Entrepreneur Magazine this week named Mission Viejo as the second best place in the U.S. to purchase a home. It particularly mentioned the economic climate in the area and the low crime rate in the City.
Only a region in central Texas preceded Mission Viejo. The magazine pointed to the Austin-Killeen-Round Rock region for the [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Entrepreneur Magazine Names Mission Viejo 2nd Best To Buy Home
Posted in Crime & Public Safety on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pat Bates Stabs Jack In Back; San Clemente Piles On; Mission Viejo Slumbers
Posted in Politics, tagged Jack Anderson, OC Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff, Pat Bates on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates represents South Orange County and hails from Laguna Niguel. Jack Anderson, the county’s Interim Sheriff, is from Mission Viejo, Pat’s largest constituent city, and a next-door neighbor to Laguna Niguel. So it would seem to be in the interest of Pat’s district for Jack to complete the unexpired portion of Mike Carona’s term as Sheriff.
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Husband Of Missing Woman Returns From St Martin; Offers $5,000 Reward
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Leta Cordes, Missing Woman From Mission Viejo, St Martin Police on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Frank Cordes of Mission Viejo, planned to return to California yesterday from St Martin where his wife is still missing. Leta has been missing since January 12 after leaving their hotel alone to walk to a nearby resort casino. While in St Martin Mr. Cordes offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to her return.
According to [...]
Thoughts of Fire Fade With Rain
Posted in Fire, tagged Lake Mission Viejo, Santiago Fire on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rains have faded memories of the Santiago fire, pictured overlooking Lake Mission Viejo. Thanks to Kevin LaBianco for permission to use his October photograph.
If the fire photo causes tension, readers can retreat to a peaceful 2-minute video trip around the Lake by clicking here.
Despite the rain, a brush fire threatened homes in Mission Viejo [...]
Facelift Discussions Underway For Gateway Center At Alicia & Jeronimo
Posted in City Aestheics, Planning Commission on January 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Gateway Center at Alicia and Jeronimo is working with the City on a plan to visually improve the shopping plaza. The Center has a significant number of retail shops and restaurants, including a Starbucks. A stand alone restaurant, originally a Coco’s, has changed tenants several times and is currently vacant.
In November an administrative approval [...]
MV Basketball & Soccer; High Schools & College
Posted in Sports on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following are current scores, stats and rankings for local teams. Click on links to view results.
MV HIGH SCHOOLS – BOYS BASKETBALL
Scores & Schedules: Mission Viejo; Trabuco Hills; Capo Valley
Team & Individual Stats: Mission Viejo; Trabuco Hills; Capo Valley
League Standings: Mission Viejo; Trabuco Hills; Capo Valley
State Rankings of 1,371 teams: Mission Viejo – 78th; Trabuco Hills – [...]
EMF Expert Cindy Sage On Worldwide Radio Tonight
Posted in Electrical Powerlines on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cindy Sage, who initially performed tests on electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation along the SCE corridor in Mission Viejo, will be the radio guest of George Noory tonight (Tues.) on KFI Radio, Channel AM 64o. The program is broadcast worldwide. Cindy will discuss the potential health implications from EMF exposure between 10pm and 2am.
The Noory website is [...]
MV Pro Snowboarder Rides For Diabetes
Posted in Charity, Sports, tagged Mission Viejo News, Riding for Insulin, Sean Busby on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sean Busby was a 19-yr-old snowboarding phenom when learning he had Type 1 diabetes. Sean, a Mission Viejo native, used the devastating news as inspiration to help youngsters with the same disease.
Earlier this month 70 Southern California kids joined Sean at his Riding for Insulin Snowboarding Camp at Snow Summit. Camps are held at [...]
OC Registrar Receives 66,000 Signatures For Recall Of Two Capo Trustees; Effort Seeks New Majority
Posted in Schools, tagged Capistrano Recall, CUSD Recall, Mission Viejo News on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the CUSD Recall Committee announced the submission to the Orange County Registrar of two petitions with over 66,000 combined signatures. The eight boxes of petitions seek a recall election for Capistrano School District Trustees Shelia Benecke and Marlene Draper. The Registrar only needs to find 20,493 valid signatures for each of the two trustees to [...]
Letter: Why Citizen Activists Are Better Watchdogs Than Newspaper Reporters
Posted in Letters to Editor, Open Government on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Jan. 26 the Dispatch published a letter from the president of the Casta del Sol Homeowners Assn., citing biased reporting in the Saddleback Valley News about plans for high-density development of the Casta Del Sol Golf Course. (Click to view letter . . .)Newspapers reporting from the viewpoint of the very city officials and special [...]
Letter From Casta del Sol President Challenges Saddleback Valley News Story
Posted in Letters to Editor, Save Casta Golf Course on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January 26, 2008
Letters to the Editor, Saddleback Valley News
Dear Editor,
Your article by Andrew Bowen about the Casta del Sol golf course was very one sided. Andrew called me as I am President of Casta del Sol Homeowners Association for an interview. I gave him the opinions of the seniors living here, Finisterra on the [...]
Trabuco High School To Add 20 Classrooms & Parking Structure: Viewable
Posted in Schools, tagged Frank Manzo, Mission Viejo News on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Monday Frank Manzo from the Saddleback Valley School District will illustrate to the MV Planning Commission a new 20-room classroom building and parking structure planned for Trabuco Hills High School. Click here to see new structures . . .
Ambulance Companies’ Campaign Contributions To MV Council Members
Posted in Politics, Utilities & Resident Services on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Dispatch has researched campaign contributions to council members from ambulance companies in response to questions from readers. The issue arose following the extension of the City’s 2004 contract with Medix Ambulance last week. The 5-year renewal, at the same terms, was granted under an option in the original agreement.
Campaign contributions were compiled beginning in 2003, eighteen [...]
Mission Viejo Woman Didn’t Show Up At St Martin Casino
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After conflicting accounts during recent days, it appears a missing Mission Viejo woman never made it to her intended destination, the Westin St. Maarten Dawn Beach Resort & Spa. A spokeperson for the resort says surveillance tapes show Leta Lynn Cortes never arrived, but police refuse to comment. The Times also revealed additional details regarding a domestic [...]
City Announces Traffic Circle Presentation
Posted in Traffic & Transportation on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
An informal presentation on traffic circles will be part of the Traffic Committee’s meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, February 1. All Council Members and Planning Commissioners are being invited and the public is welcome. The meeting will take place in the Saddleback Room at City Hall. Click here to view agenda . . .
