MISSION VIEJO – The Mission Viejo City Council earlier this month extended its contract with Jamey Clark Inc. for the next two years. The city is paying Jamey Clark $676,000 to provide routine infrastructure maintenance and repairs at all city...

MISSION VIEJO – The Mission Viejo Planning and Transportation Commission voted unanimously in favor of granting an alcohol license for the planned 1,922-square-foot Flippin' Pizza in Trabuco Hills Center, 27695 Santa Margarita Parkway.Restaurant...

MISSION VIEJO – Mission Viejo Police Services Deputy Adam Sandler was honored June 1 with a California Hero Award during the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers' statewide award ceremony for officers with top DUI arrests, MADD Sacramento officer...

JUNE 11 Property for destruction. 2 p.m. 200 block of Civic Center. The caller reported a weapon for destruction. Reckless driving. 12:57 p.m. Mirar Vista Drive and Jacinto Drive. The caller reported several cars speeding through the neighborhood....

MISSION VIEJO – Aspiring young chefs made bagel happy faces, banana butterflies and cupcakes at the Simon Kidgits Club Super Duper Lil Chefs event Saturday at The Shops at Mission Viejo. The annual event featured food crafts, tasty samples,...

LAKE FOREST – With one deep, simultaneous breath, the men seated around a long, wooden table crowded with slices of thin-crust pizza and pints of beer launch into the first few lines of a song published in 1933. The men, members of Lake...

On a sunny, breezy Friday afternoon, a man clutching a white towel moves from spot to spot across a grassy field. He pauses now and then to wipe his reddening face. For the next two hours he does triage on the kites 60 or so fifth-graders at Sierra...

Dan Lauriano, who owns three restaurants at Kaleidoscope shopping center off Crown Valley Parkway, has opened a fourth – The Pound, a street-style hot dog stand, according to a news release.Lauriano opened Riptide Rockin' Sushi in 2004, followed by...

Mission Viejo residents and supporters of the planned dog park can purchase tickets online for the Bone Yard Bash set for 6-9 p.m. July 13 at the Kershaw Gardens, 200 Civic Center. The event is being organized by the Friends of the Mission Viejo Dog...

KEYSHAWN JOHNSON BIOBorn: July 22, 1972 (age 40)High school: Dorsey (Los Angeles)College: USCNFL Draft: First pick in 1996 by New York JetsLast played: 2006 for the Carolina PanthersCareer highlights and awards: 3-time Pro Bowl selection (1998, 1999,...

MISSION VIEJO – The "Joy" Expo, held in memory of Jessie Rees of Rancho Santa Margarita, who died at age 12 in January 2012 of brain cancer, entertained both children and adults on Saturday at the Kaleidoscope, while raising money for Jessie's NEGU...

MISSION VIEJO – Tijeras Creek Royals manager Tim Cody said Jake Jurgensen has been one of the best pitchers in the league for a number of years.On Saturday, he proved he is one of the best in all of District 68.Jurgensen allowed just five hits...

MISSION VIEJO – South Mission Viejo coach Terry Reichert had only one piece of advice for Aidan Ray."I just told him to be patient," he said.Ray wasn't, but Reichert and the rest of the South Mission Viejo Angels could forgive him.Ray deposited the...

MISSION VIEJO Cesar Villalobos-Huizar spoke no English when he moved to the United States seven years ago from Mexico. Today, he's fluent – in English and in French. Villalobos-Huizar, 18, will graduate from Capistrano Valley High School on Tuesday...

MISSION VIEJO – Carina Adra, 17, said her move to Halstrom Academy in Mission Viejo changed her life. Adra, a graduating senior from Coto de Caza, is in the top 10 percent of her class and volunteers however she can – tutoring and mentoring youth...

MISSION VIEJO – Zen Honeycutt blames the chemicals and genetically modified ingredients in the typical meals served at birthday parties and school cafeterias for her sons' allergies and some of their erratic behaviors. They make her boys cranky and...

Three south Orange County moms are asking Irvine, Saddleback Valley and Capistrano unified school districts to consider providing school lunches that do not contain genetically modified foods. Read their story, and read UC Riverside molecular...

Three south Orange County moms are asking Irvine, Saddleback Valley and Capistrano unified school districts to consider providing school lunches that do not contain genetically modified foods. Read their story, and read about the financial impacts...

The serial killer who made Southern California afraid of the dark in the 1980s died Friday of natural causes instead of the death sentence to which he had been condemned. Richard Ramirez, known as the "Night Stalker," was convicted of 13 murders as...

The Grammy-winning Saddleback College Jazz Faculty opened Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens' summer jazz series Thursday evening. SEE A SLIDESHOW HERE. Two more concerts are coming up: • July 25: Memphis Kings with Lynwood Slim • Aug....