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Wed, 05/01/2013 - 23:17
MISSION VIEJO – The city is installing a new hearing aid system next month at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center. The $2,300 Wireless Looping System will transfer voice directly to those with hearing aids and implants, Recreation and...
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 23:11
MISSION VIEJO – The city renewed its contract with Costa Mesa-based S. Parker Engineering Inc. to maintain and replace concrete sidewalk, curbs, gutters, cross gutters and driveways throughout the city for the next two years, according to a city...
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 07:00
MISSION VIEJO – Locals celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day on Saturday by planting trees and helping to clean up along Oso Creek. The four-hour event, held at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, also included a green expo featuring a...
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 07:00
MISSION VIEJO – Sabatino Italian Restaurant in Mission Viejo has something of a dual identity. It clearly fits the bill as a sit-down Italian place with a variety of pasta and seafood-pasta dishes all served in a warm, cozy restaurant...
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 05:58
NEWPORT BEACH – When Tuesday's U.S. Lacrosse Southern Section first-round girls playoff game between Corona del Mar and Trabuco Hills stretched into overtime, the Mustangs had to be feeling comfortable.The extra periods marked the fourth time in as...
Tue, 04/30/2013 - 22:37
IRVINE – Poodle skirts and teased hair were in vogue again at Enchanted Evening in the Fabulous '50s, Vocational Visions' 10th annual fundraiser at the Irvine Marriott on Saturday. The Mission Viejo-based nonprofit organization provides vocational...
Tue, 04/30/2013 - 17:59
MISSION VIEJO – Mission Viejo Family YMCA's annual Healthy Kids Day and Summer Kick-Off Carnival on Saturday featured three hours of free family fun. There were games, crafts, face painting, and bounce houses. The fun also included swimming, a BMX...
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 22:10
Trabuco Hills graduate Yama Kader has been selected to join the Afghanistan National basketball team this month to participate in the FIBA Qualifying Cup."I'm very fortunate to have the opportunity to play for the country my parents are from," stated...
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 21:47
Saddleback College has hired Michelle Quon as its new head volleyball coach. Quon takes over for Carmen Stratton, who played for the Gauchos and then coached the team for the past seven seasons.
Quon is a local product out of Dana Hills High, who...
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 21:31
Saddleback College's certified athletic trainer Debbie Kerr was recently recognized by the California Community College Athletic Trainers Association as the CCCATA Athletic Trainer of the Year during an awards luncheon at the San Mateo Marriott....
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 21:18
Utah State volleyball head coach Grayson DuBose announced April 19 the addition of five players to the USU signing class that have signed to compete for the Aggies in the 2013 season, including Tesoro High's Hannah Gleason.A 5-6 libero from Las...
Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:27
MISSION VIEJO – A SuperLotto Jackpot ticket worth $14 million was sold in Mission Viejo, state lottery officials said.
California Lottery officials said the ticket was purchased at CVS Pharmacy, 27750 Santa Margarita Parkway, matching all five...
Sat, 04/27/2013 - 00:36
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Santa Margarita Water District expected it would get roughly a third of its power from the sun by now through a solar project approved last summer.Instead the project is still in the design phase, with SMWD officials...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 23:34
Former Saddleback College football player Menelik Watson was selected by the Oakland Riaders with the 42nd pick of the 2013 NFL Draft Friday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, N.Y.Watson, who played for the Gauchos in 2011, started 12 games at...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 23:20
When James McDonald received the news his father, Guy, had brain cancer, he wanted to do something about it.So last year, the Mission Viejo 11-year-old held a bake sale during a busy Little League Saturday at the Youth Athletic Park to raise money...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 22:22
MISSION VIEJO – Trabuco Hills held a ceremony Friday morning to celebrate the school's most recent group of student-athletes making their college choices. Of the nine recent Mustangs to commit to college athletic programs, eight were on hand...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 19:48
Former Saddleback College football player Kyle Long was selected by the Chicago Bears with the 20th pick of the 2013 NFL Draft Thursday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, N.Y.Long, son of NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long and brother of Rams defensive...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:57
MISSION VIEJO – A three-ton steamroller aided art students at Saddleback College in creating big relief prints of their work in a "Steamroller Woodblock Party" April 19.
In an outdoor area on campus, Peter Tiner, a printmaking student and retired...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:47
MISSION VIEJO – The Mission Viejo Rotary Club and the Esperanza Special Education School PTA hosted the school's annual Pancake Breakfast fundraiser on Sunday morning, inviting students, faculty, parents, alumni and the community to enjoy breakfast...
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:44
With preparation in full bloom over the past weeks for Mission Viejo's observance of National Day of Prayer, I thought I would get some feedback from the community about praying for the nation.
My photographer friend, Laurie Hill, and I stood outside...
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