The latest news from Orange County, CA
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Fri, 04/12/2013 - 22:06
It's been about a year since Vanessa and Randy Clairmont quit their blossoming careers in the corporate sector.
They made a decision to pursue full-time missionary work in Africa.
Why would Randy and Vanessa leave their chosen and well-prepared...
Fri, 04/12/2013 - 18:51
At first, Julia Reedy's hammer throw mark at Saturday's Tiny Lister Invitational at Cal State Los Angeles was lauded as a national record. It wasn't.That's fine with Reedy, who says it's just a matter of time before she breaks the U.S. junior college...
Fri, 04/12/2013 - 14:37
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Mayor Anthony Beall remembers a time when Santa Margarita Parkway and Live Oak Canyon Road were the only ways in and out of the city.
"We used to be in the outskirts of civilization," Beall said.
Then along came the 241...
Thu, 04/11/2013 - 23:56
Tesoro senior Tanner Lancona will not be playing his college basketball at Washington State next year, according to a message posted on his twitter page today.
In a post at 2:16 p.m. Thursday, Lancona said "per mutual agreement" he would be...
Thu, 04/11/2013 - 00:54
MISSION VIEJO – The Mission Viejo City Council earlier this month voted to pay two companies nearly $5.5 million to do monthly landscape maintenance throughout the city for the next two years.Monthly maintenance is done to median islands and...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 23:34
MISSION VIEJO – The Mission Viejo City Council earlier this month voted to buy two fleet vehicles from Tustin Buick GMC.The public services vehicles will replace two older ones with 271,000 miles combined and needed maintenance and repairs,...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 23:18
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote April 16 on the annexation of 40 acres of county land into Mission Viejo's city boundaries. If approved, Mission Viejo will be one step closer to fulfilling the Orange County Local Agency...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 20:32
Baum's Auto Supply has been providing car parts in the Saddleback Valley since owner Bob Baum and his wife Donna purchased the store in 1985.Q. What makes you different from other auto supply stores?A. Our knowledge and experience. We're here to help...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 19:03
MISSION VIEJO – A caller in the 28200 block of Leticia said a neighbor threw a lemon at her and hit her head. She said she has an ongoing problem with the neighbor. The assault was reported at 9:49 a.m. on April 4.
Other police calls made in your...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 19:01
SANTA ANA – A drug dealer gambled with a young woman's life when he gave her heroin, even though he knew she was using anti-anxiety drugs and the fix could kill her, a prosecutor told the Orange County grand jury.
Louis Richard Wood, 33, ignored...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 17:35
MISSION VIEJO – City Hall was invaded by wild animals on Saturday. During Walk on the Wild Side, a program presented by Wild Wonders Co., children got up close and personal with exotic animals from all over the world, including an alligator, coati,...
Tue, 04/09/2013 - 06:00
Theodore "Ted" Brewsaugh was visiting his brother and was on his way home with his fiancée when a man suspected of drunken driving crashed into their vehicle, seriously injuring the recently engaged man and killing his dog.
Brewsaugh died Saturday...
Tue, 04/09/2013 - 05:27
MISSION VIEJO – About 12 women competed in the Ms. Senior California pageant Saturday at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in Mission Viejo.Yorba Linda resident Fabie Combs was named Ms. Senior Orange County 2013.The preliminary...
Mon, 04/08/2013 - 22:19
All Saddleback College football alumni and coaches are invited to a Gaucho reunion on Saturday, April 13, from 1-5 p.m. at BallPark Pizza, 28813 Los Alisos Blvd., in Mission Viejo.The reunion is in honor of George Hartman, who coached the Gauchos...
Mon, 04/08/2013 - 19:33
Saddleback women's hammer thrower Julia Reedy broke the California junior college record on Friday at the Tiny Lister Invitational at Cal State Los Angeles. Reedy's toss of 58.56 meters broke the old record set by Saddleback's Liz Tepe last...
Mon, 04/08/2013 - 00:17
MISSION VIEJO – Nicolas Cendoya climbed up a hill and burrowed under bushes and trees, hoping to find a safe place to sleep on his fourth night of being lost in the wilderness.
Then, the hiker heard voices. He wasn't sure if it was a hallucination,...
Sun, 04/07/2013 - 17:58
SANTA ANA – A Mission Viejo man has died six days after the car he was in was hit by a sport utility vehicle driven by a man who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.Theodore "Ted" Brewsaugh, 29, died at 10:31 p.m. Saturday at Western...
Fri, 04/05/2013 - 23:54
The Home Depot has agreed to pay $8 million to settle lawsuits saying it sold paint and coating products containing excessive pollutants, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a written release on Thursday.
The company was accused...
Fri, 04/05/2013 - 20:50
Mission Viejo wheelchair tennis coach Jason Harnett has been named the Paralympic National Coach of the Year for Tennis by the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Tennis Association.Harnett has been a tennis instructor at the city's...
Fri, 04/05/2013 - 20:31
SANTA ANA – A former Orange County doctor has agreed to plead guilty to seven counts of illegally distributing drugs as a doctor, court records show.
Alvin Mingczech Yee, 44, of Mission Viejo, was arrested in October 2011 in his office after a...
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