A member of the Capomasters swim program rests on the edge of the pool deck at JSerra Catholic High School on Wednesday, May 9. Photo by Brian Park
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Popular local swim program might be moved, but residents still live with constant noise
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Mission San Juan Capistrano will host the eighth annual Battle of the Mariachis Festival on Saturday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the scenic Central Courtyard. There will be live musical enter...
Elementary school girls practice ballet folklorico, which is offered through San Juan Capistrano’s recreation courses. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Summertime, and the living’s easy? Not necessarily for the thousands of kids who take up any one of the region’s diverse summer camps or dive into the city’s recreation activities, which are choc...
The Kelly Boyz entertain guests in the VIP porch before the 2011 Swallows Day Parade.
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The theme of this year’s Swallows Day Parade is “How the West was Fun.” But after 53 years, getting hundreds of entrants ready to parade through downtown Capistrano in front of tens of thousands of...
Teri Garza in front of a monument sign that went up during her tenure after Friends of the Library raised the money. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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It takes no more than a glance to recognize that San Juan Capistrano’s Library is a special place. Designed by Michael Graves before he was a household name, the library features towers, a covered ...
Phil Bodem, divison president for Taylor Morrison homes, at the 132-home site in San Juan Hills. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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San Juan Capistrano is known for its undeveloped ridgelines and open space, but Phil Bodem is focused on 28 undeveloped acres in San Juan Hills. While the land, off La Novia Avenue and Via Entrada...
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Dana Point kicked off its 41st Annual Festival of Whales on March 3 and 4. Check out the official event guide and discover the wide variety of things to see and do March 10 and 11 at this tradition...
Pernille Olsen of San Juan Capistrano at the Olsen Pavingstone Ortega Highway Plant. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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More than four decades ago, Ole Hjorth-Olsen and his wife, Anni, bought their first home, in Denmark. Their excitement was tempered, however, by frustration when they learned they’d have to wait mo...
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On the morning of February 19, 1945, “Manila John” Basilone was leading his machine gun platoon through the hellish invasion of Iwo Jima, one of Japan’s last island bastions of defense before mainl...
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The Celebration Committee, organized to commemorate San Juan Capistrano’s golden anniversary as a city, buried a bit of the present for those in the future on February 4. The committee, working wi...
Councilmen John Taylor, Sam Allevato, Governor Jerry Brown, Councilman Derek Reeve, Mayor Pro Tem Laura Freese and Mayor Larry Kramer attended the luncheon celebrating 50 years of cityhood at El Adobe on Thursday. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Local history is too often overlooked, despite its importance to a community, Gov. Jerry Brown told San Juan Capistrano’s community and business leaders who filled the banquet room at El Adobe de C...
Taste of San Juan. Courtesy photo
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San Juan Hills Golf Course is the new venue for the Fiesta Association’s ‘Taste of San Juan,’ a chance to mingle and sample food from more than a dozen local restaurants. The event will be 6 p.m. ...
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As San Juan Hills Golf Course has expanded itself into a true sports bar and restaurant, it’s become a popular watering hole around town—for people and horses, alike. Equestrian Shelly Barker ini...
Camino Real Playhouse leaders Beverly Blake and Tom Scott expressed relief that new laws should allow the downtown theater to be protected under a “governmental use” clause in the law that struck down redevelopment. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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While experts are predicting the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the elimination of redevelopment agencies will change the landscape of city government statewide, the ruling might not change the...
Del Obispo Street’s new queue-cutter signals are causing consternation among Capistrano motorists. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Rail crossing work brings new lights to main thoroughfare—but doesn’t eliminate ‘Ghost trains’ The idea of improvements that would silence the horns on the 45 trains cutting through Capistrano dai...
Capistrano Valley High School’s Black and Gold Brigade marching band proudly show their awards to their waiting parents at the California State Band Championships in Huntington Beach on November 19. The group took first place honors in the 4A division, and also brought home sweepstakes awards for best music, color guard and percussion performances. This is the group’s third straight win at the SCJA annual competition. (Photo credit: Al Burciaga)
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Capistrano Valley High School’s Black and Gold Brigade marching band has clinched the top spot again in its division at the Southern California Judging Association’s California State Band Champions...
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The Cook Barn, long a fixture on Del Obispo Street in San Juan Capistrano, was consumed by a spectacular blaze Thursday. The blaze at 32232 Del Obispo happened about 10:30 a.m. Orange County Fire ...
After years of troubled operations, the city’s Groundwater Recovery Plant is increasingly meeting all of Capistrano’s water needs. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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After a stormy past, Groundwater Recovery Plant appears on track When San Juan Capistrano dedicated its $32 million Groundwater Recovery Plant in 2005, more than 100 dignitaries, including t...
The environmental impact report for a downtown plan is now available. Courtesy image
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Environmental study for downtown plan says revitalization effort would have no significant impact A long-range plan that would put a new face on San Juan Capistrano’s historic downtown has n...
San Diego Gas & Electric plans to raze an existing substation and 1918 building on Camino Capistrano to make way for new a station. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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San Diego Gas & Electric unveils plans to increase size of Capistrano substation There was a time when the imposing building on Camino Capistrano was vital to San Juan Capistrano. Built in ...
The Transportation Corridor Agencies is promoting its latest plan to extend the 241 Toll Road. File photo
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San Juan Capistrano Council OK with plan—with conditions Three years after rowdy hearings that rejected a plan to extend the Foothill South Transportation Corridor 16 miles from Rancho Santa Marga...
Stephanie and Chuck Fromm have been cited twice for holding Bible studies in their home in the Mission Hills neighborhood. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Capistrano couple in battle with city over home Bible studies Letters are pouring into City Hall from around the world as news spreads that a Capistrano couple has been fined $300 for holdin...
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The Shea Center’s annual BBQ evolved from a few friends enjoying a glass of wine by the corral, to a family event attracting over 1600 avid supporters. Between 1978 and today, The J. F. Shea Therap...
The new counter terrorism team, here pausing while on patrol at the Capistrano station, includes deputies Timm Puszta, with dog Foose, Ron Byers, Juan Viramontes, Chuck Ivec and Sgt. Tim Rainwater. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Special team works to keep rail, bus service safe Adecade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks that rocked the United States, life seems pretty much life-as-usual in San Juan Capistrano. Tourist...
The top 30 rodeo contestants in saddle bronc and bareback riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, bull riding and team roping will be in San Juan Capistrano for the rodeo this weekend. Photo by Scott Schmitt, San Juan Photo & Digital
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Cowboys Return to Town with 11th Annual Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo For an old ranching town, it’s not always easy to find a cowboy around San Juan Capistrano. Sure, plenty of guys wear Wran...
Garrett Wright, Jacob Zawoysky, Caleb Roush, Dean Strandberg and Tony Resta are among the leaders of the San Juan Hills Stallions this year. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Team has new coach, new starters and tough schedule ou’d think things would be settling down for the coaches and young men who make up the San Juan Hills High School football squad. After a...
Neil O’Connor, president and CEO of O’Connor Mortuary, works on educating the public about his profession and providing top service to grieving families. Photo by Danielle Johnson
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Sometimes when we think about death we think about the ones we love, or about what we’re leaving behind. We might wax philosophical about what it means to die, or reassure ourselves with what we be...
Capistrano Unified School District Superintendent Joseph Farley with student portraits in district headquarters. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Superintendent Joe Farley’s first year seen as success When Dr. Joseph Farley was hired to lead the Capistrano Unified School District, he was the seventh superintendent for the 52,000-student di...
Residents Robert Kline, who co-founded Lifetime television, and filmmaker Stephanie Heredia are the creators of the West Coast Film Festival of San Juan Capistrano. Photo by Danielle Johnson
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Capistrano to host film festival in August Many people dream of becoming a part of Hollywood and making their own big projects and hits. Though not everyone can say they’ve actually been a p...
Roxanne Bond (left), 45, or Toxic Rox to her Roller Derby league, jams her way through the blockers to score points for the South Coast Roller Derby league.
Photo by Danielle Johnson
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Christy Wilson is a San Clemente mother who teaches preschool on the weekdays and kicks roller derby butt on the weekends. She co-founded the non-profit sports organization South Coast Roller Derb...
Santa Margarita Water District Chief Engineer Daniel Ferons with one of four massive pumps at the Upper Chiquita Reservoir. Photo by Patricia McCauley
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San Juan Capistrano is a partner in $53 million emergency reservoir that will start taking in water on July 18 Whether it comes from the Colorado River or Northern California, the last leg ...
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Several hundred San Juan Capistrano residents gathered Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of the Northwest Open Space. Residents have been paying for the land, at the North end of town, sin...
Members of the San Juan Hills High School Class of 2011, the new high school’s first graduates. The ceremony was Wednesday at the Bren Center at UCI. Photo by Ryan Gooding
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San Juan Hills High holds first graduation, along with other Capo schools
From L to R: Front – Kassidi Tillich. Back – Working Wardrobes Founder and CEO Jerri Rosen, Richard Shugg, LynnMarie Cooper, Patrick Tillich.
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Denim brings to mind jeans, work clothes, so it was only appropriate the non-profit organization Working Wardrobes raised over $100,000 with their third fundraiser titled Blue Jeans, Boots, and Swi...
Photo by Krysta Worthen
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When the San Juan Capistrano Woman’s Club began, the organization donated mostly to local schools— because some of the organizations they support today were not even established back then. Today,...
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