Mission Viejo NewsLocal news for Mission Viejo, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Doggone-it! $2,500 Reward Offered For Stolen Pooch- June 24, 2008 An Orange County woman is offering a $2,500 reward for the safe return of her stolen Yorkie, according to the Orange County Register. Erin Murphy had her prized pooch stolen through the sunroof of her Cadillac Escalade while shopping at the Shops at Mission Viejo Thursday.Murphy returned to the vehicle about 4 p.m.to find the 3-year-old dog gone."I just hope someone find's it in their heart to return him to us," Murphy said. "We miss him."Tips can be called in to sheriff's deputies at (714)...http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/doggone-it-2-500-reward-offered-for-sto... Police Departments Sell Forfeited Property Online- June 23, 2008 Police departments across Maryland are using an online auction site to sell forfeited property.http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/police-departments-sell-forfeited-prope... Teens face felony charges of computer break-ins, grade changes at Tesoro High School- June 21, 2008 Omar Khan, 18, should be graduating with his Tesoro High School classmates today; instead, he is being held in jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/teens-face-felony-charges-of-computer-b... Police and The FBI Search For Trio of Bank Robbers in Orange County- June 18, 2008 The FBI and police in Orange County are trying to find three men responsible for separate bank robberies in the county.http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/police-and-the-fbi-search-for-trio-of-b... "Firegate" in Mission Viejo- June 13, 2008 Juice readers. In my prior post I mentioned two new Mission Viejo stories that I was investigating. Well, I guess it's OK to share number one that we will label "Firegate" in Mission Viejo. A few months ago a watchdog in our city noticed work being performed by city contractors in front of Fire Station 24 that is located just north of Oso Parkway on Marguerite Parkway. After questioning the city and city council, Member Gail Reavis requested specifics as to our city involvement with a County...http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/firegate-in-mission-viejo?fromrss=1 Mission Viejo fundraising failure. City Council follow-up sadly lacking- June 13, 2008 Note: As the Juice representative covering the city of Mission Viejo the following post is submitted for reader discussion. I am currently working on two other local stories that will be posted once I confirm the accuracy of un-named source material. In 2003 the City of Mission Viejo conceived a plan to create "a nonprofit foundation to help raise funds for the proposed expansion of the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center." The following year the Mission Viejo Community Foundation,...http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/mission-viejo-fundraising-failure-city-... OC GOP machine gets punked as Sandra Hutchens becomes the new Sheriff- June 11, 2008 I have never been so happy to be wrong in my life! I thought the OC GOP machine had victory in the bag and that their boy Paul Walters would succeed Mike Carona. But Supervisors John Moorlach, Pat Bates and Janet Nguyen decided to go with Sandra Hutchens as our new Orange County Sheriff. What happened I think that Moorlach in particular did not want to look stupid again. He previously supported our disgraced former Sheriff, Mike Carona, and our lame O.C. Treasurer Chriss Street. This time...http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/oc-gop-machine-gets-punked-as-sandra-hu... 'In God We Trust' proposal fails in Fountain Valley- June 8, 2008 A proposal to display the national motto "In God We Trust" in Council Chambers died Monday night after the measure failed to get the three votes needed for it to pass.http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/in-god-we-trust-proposal-fails-in-fount... Mission Viejo city council meeting intentionally goes black- June 3, 2008 Amazing. Mission Viejo's council meeting is not being broadcast tonight. We spent millions of resident taxdollars building a new city hall with multiple cameras in the council chamber so that the council, staff and speakers can be both seen and heard at every city council meeting. In fact our city web site contains Agendas and video of all prior meetings. That's called transparency. Not tonight, however. Someone in authority, most likely Mayor Kelley, moved the meeting to the newly expanded...http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/mission-viejo-city-council-meeting-inte... What if Harry Sidhu had run as a moderate Republican- June 1, 2008 The L.A. Times features an article today about the contest between Republicans Mimi Walters and Harry Sidhu, for the 33rd State Senate District, which is currently held by Dick Ackerman. The article doesn't make any new revelations, but check out this excerpt, "Sidhu received campaign contributions from the Orange County Employees Assn. and was endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group that champions gay rights as part of a conservative agenda." Interesting. I can't help but wonder, what...http://www.topix.net/city/mission-viejo-ca/2008/06/what-if-harry-sidhu-had-run-as-a-modera... |