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http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4673 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 25th, 2014 Sometimes we are not surprised when a particular topic drives a lot of traffic, and sometimes we are. Both the most recent Ladera Ranch robbery and the Talega doll dropper stories are driving traffic to our site at record high numbers. What’s interesting is that previous stories about robberies in Ladera Ranch have not resulted [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4671 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 25th, 2014 KABC brings us the conclusion of the porcelain doll mystery in Talega. Sheriff’s investigators identified the woman who had left the dolls on the porches of at least 8 families in the Talega community:
The woman told deputies that her daughters were getting older and didn’t play with the dolls anymore, so she thought other [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4667 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 24th, 2014 This is a really strange…and creepy…story out of Talega:
Someone has been leaving porcelain dolls at the homes of families in a gated Talega neighborhood, and it’s really creeping out the parents. … “Families claim [the] dolls resemble their daughters in each case,” [OCSD Lt.] Hallock said.
More at the Patch here.
UPDATED: KTLA has [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4438 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 23rd, 2014 The OC Weekly published an article — one admittedly written with a distinct viewpoint — about whether Capistrano Unified School District ought to refund a portion of Talega’s Mello Roos tax assessments. We wrote extensively about Mello Roos in this article, wherein we cited the Franchise Tax Board on Mello Roos as follows:
In 1982, [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3688 By Don Juan Ortega, on January 14th, 2014 Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Jim Reardon has written an op-ed in the San Juan Capistrano Patch articulating why he and his fellow CUSD Trustees unanimously passed a resolution urging the San Juan Capistrano City Council to reject the zoning change application submitted by the developer of a proposed apartment project near San Juan Hills [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/2907 By Don Juan Ortega, on August 22nd, 2013 The Orange County Board of Supervisors recently authorized the county clerk to advertise the La Pata Gap Closure project for bids. Bid opening will be October 23, 2013 and the terms of at least one of the grants requires the County to award the construction contract by December 11, 2013.
For those of you not [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/2707 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 19th, 2013 The Orange County Register has published an article on the pin-hole leaks that are plaguing South County, including Ladera Ranch and Talega.
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/786 By Don Juan Ortega, on October 2nd, 2012 Below is an update on the La Pata Gap Closure Project, courtesy of the City of Mission Viejo’s Planning and Transportation Commission (minutes from June 12, 2012):
LA PATA AVENUE GAP CLOSURE IN COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AREA The County of Orange is the lead agency for this project which would extend and widen the existing 1.8 [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/649 By Don Juan Ortega, on August 27th, 2012 As you may know, Orange County has a “General Plan” that describes its long-term goals for growth and development. The General Plan is comprehensive in that it covers seven core aspects of County life: land use, transportation, housing, conservation, open space, noise and safety. Today, we are going to look at the impact of the [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/340 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 4th, 2012 The $80-million La Pata extension project to connect the Talega community of San Clemente with Ortega Highway near Ladera Ranch and San Juan Capistrano is short by $9 million.
Full story at the Patch.
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