Author: C. Jayden Smith

Orange County Fire Authority firefighters now have a more accessible source from which to  to gather water with the grand opening of a new helopod, or helicopter water resupply station, which opened on Dec. 15. The helopod’s opening signifies a partnership between OCFA, Quest Diagnostics as the host site, and Read More

Southern California drivers on local freeways Friday morning, Nov. 3, couldn’t have missed a large red bus as it made its way up north from Orange County to Riverside and beyond.  The bus, plastered with sayings such as “Breaking the Chain of Euthanasia,” was operated by local nonprofit organization Promise4Paws, Read More

The cities of San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano—both of which neighbor the Prima Deshecha Landfill—voiced their perspectives on the landfill’s upcoming expansion late last week by submitting letters to Orange County Waste & Recycling (OCWR), the facility’s owner and operator. The comments come during the Notice of Preparation (NOP) Read More

Capistrano Beach residents Karen Morris and her husband, Matt, were enjoying a night at home one evening in early August, when Karen received a phone call from a concerned neighbor.  The neighbor had called about two dogs that appeared to be resting between two Beach Road properties in the Capistrano Read More

Although San Clemente High has a program no other school in the southern half of Orange County does, its administrators are more than willing to host students from other schools to be a part of something intended to build character and set up its participants for success. The school’s U.S. Read More

Among the hundreds of thousands who tuned in Saturday afternoon, Sept. 2, to watch their beloved University of Southern California Trojans play their second game of the 2023 season was a small but passionate group of fans in Rancho Mission Viejo. Inside the Reata Glen retirement living complex’s clubhouse, a Read More