By Collin Breaux | Email: cbreaux@picketfencemedia.com | Twitter: @collin_breaux During a city council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 5, members of the community voiced support for…
By Fred Swegles The Ecology Center is expanding its vision for creating a “transformative community farm” on city-owned agricultural land. The city council voted, 5-0,…
By Fred Swegles After nearly four years of planning, community debate, dialogue and refinement, San Juan Capistrano developer Dan Almquist has won city approval for…
By Fred Swegles A plan to build a two-story, assisted-living complex for seniors along busy Ortega Highway has aroused neighboring homeowners’ angst that it may…
By Shawn Raymundo The city’s planning commission approved modified site plans for the proposed River Street Marketplace development on Tuesday, Sept. 24, sending the plans…
By Shawn Raymundo Councilmembers next week are expected to award a contract for the Verdugo Street Beautification project, which could allow the modification plans of…
JOANNA CLARK, San Juan Capistrano The Acjachemen Nation settled this area 12,000 years before our European interloper ancestors invaded and decimated the indigenous Native populations…
By Shawn Raymundo A majority of the community would prefer to see San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space remain as is—natural open space and hiking…
By Shawn Raymundo Councilmembers voted Tuesday, Sept. 3, to accept the city’s latest public health report on San Juan’s drinking water, which was found to…
By Shawn Raymundo Councilmember John Taylor was appointed by the city council on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to represent San Juan Capistrano at an upcoming annual…
By Shawn Raymundo Ganahl Lumber Company’s plans to relocate its Dana Point location to San Juan Capistrano could inch closer to fruition next month, when…
By Shawn Raymundo The city’s plans to annex its utilities department took another step forward Tuesday, Aug. 20, as councilmembers approved a framework that will…
By Shawn Raymundo At the city council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20, councilmembers heard from a small handful of individuals urging them to get…
By Shawn Raymundo Weeks-long discussions to smooth over a litany of concerns that a San Juan resident had raised over the proposed River Street Marketplace…
