Fire simulation training exercise takes place Saturday
The Orange County Fire Authority on Saturday will conduct its annual community Wild Land Fire Drill in Mission Viejo, as part of a local emergency preparedness effort. The drill includes a staged fire scenario in the arroyo east of the Stone Ridge neighborhood. Fire Authority strike teams will start the drill with a 9 a.m. [...]
Work on Chrisanta Drive starts Sunday night
AT&T is expected to start work Sunday on a roughly two-week cable-replacement project on Chrisanta Drive that will require closing a lane of traffic. The City required AT&T to notify nearby residents of the work, which includes installing two four-inch conduits to replace failing cables on northbound Chrisanta Drive between Pradera Drive and La Paz [...]
City to receive $25K recycling grant in July
Mission Viejo will receive $25,595 in grant money this summer to help expand recycling programs and benefit the environment. The recycling grant, from the Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling, will help increase the number of glass, plastic and aluminum bottles and cans recycled each year. Public Works will use the funds to expand existing [...]
Council to consider false alarm fees Monday
The City Council on Monday will consider adopting a county recommendation to raise false alarm fees to $85. The fee applies when the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responds to three or more false alarms at the same residence or business, within the same calendar year or when a false alarm is intentionally set. The county’s [...]
City’s Community of Character Committee challenges community to spark chain reaction of kindness, compassion
Members of the City’s Community of Character Committee are on a mission: To spark a chain reaction of kindness and compassion in the community. The committee is encouraging the community to meet “Rachel’s Challenge,” a life-changing program inspired by Rachel Scott, which promotes lessons of kindness and compassion. Rachel Scott was the first person killed [...]
