Mission Viejo

Letter: The Perfidious “Promise”

October 20, 2011

(The  term  “California  Promise”,  frequently  used in Dispatch comments by myself and other long-time residents, is unfamiliar to most people who moved here in the last 20 years. Following is a comprehensive history of the development of Mission Viejo for those interested in the background behind today’s headlines from City Hall.)  Late 1960s The California [...]

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Mission Viejo Is 3rd “Safest City” In America

September 21, 2011

    Mission  Viejo,   the   nation’s  “safest city” in 2007, is this year’s 3rd safest city among those with populations between 75,000 and 99,999. The ranking is based on FBI raw statistics released this week for 2010.    That is an improvement from the City’s 4th place ranking last year. Topping MV were Fishers, Indiana  (#1, pop. 75,734) and Ramapo Town, New [...]

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Lady Gaga Rumored In Mission Viejo

September 7, 2011

   A celebrity and entertainment website, Radaronline, created a stir on Twitter and other social internet sites Wednesday when it reported Lady Gaga was in Mission Viejo.  The article reported she was with video co-star and beau Taylor Kinney, a werewolf from Vampire Diaries.    Radaronline placed the couple at The Sneak Joint, a beachside bar.  [...]

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Poll: Picking Superbowl Commercials

February 8, 2010

   Which Superbowl commercials were most popular in Mission Viejo? The ads in the poll below are listed in random order and were early national favorites. The ads can be viewed in the right sidebar. 

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Letter: Shining Star Murdered

August 7, 2009

[Re: Coed Murdered] Memories brought back to Robbin who was a shining star, a wonderful, intelligent and outstanding member of our community college student honor society, Alpha Gamma Sigma, as many students will remember.  She visited me, as their advisor in my office the day this happened. We later helped arrange for her services with [...]

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Court Hits Local Firm For $25 Million

August 6, 2009

   On Thursday the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it obtained court fines and sanctions of $25 million against a MV company, Safevest LLC.  The order found the firm misappropriated over $25 million which was solicited from about 500 investors who thought their money was being used for a commodity pool.  The federal court [...]

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Sex With Students: Capo Teacher Guilty

July 31, 2009

   Capo High teacher Aaron Edwin Westbrook, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with two underage female students. The investigation commenced after a letter from a concerned parent led the principal to contact police.    Westbrook pleaded guilty to three felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, two felony counts [...]

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Sounds Of Soul Concert

July 23, 2009

   Three popular music groups will perform on August 2 at the Sounds of Soul Concert. The Rosey Fusion Jazz Band, South Coast Simcha Band, and 8th Day will perform beginning at 5:30 in the Kershaw Gardens between City Hall and the Library, at Mission Viejo Civic Center.      The event is the second annual [...]

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Fire Outside Girls School: Transient Detained

July 13, 2009

    A homeless man identified as Timothy Alexander Skonos, age 48, was taken into custody after a fire today outside a girls school in Mission Viejo.     The Fire Authority responded to a mid-morning fire behind Silverleaf Academy, adjacent to Jeronimo Road across from Target.  The fire was confined to a tree and surrounding vegetation [...]

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Mission Hospital Plans Layoffs

July 13, 2009

    St. Joseph’s plans to cut 159 employees over the next two months.  The reductions will occur at Mission Hospital and its sister facilities in Fullerton and Orange.  Layoffs will also occur at the organizations OC administrative location, according to the Orange County Business Journal.    The reductions are attributed to loss of revenue from [...]

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