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Photos: South County All-Star Football Practice from San Clemente

Check out our photo gallery from the South County All-Star football team’s practice on Monday, Jan. 22 at Vista Hermosa Sports Park in San Clemente….

Marilynn Boyle, of San Juan Capistrano, reads to Lizette Vergara (center) Diego Prado and Miranda Rosas during the second week of a new tutoring program at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley. Photo: Allison Jarrell

EYE ON SJC, LIVING, News, SJC Living

Turning the Page: Boys & Girls Clubs Welcome New Reading Program, Senior Mentors

By Allison Jarrell On a recent Monday afternoon, a seemingly shy second-grader scurried up to his new reading tutor. Joshua Pineda smiled as he…

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Sheriff’s Department Offering Workshops on Crime Prevention

The Capistrano Dispatch Presented by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Stay Safe OC’s Partners in Crime Prevention Workshop series is geared toward helping the community…

Bill Hardy had just returned from a combat cruise in F6F Hellcats on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and later converted to F4U Corsairs at Fallon Air Base. Photo circa VJ Day, 1945. Photo: Courtesy of Homefront America

LIVING, Obituaries

Obituary: Willis E. (Bill) Hardy, U.S. Navy, Retired

Cmdr. Willis E. (Bill) Hardy, U.S. Navy, Retired, of San Juan Capistrano, passed away peacefully at age 97 in the loving company of his family…

Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Bartlett Bulletin: Orange County Opposes AB 1250

By Lisa Bartlett, Orange County Supervisor 5th District I am proud of the sound financial footing the county is on today. On July 1, the…

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Public Invited to Participate in OCTA Bus Service Survey

The Capistrano Dispatch Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has started the public process for changing its bus routes in order to rearrange the routes based…

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Hundreds of South OC Residents Gather to Discuss Life ‘Under the Flight Path’

By Allison Jarrell More than 500 South Orange County residents crowded into Laguna Niguel City Hall on May 15 to voice their concerns and hear…

Mayor Kerry Ferguson gave the 2017 State of the City address on March 9. Photo: Allison Jarrell

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Mayor to Speak at Capistrano Valley Republican Women’s Meeting

The Capistrano Dispatch San Juan Capistrano Mayor Kerry Ferguson and Melody Carruth, mayor pro tem of Laguna Hills, will discuss the importance of female leadership…

About 600 people, including San Juan Capistrano Council woman Kerry Ferguson, gathered in Laguna Hills for a town hall meeting to discuss sober living homes and how to regulate them. Photo: Matt Cortina

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A Sobering Discussion

Local lawmakers meet with more than 600 residents to discuss sober living homes in South Orange County By Matt Cortina More than 600 South Orange…

MemorialCare’s Board of Directors announced Thursday they would continue a feasibility study for its medical pavilion proposal to allow for legislation allowing for a free-standing emergency room. Photo: Brian Park

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San Clemente City Council Approves Re-Zoning of Hospital Land

By Eric Heinz Per a zoning ordinance passed unanimously by San Clemente City Council on Jan. 19, Saddleback Memorial Medical Center will be bound to…

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UPDATE: Body Found Near San Juan Capistrano Confirmed as Erica Alonso, Missing Laguna Hills Woman

By Allison Jarrell The body of Erica Alonso, 28, of Laguna Hills, who had been missing since Feb. 15, was discovered late Monday night about…

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Clerk Office Staying Open for Once a Century Event

The Orange County Clerk-Recorder Department will open its offices in Fullerton, Laguna Hills and the Old County Courthouse on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 from 10…