and abducting his 9-year-old son died after being struck by a bus in Mexico, ending a days-long run from the law during which he changed vehicles, tried ...

I just got word that the Mission Viejo High School Marching Band and Color Guard won the big international band competition in Calgary last night.

Today’s OC Register contains a story regarding Huntington Beach’s upcoming centennial celebration that, if approved by their city council, will include a 55 foot float in the Jan 1, 2009 Rose Parade. According to the story they are budgeting $200,000 of which $110,000 has already been raised.

To celebrate 100 years of cityhood, and being a destination/beach city, one can easily justify that project expenditure to promote their city. I was also glad to see that they are already collecting private sector donations.

Let’s look a little further south on Interstate 5 to the bedroom community of Mission Viejo where I reside. Mind you we are not a destination, have no Angel Stadium, Convention Center or Disneyland theme park to promote. I have previously blogged about our Rose Parade plans and feel it appropriate to make a comparison.

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A high school principal in Mission Viejo has told at least 300 students they have to retake their advanced placement exams after an investigation found some students had cheated.

A man who abducted his 9-year-old son after shooting the boy's mother in the face was killed in a traffic collision in Mexico , Orange County sheriff's officials said Monday.

Associated Press - July 7, 2008 2:23 PM ET MISSION VIEJO, Calif. - Authorities say a man accused of kidnapping his young son in California has been found dead in Mexico.

They are smooth. You have to give Mission Viejo City staff credit for always pulling the wool over the taxpayers eyes. Forget about the expansion of the community center. That’s old news. No, I am talking about another MV recreation center project. Whenever we have a Capital Improvement Project, CIP, they typically low ball the proposal to avoid taxpayer criticism on the proposed expenditure. The Murray Center expansion surely confirmed that fact.

Another recreation center, Montanoso, is about to enter the same slippery slope of CIP expenditures.

Mission Viejo issues a quarterly magazine called “City Outlook.” In the Spring 2003 edition the front page headline reads “Montanoso Recreation Center to be Renovated.” As you read the front page it states that the “$1.4 million project has been approved.” It stated that “as additional information about this renovation project, the construction schedule, and plans to limit the disruption to our members will soon be available.”

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After seven years, Tanya McElhaney is heading for other opportunities. By JOHN CRANDALL A longtime chief executive of the South Orange County Regional Chambers of Commerce will officially leave her position ...

The couple had hostile encounters when exchanging custody of their 9-year-old son in the past, and on Wednesday evening, authorities said, 46-year-old Lonnie Ramos grabbed a 9mm and shot his estranged wife in ...

A woman was critically wounded and her 9-year-old son was kidnapped by her estranged husband during an attempted custody exchange Wednesday night, police said.

About two years ago, Leticia and Agustin Olguin decided to move away with their four children to Lake Forest from a neighborhood - also in a gang injunction zone - not too far from San Juan Capistrano's ...

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