15-year-old taco eatery closing

Posted by admin in San Juan Capistrano

As a starving college student, I face a continuing conundrum: I’m always hungry for good Mexican food and my wallet is perpetually empty.
Señor Pedro’s Tacos solved both my problems: It was the only Mexican spot where I could get a burrito for under $2, sit on a picnic bench and

Does San Clemente have a Gang Problem?

Posted by admin in San Clemente

Earlier this month, a hazy nighttime video caught the last pieces of a violent street fight on Avenida Rosa and in the background voices are heard yelling racial slurs. The gang-related incident left one man, struck by brick, in a coma. The following weekend a shooting left two injured and

Gov. Brown Stops by for Walk Down Memory Lane

Posted by admin in San Clemente

About 51 years ago, then-Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown accepted an invitation to visit San Juan Capistrano to help celebrate the launch of a city.
(Anyone who has passed through the town knows it’s been around a lot longer than a half-century. But it didn’t incorporate until 1961.)
So when it came

Man who jumped from I-5 overpass identified

Posted by admin in San Clemente

A 20-year-old man who died after reportedly jumping from a freeway overpass early Saturday morning has been identified.
Officials say Jeffrey Hurlbut of San Clemente died after he jumped from Avenida Vista Hermosa into I-5 traffic below, where he was struck by multiple vehicles.

Authorities were called to the area at 2:39

New homeless-services center opens in San Clemente

Posted by admin in San Clemente

A new center providing services for South County poor and homeless people opens Monday in San Clemente.
The iHope Resource Center at 106 W. Canada has an initial schedule of 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

The center is an effort of the Interfaith Homeless Outreach Project for

two men shot by suspected gang members

Posted by admin in San Clemente

Two men were shot early Saturday morning in San Clemente, and two other men were arrested in San Juan Capistrano soon after. Police suspect the arrested men are gang members.
Police were called at 2:50 a.m. Saturday and responding deputies found two men shot, one with a head wound, the other shot

La Jolla ‘royal’ dies behind trash bin

Posted by admin in La Jolla, San Diego

Whether he was using his European charm to wangle a free meal from a pretty lady, crashing high-society galas or regaling strangers with stories of his royal Spanish heritage, Alfonso de Bourbon entertained La Jollans for nearly 40 years as one of the town’s most eccentric

Man knocked out with brick in San Clemente brawl

Posted by admin in San Clemente

One person was struck in the head with a brick during a brawl that left a man unconscious Friday night, officials said. Dan Jacobsen said he was pulling and pushing men away from his son and his friend, after he heard the two being attacked by a group of

Mission Viejo OKs ban on sex offenders in parks

Posted by admin in Mission Viejo

A law banning registered sex offenders from city parks and recreation facilities was passed unanimously Tuesday night by the City Council.

The proposed ban would make it a misdemeanor for sex offenders to be at any of the city’s 40 parks, nine open space areas, six community and recreation centers or

Thieves yank out ATM with tow truck

Posted by admin in Lake Forest

Thieves used a flat-bed truck and a tow truck to steal a freestanding early Friday morning, authorities said.

At least two men participated in the early-morning robbery, authorities said. Investigators are trying to figure how much money was inside the ATM when it was stolen from the parking lot of a