Mission Viejo

Tween Pop Punkers Offer High-Pitched War Cry Against Texting While Driving at Text Kills K-Jam 2012

You wanna find out the issues that are on kid's minds these days, look for a local benefit concert. A decade ago, the hot causes might've involved organizations like Plea for Peace or Fuck Cancer. Today, straight-laced, pop punk-loving tweens are standing together against a new cause: Texting while ... More >>

Anaheim Mail Thief Gets Sentenced in Federal Court

To give herself unearned resources to buy a stash of methamphetamine, Anaheim's Kimberly Dawn Keister stole mail earlier this year from at least 24 residences or businesses in places like Lake Forest and Mission Viejo.In January, police stopped Keister's vehicle in Costa Mesa and found drugs as well ... More >>

A Closer Look At OC's Anti-Vaccination Cluster

South County parents are opting out of the CDC schedule altogether

20th Anniversary of Drywallers' Strike Mass Arrest in OC Today, No One Gives a Shit

20 years ago today, the Orange County Sheriff's Department arrested over 150 striking drywallers at a construction site in Mission Viejo, in a case that drew national attention. The incident was the largest OC mass arrest since the legendary, forgotten 1936 Citrus War involving the county's orange p ... More >>

[UPDATED with Checkpoints Tonight in Sous-a Ana, Wet-minster and Beer Garden Grove:] Extra DUI Patrols in Drank Forest, Mixin' Viejo and Rancho Santa Margaritaville

UPDATE, JUNE 8, 11:11 A.M.: In addition to the sheriff's department's DUI patrols in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo and Ranch Santa Margarita, city police agencies hold sobriety checkpoints tonight in Westminster, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.The Westminster and Garden Grove police departments did not ann ... More >>

Free Sundae at Farrell's For Military All Month Long

​Now here's something nice: for Military Appreciation Month, Farrell's is treating all servicemen and women past and present to an ice cream sundae from now to the end of May at all its Southern California locations, including Mission Viejo and Brea. The Red White and Blue Thank You Sundae is ... More >>

On the Line: Lindsay Smith-Rosales of Nirvana Grille, Part Two

Photo by Meranda Carter​This week's On The Line singles out Chef Lindsay of Nirvana Grill for guidance on running your own business. Her kitchen experience with Pascal Ohlats and zpizza help build the foundation for her inevitable culinary venture. She also discusses how Oprah inspires her. Want m ... More >>

Barkworks Sells Puppy Mill Pets: Lawsuit

​A pet store chain with two Orange County shops sold puppies supplied by a puppy mill, alleges a class-action lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles law firm.The complaint alleges puppy breeds prone to illness and other health woes are being sold by Barkworks, which has stores in Brea and Mission Viejo.

How the World Began

South Coast Repertory

Fullerton Sonic Drive-In Offering Free Cherry Limeade

Even Flat Stanley has to eat...​While there ain't no cure for the summertime blues, the roller-skaters over at Orange County's newest Sonic may beg to differ. Through the end of June, the crew is offering a FREE cherry limeade with ANY purchase (hello, dollar menu!). Made with real cherries and cr ... More >>

Substitute Teachers Gone Wild on Glee and in OC

​What in tarnation is going on with substitute teachers these days?Tuesday night, we had Gwyneth Coldplay's sub on Glee shaking her groove thang, chastising chastity and generally sexing up the screen. Why, it was enough make Bristol Palin pop out another kid out of wedlock.Now comes a report of a ... More >>

Miracle on La Paz Road

[Hey, You!] Saving Christmas, one lost wallet at a time.

Mission Viejo Shelter Dogged by Controversy

​A former Mission Viejo Animal Services Center volunteer dropped a bombshell this week."We are instructed to lie . . .," Dianne Doyle wrote in letters to the media and the city councils of Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo, which contract the center for shelter services.After three year ... More >>

Kyle McCann and Jason Mathewes Arrested for Being Spectrum's Alleged Water-Bottle Bombers

​If you happened to be at the Irvine Spectrum Monday night, you might have heard some loud pops.No, this was not misdirected Dolby blasts from the shopping and entertainment center's cine-megalopolis.Just ask the two Mission Viejo teens arrested for making the racket.

Warning to Rummies: DUI Patrols Tonight!

Brooklyn Museum ArchivesDid somebody order a designated driver?​If you're driving in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo or Rancho Santa Margarita today, you may notice more sheriff's patrol cars on the road than usual.And, if you've been drinking:1) What are you doing driving, butt wipe?2) The deputies in ... More >>

What's the Cost for Police Service in Your City?

​At the most recent meeting of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got the five supes to approve $77 million in annual police service contracts with 11 cities throughout the county.That amount represents a slight increase (primarily due to deputy benefits) over the last ... More >>

Cook! COOK! Where's my Hasenpfeffer?

Flickr user janelleSadly, I don't have any rabbits to cook, so you get a stock photo. I have made this dish many, many times.​It's wabbit season in Mission Viejo, where the City Council last week allowed the hunting of rabbits with air-powered pellet guns. Should you hear the pop-pop-pop of a gun, ... More >>

Jason Alan Marian, Dance Teacher Accused of Sex Acts with Girl, 16, and Secretly Taping Undressing Girls, 12-14

flickr user nmhschoolPrey​A dance instructor is on trial for illegal sex acts with a 16-year-old girl and secretly videotaping 12- to 14-year-old girls changing out of wet bathing suits in the 31-year-old married man's Mission Viejo home.

Tensions High as Ever at MV Council Meeting Before Recall Vote

Ed Piskor / OC Weekly​Voters today are heading to the polls in Mission Viejo to decide whether or not to recall Mayor Lance MacLean.You'd know that fact already, many time over, if you'd been at last night's Mission Viejo city council meeting.For years, the council's public comments portion of the ... More >>

The Weekly Used as Propaganda in Mission Viejo Recall

The news story in the latest dead-tree version of the Weekly is about the attempted recall of Mission Viejo mayor Lance MacLean. MacLean seems to think he's got a chance of surviving the recall because of a few well-publicized setbacks for his political foes.That doesn't mean the campaign's over by ... More >>

Vladae the Russian Dog Trainer Cited for His Work With Pit Bull Puppy Who Was Repeatedly Stabbed

​Vladae the Russian Dog Trainer's volunteer services on behalf of a pit bull who was stabbed in Mission Viejo earlier this year has been recognized by Best Friends Animal Society.

Prepare For The Untold Disasters In South County's Future

The St. Regis adopts policy banning bailed-out banker parties: Are you ready for this South County disaster?​Do your best to imagine the following:The year is 2010. I Love Bagels has run out of shmear. Golden Spoon only offers gummy bears as topping. Lauren Conrad L.A. Candy has fallen off of the ... More >>

Updated: DUI Crackdown In OC's Three Biggest Party Towns Tonight

​Watch out, sinning citizens of OC's sinningest towns. The OC Sheriff's Department will be on the streets tonight looking for drunk drivers as part of a federal anti-DUI program that targets "areas that have a high incidence of DUI related arrests and collisions."So, naturally, they're headed for ... More >>

Restaurant Closures During September--More Than In Previous Months

​Following a period in which the number of closures was down, they've now increased again. September saw five OC places shut up shop for good. They were:Wienerschnitzel, Mission ViejoJaponaise Bakery, Tustin (for Edwin's full report, CLICK HERE)Contodo Mexican Grill, OrangeVessia Ristorante, Irvin ... More >>

[Hole in the Wall] Chilly Salvation at Sno On the Go in Mission Viejo

Crime Time: Stabbings, Curfews, Drunk Marines, Drunk Councilman and Van's a-Rockin'

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more stabbings and [alleged] drunken-driving politicians . . . Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentKnew those Trader Joe's bags were good for something . . .​MONDAY, JULY 27Cash and Carry A man walked up with a Trader Joe's b ... More >>

Crime Time: A Weekly Round-Up of OC Police Calls

The "Clean-Cut Bandit": Coming to a bank near you?MONDAY, JUNE 1Shroomin' in Lagoonan: Laguna Beach Police arrested three people at a La Mirada Street property for alleged possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, heroin, Xanax, Levitra, Alprazolam and "numerous other unknown pills." Steven Christophe ... More >>

KSBR Birthday Bash

Oso Viejo Park

Try on a Bra, Fight Breast Cancer

You--not you, sir--can help fight breast cancer while receiving a complimentary bra fitting at various local locations over the next few weeks.For every woman who tries on a Wacoal or b.tempt'd bra with a fit specialist and signs up to receive monthly reminders to do self-breast exams, Wacoal will d ... More >>

Cupcakes, I Can't Quit You Baby

Yes, I know I have a serious and perhaps life-threatening addiction to cupcakes--I've actually noted Sprinkles' upcoming Brown Sugar Praline flavor in my diary--but I'm clearly not the only one. Just as there's an unstoppable number of cupcakes stores opening all over the country, there are also doz ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Mission Viejo Rapper Apoetnomadali Explores the Fake and Real OCs

First Team All-Americans

When you think of soldiers and especially those killed in action, you generally conclude most came from the poorer parts of town. But with five young servicemen cut down in their primes, Irvine is the Orange County hometown with the most war dead from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's also ... More >>

To Do Tonight 5/27

Cooking Class: Exceptional Pizza, 6 p.m. Why not cook your own pizza for once? You lazy little... Blackmarket Bakery 17941 Sky Park Circle, Suite E Irvine, CA 92614 949-852-4689 Mic Check Tuesday, 9 p.m. One. Two. The Blue Café 210 N. Promenade Long Beach, CA 90802 562-983-7111 Orange County's ... More >>

His Way

Tribute to Sinatra

Hard Knocks

Three years in the life of the Capistrano Unified School District

Grub Guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Orange Countys best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

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Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

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The county's best damn dining guide

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This week in the county, A-R

Evenings of Wine and Coke

Sipping gourmet vintages with a classy dame at La Maison Gourmet

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P.O. Terrorist

Down These Mean Equestrian Trails

Middle-aged rage kills more kids than student gunners

Sex and the Single Gun

Firearms don't kill kids, sex does!