Mission Viejo is California’s safest city, nation’s third
Mission Viejo was ranked as the safest city in the state – again – and as the third safest city in the nation, according to CQ Press, which released the report today. The City’s ranking is listed in the annual “City Crime Rankings 2011-2012: Crime in Metropolitan America,” using FBI statistics. The score is significant [...]
Man in custody facing arson charge for starting fire near intersection
A transient man is in custody after burning about an acre of open Mission Viejo terrain on Saturday. Dwight Leonard, 38, was booked into the Men’s Central Jail facing an arson charge after he started a fire near the intersection of La Paz and Olympiad. The incident happened around 8 p.m. when Leonard went to [...]
Emergency preparedness conference draws hundreds to church
More than 500 people took part in a family conference March 6 designed to promote emergency preparedness in Mission Viejo at the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. The City participated in the church’s three-hour conference that included Mission Viejo Emergency Management personnel, Police Services staff and Orange County Fire Authority Firefighters offering up invaluable information [...]
Police seeking information about hit and run at school
Authorities are seeking anyone with information about a red Toyota Corolla that was involved in a hit and run at La Paz Intermediate School on Sunday. The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the school located near Pradera and Chrisanta. A new model Toyota Corolla is believed to have hit a [...]
Woman accidentally crashes into Michaels Arts & Crafts store
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an accident that involved an elderly woman who accidentally drove into the Michaels Arts & Crafts store, causing structural damage and sending one person to the hospital. The incident happened around 10:55 a.m. at the store located in the 25000 block of Marguerite Parkway. The elderly woman apparently [...]
Suspicious white powdery substance turned out to be candy
A letter mailed to a home that was believed to have contained a suspicious white powder turned out to be candy, investigators determined this morning. Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies at about 9:35 a.m. responded to a report of a suspicious white powder in a letter that was mailed to a board and care residence in [...]
Police prevent man from leaping from hospital parking structure
Authorities are crediting Mission Viejo deputies with saving the life of a man who threatened to leap from a four-story parking structure at Mission Hospital. The hour-long incident happened at 10:30 a.m., when a San Juan Capistrano man threatened to jump from the top floor of the hospital parking structure. His wife had reported him [...]
