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June 20, 2008
Lon Uso is a Luser
We met San Juan Capistrano councilmember Lon Uso a couple of months ago at the Friday morning coffee klatches organized by Capistrano Dispatch editor Jonathan Volzke and thought him a swell guy for daring to speak good about Mexicans in a room full of elderly, crotchety gabachos who didn't believe M ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
Rendezvous To Be Replaced By New Steakhouse
The revolving door of eateries continues. According to the Capistrano Dispatch, the space that the recently departed Rendezvous occupied in San Juan Capistrano's train depot is being developed by the people behind Gemmell's of Dana Point.In it's place, come mid-January, will be a steakhouse calle ... More >>
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January 7, 2009
Is The New Capistrano Unified Board As Creepy As The Old One?
Even with June's final ousting of the remaining trustees who served under Nixon-wannabe superintendent James Fleming, the South-County shitshow that is Capistrano Unified School District hasn't been showing any less shit lately. In fact, the newly monolithic slate of "reform" trustees (the ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
Long Beach Couple Shocked (Shocked!) At SJC 'Debauchery'
Stephen Glauser / Flickr / Creative CommonsThe Capistrano Insider posted last week an entertaining, slightly depressing exchange between Capistrano Dispatch editor Jonathan Volzke and a Long Beach husband and wife who were considering moving to San Juan Capistrano. That is, they were considering mov ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Capistrano Unified Recall Leader Weighs In On Film, Is Mum About Excluded Journalist
City of Rancho Santa MargaritaTony BeallAs if to demonstrate why anyone would be interested in a movie about school districts, Capistrano Unified delivered some of its trademark drama at last night's premier of Not As Good As You Think (which we previewed here). Capistrano Dispatch editor Jonathan V ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
Belardes, Mission San Juan Capistrano Settle Lawsuit
Photo by Matt Coker The fountain gets to stay.Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat a ... More >>
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September 4, 2008
In San Juan Capistrano's Schools, White Kids Are Painted Into One Corner, Latino Kids Into Another
Photo by Matt Coker The fountain gets to stay.Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat a ... More >>
Columns
June 12, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Photo by Matt Coker The fountain gets to stay.Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat a ... More >>
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May 19, 2009
Capistrano Unified Is Cinematic Posterchild For Dysfunctional Schools [Updated]
Hey, look! The fresh faces you normally see at the average Capistrano Unified School District board meeting have been picked up and plopped into a professional-looking documentary trailer: NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK - Official Trailer from Lucas Abel on Vimeo.The movie, sponsored by the pro-"school c ... More >>
Columns
November 5, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Hey, look! The fresh faces you normally see at the average Capistrano Unified School District board meeting have been picked up and plopped into a professional-looking documentary trailer: NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK - Official Trailer from Lucas Abel on Vimeo.The movie, sponsored by the pro-"school c ... More >>
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November 10, 2009
Juaneno Chief's Wife Cha Cha Belardes Passes Away
Photo by John Gilhooley Chief David Belardes with tribal manager Joyce Perry of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians. When the Weekly was covering the conflict between Mission San Juan Capistrano and a faction of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians earlier this year, it appea ... More >>
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December 9, 2009
Mexi Restaurant Uses ¡Ask a Mexican! Logo for Ad in Dana Point Paper, No One Asks for Permission
The few times I bother with Dana Point, I pick up a copy of the Dana Point Times. It works--better than the Orange County Register's community rags, but it ain't no Fullerton Observer. But I haven't visited in months, so imagine my surprise when a reader forwarded me an early November copy of the ... More >>
News
April 22, 2010
Brad Gates, Space Cowboy
The ex-sheriff's open-space dealmaking has some in San Juan Capistrano crying foul
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Holiday Toy Express Route Change Scrooges San Juan Capistrano
OCTA.netMetrolink's Holiday Toy Express chugs into Orange County this month, but after making more than 50 stops over 14 days last year, the Christmasy choo-choo is only stopping 13 times over five days this December.That has one South County town feeling particularly Scrooged.
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March 17, 2011
[CORRECTED] Juaneño Indians Again Denied Federal Recognition
Late Juaneño Chief Clarence Lobo*CORRECTION: The number of Juaneño Band members and percentage who the federal government recognized as demonstrating descent from the historical Indian tribe at San Juan Capistrano Mission has been changed since the original version of this post was publishe ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Host a Home Bible Study, Get Fined $500
Hide yo' crosses, hide yo' Bibles? A San Juan Capistrano couple has been ordered by the city to stop hosting a weekly Bible study unless they obtain the permit required for churches. Homeowners Chuck and Stephanie Fromm have already been fined $300 for their gatherings, and city ... More >>

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