San Juan Capistrano News

Firefighters are staffing extra engines as a precaution. Five additional fire engines will be staffed throughout the county today and Wednesday as winds pick up speed near the Santa Ana canyons and passes, authorities said.

Saddleback Valley Christian School students will strut their stuff after learning the ropes in school.

The snowbirds are returning to the valley in larger numbers than in recent years, a welcome indicator that the local economy may soon be on the rebound.

He'd just pulled people out of a burning jet half a world away. After that, he got sad.

The council, a committee of the Chamber of Commerce, says the city development-review system is inefficient and costs too much.

Toys put in bins at City Hall and the Community Center will go to kids of the 1st Battalion, 11th Marines.

A consulting firm chooses 30 possible shops for San Juan. What do you think? This week a consulting firm hired by the city revealed a few of the shops it thinks are good for San Juan Capistrano.

Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in Southern California.Orange County Fire Authority Capt.

A 20-acre wildfire is burning near San Juan Capistrano in Orange County, but authorities say there aren't any homes nearby.

Firefighters Tuesday said they hope to have full containment of the Ortega Fire, burning in San Juan Capistrano by the end of the day.

A 250-acre wildfire is burning near San Juan Capistrano in Orange County, but authorities say there aren't any homes nearby.

A brush fire has burned 20 acres east of San Juan Capistrano and resulted in two minor injuries to Orange County firefighters.

Fire officials are battling 10 acre wildfire that was triggered by a tractor that crashed into a power pole near Ortega Highway.

San Clemente officials said they plan on submitting case to Supreme Court.Supreme Court hears very few cases, but this one would settle a patchwork of laws across the country, so it's possible it could be selected, law experts said.Orange County cities such as Newport Beach and San Juan Capistrano will also be affected by decision because the two ...

A grandfather confronted his neighbor after the neighbor's unleashed pit bull jumped on the man's granddaughter, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

City Hall was packed Tuesday night with people who came to hear about the dog without ears.

Animals available Friday through Sunday at PetSmart have been spayed or neutered, fitted with a microchip ID and immunized.

Five motorcyclists were cited for illegally riding in the San Juan Capistrano's Open Space during a Saturday, November 7 sweep by a special team assembled by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Election-law attorney Phillip Greer of Newport Beach will try to delay a June ballot measure in Capistrano Unified.

Sheriff's deputies are stepping up patrols and citations to try to reduce safety risks and environmental damage.