Free community Camp Out Oct. 20-21
The City of Mission Viejo will host a fun-filled weekend “Camp Out on the Oso Creek Trail” October 20-21. The free community camp out is from 4 p.m. Saturday, October 20 to 10 a.m. Sunday, October 21 on the Oso Creek Trail. The exciting family event includes music, skits, sing-a-longs, a flashlight hike and much [...]
City collects hundreds of pounds of drugs on National Take Back Day
Nearly 100 residents took advantage of Mission Viejo’s National Take Back Day site Saturday, turning in 285 pounds of unused or expired prescription medications for safe disposal by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). With Saturday’s tally added to an event earlier this year, residents have dropped off 450 pounds of unused medications in Mission Viejo [...]
City to host 2-part series to combat prescription drug abuse
The City of Mission Viejo is continuing a tough proactive stance on the problem of prescription drug abuse by launching a 2-part series this month designed to educate parents and teens. On Thursday, October 4, parents are encouraged to attend a free screening of the poignant movie “Behind the Orange Curtain.” Teens and young adults [...]
Popular children’s book author, illustrator will provide unique experience for kids Oct. 14
Artist, writer and creativity expert J.H. Everett will delight people of all ages when he and Marilyn Scott-Waters, creator of a paper toy craft book series, appear together Sunday, October 14 at the Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival. The two co-created the fully illustrated middle-grade nonfiction series, “Haunted Histories: Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and Powerful Palace.” [...]
Commission will consider new businesses
The Planning and Transportation Commission on Monday, October 8 will consider three new businesses in Mission Viejo. The Shops at Mission Viejo wants to open Smashburger in a 730-square-foot restaurant space in the mall’s Dining Veranda. Smashburger opened in 2007 in Denver, Colorado and has grown to 160 restaurants around the world. Smashburger is known [...]
