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The CotoBuzz Journal, July  2010, Happy Fourth of July!

The $1,000 HOA Fence for a $1.00 Horse
We like to use the $1,000 fence for a $1.00 horse analogy to illustrate how a good number of executives fail to focus on the real issue and instead prefer to go into a rat’s nest of minutia, particularly when it comes to privacy and security

Laguna Woods United’s McNulty Full of Sound, No Fury, Signifies Nothing Laguna Woods Village, CA – The Bard’s Macbeth seems to capture perfectly the community’s sentiments toward its local governance, when in Act Five, Scene Five Macbeth declares

Public Safety..  

Man Murders Wife Due to Unemployment, While She Sleeps- OCDA SANTA ANA, CA- . Michael Eugene Upton has been charged with murdering his wife by shooting her in the head as she slept after becoming upset over the couple's financial problems, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office. Bail Bondsman Charged with Attorney Spam-Cavallo-Type Referral Scheme SANTA ANA, CA - - Bail bond agent Ronald Lee Brockway has been arrested and charged with soliciting attorney referrals and inmate business in an illegal bail bond referral scheme, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office. Brockway, 50, Seal Beach, is charged with two felony counts of violating bail license regulations and faces a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in state prison. He was arrested today by OCDA Investigators and is being held on $50,000 bail. A date and Department for arraignment are to be determine OC Sheriff’s Deputy Convicted of DUI related crash on OC Sup Campbell’s residence SANTA ANA, CA - Mark Wayne Hewlett , a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Department was convicted today of driving under the influence of alcohol after losing control of his car and crashing into a planter in the front yard of a Villa Park home. Warrant Issued for Former Police Officer Charged with Being a Beast SANTA ANA - According to the Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office, a warrant has been issued for Kevin Michael Sianez, a former police officer who failed to appear in court yesterday on charges of defrauding his clients while working as a private investigator. He has also been charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit bestiality. Mother and Boyfriend Charged With Child Abuse, Including Food Deprivation SANTA ANA, CA - Cheryl Ann Stuart, and Mario Alberto Colin - mother and her boyfriend were charged today with child abuse against two boys, ages 2 and 5 years old, who were continuously deprived of food and tied by their ankles to a bed. Stuart, 25, and Colin, 31, both of Santa Ana, are each charged with two felony counts of child abuse and two felony counts of corporal injury on a child. If convicted, both defendants face a maximum sentence of seven years and four months in state prison. Stuart and Colin are expected to be arraigned Monday, June 28, 2010. Villa Park DUI Checkpoints June 25 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint in the City of Villa Park on Friday, June 25, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. CPA for KIA Motors Gets Six for $900K Embezzlement SANTA ANA, CA - Cecile Nhung Campbell, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for Kia Motors America (Kia) was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison for embezzling over $889,000 from Kia with her husband and brother. Former PD Officer Faces 38 years - Charged with Being a Beast SANTA ANA, CA - Kevin Michael Sianez, a former police officer working as an unlicensed private investigator was charged today with defrauding his clients and intimidating his detractors, including threatening to burn down the house of a licensed private investigator. He has also been charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit bestiality. Women faces life for stabbing to kidnap baby in support of bogus pregnancy story SANTA ANA, CA - Gabriela Osorio is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for stabbing a new mother with the intention of kidnapping her infant child. Osorio, 28, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count each of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, kidnapping a child under 14 years of age, and first degree residential burglary, three felony counts of child abuse and endangerment, and two felony counts of criminal threats. She faces sentencing enhancements and allegations for having a non-accomplice present during a residential burglary, causing great bodily injury, and the personal use of a deadly weapon Six Guilty of $650K Travelers Cheques Fraud Scheme SANTA ANA, CA - Two defendants have been convicted of planning and recruiting four others in a $650,000 American Express Travelers Cheques fraud scheme. The six defendants have all pleaded guilty to fraudulently using forged American Express Travelers Cheques to purchase items at multiple retail stores and taking items back to collect a total of $650,000. The defendants were convicted of various charges in a 110-count criminal complaint including felony second degree commercial burglary, felony forgery, sentencing enhancements for loss over $100,000, aggravated white collar crime over $500,000, and crime-bail-crime. Four Charged with ATM Theft Conspiracy NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Richard Dwayne Bockman, Ricky Joe Coffey, Curtis Edward Weber and Charles Earl Roberts are scheduled to be arraigned on additional charges involved in a $400,000 conspiracy to steal Automated Teller Machines (ATM) using two stolen trucks and a stolen forklift. Alarming rise in short home sale fraud across in an industry rife with scam artists LOS ANGELES, CA – The California Attorney General joined the California Department of Real Estate and the State Bar of California yesterday, to warn homeowners about an alarming rise in short sale fraud across California in a field rife with scam artists. Employee Gone Postal Sentences to Six Months SANTA ANA - Eveline Panganiban Galermo, a former employee of the United Stated Postal Service (USPS) was sentenced today to six months in jail and three years of formal probation for stealing money, gift cards, and pre-paid calling cards from the mail by seeking out colored greeting card envelopes while sorting mail for distribution. Ladera Ranch’s Church Secretary Gets Five For Dipping into Collections Plate NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Crystina Renee Bock, former financial secretary for the Compass Bible Church (CBC) in Aliso Viejo was sentenced today to five years in state prison for stealing over $200,000 from the weekly offerings made by congregants to the church. Bock, 38, Ladera Ranch, pleaded guilty March 16, 2010, to 62 felony counts of grand theft with sentencing enhancement and allegations for aggravated white collar crime exceeding $100,000 and losses over $100,000. In addition to her sentence of five years in state prison, Bock has been ordered to pay over $200,000 in restitution.

Politics 

California's Triple Threat
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - We assert that the sucking sound you hear are all the jobs California is losing to Nevada, Texas and Utah, in large measure do to what we refer to as California's Triple Threat: 1) Public sector organized labor, 2) un-elected, un-checked parasitic bureaucracies and 3) lobbyists.

Of Parasitic Bureaucracies
We continue to assert that California’s Triple Threat is choking off California: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyist and 3) Parasitic bureaucracies. In the past, we have discussed the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC), the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), and the Air Quality Board (AQB) as an example of parasitic bureaucracies

Attorney General Gerry Brown's 2009 Legalized Murder Protection Act Special Report Is Out
Sacramento, CA - In its apparently infinite wisdom, the California Legislature passed Bill 780, the 2002 Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act requiring the Attorney General to collect and analyze information on crimes that violate reproductive rights and submit a report to the Legislature (California Penal Code section 13777), where section 13776(a) of the California Penal Code defines an anti-reproductive-rights crime as a crime “committed partly or wholly because the victim is a reproductive health services client, provider, or assistant, or a crime that is partly or wholly intended to intimidate the victim, any other person or entity, or any class of persons.” - view this as the Legalized Murder Protection Act (LMPA)

Democrats Recipe #1: Snatch Defeat from Jaws of Doom – Baby Whine Puree
I must confess that I was so annoyed when I first heard the anti-Whitman ad using a reporter to attack her voting record and asking the question “why?” some three or four times, I was ready to retire the television for the entire election season. The ad follows a GOP recipe to “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory,” attempting to disqualify Ms. Whitman from public service because she did not vote religiously and questions her motives for spending millions in her own campaign. As expected, the ad continues to run long after Ms. Whitman was selected as the GOP’s candidate to face politician-for-life Attorney General Gerry Brown.

Getting around public records act Excuse Number 9
The good news is that California government code section 6250 was enacted because the legislature recognized that access to information concerning the conduct of government employees is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state. Such information means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.

What is wrong with this picture?
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - A self-described staunch conservative found a compelling reason to send an e-mail blast yesterday asking for, you guessed it more donations. The way we see it, there are many problems with the request: This candidate not only lost, but lost badly in the primary elections. In fact, we called the California Trifecta one month before the primary. This implies that the failed candidate while preaching about “making government live within its means”, was really doing an Obamanesque impression of “do as I say, not as I do”. This is the same candidate who argued just a couple of years ago that earmarks are just a small portion of the total budget, for instance.

GOP Recipes For How to Snatch Defeat from Jaws of Victory
We saw this before. We predicted it before. We were right before: The day pundit Charles Krauthammer predicted 66%-33%, as so many other so-called conservative politicians did, that Health Care would be defeated, we predicted it would pass. The rationale was that the administration and Congress had nothing to loose and everything to win. It was all about mid-term elections. We were right. As we watched the primary elections, we continue to see how the GOP continues to perfect its recipe to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. For example:

The California Mud Wrestling Federation (MWF) 2010 Edition is here.
As soon as the polls closed and Meg Whitman was elected to represent the GOP in the California Governor’s race, in what promises to be one of the most watched races in the country, the mud started to fly:

Will All Laguna Woods Boards Stick Together?
To all of Leisure World/Laguna Woods VillageA lawsuit was filed by the Third Mutual 06/10/2010 in Orange County Superior Court for asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the unfair practices act and the elder abuse act and negligence. It is the United & GRF boards' fiduciary duty to protect the residents. They must follow Third Mutual with the same lawsuit, as we are all residents of Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village.

Laguna Woods Following the Yellow Book Road
Laguna Woods, CA - It is heretic for homeowners association to go against a property management company – after all, a whole multi-billion dollar industry has been built around the notion that since in a common interest development (CID) community, the board is composed of volunteers who come and go, it is up to the property management company and legal counsel to properly manage the “institutional brain” – that is, directors do mostly what the property management company and or legal counsel dictated. Just pay a visit to the Community Association Industry for a perfect example in support of the premise.

Laguna’s Foot is Finally in PCM’s Shoes – or is it Mouth?
Laguna Woods, CA – Community activist Mike Curtis waged a battle mostly centered around what he thought was lack of transparency and malfeasance on the part of the community’s property management company Professional Community Management, Inc (PCM). That fight he carried on to literally his last breadth, as he made calls from his death bed to other residents to make sure they continued the fight. It can be argued that PCM paid Mr. Curtis in kind plus interests:

Parasitic Bureaucracies

Calif Public Employees Retirement System Board Member Charged W Fraud
LOS ANGELES, CA- The California Attorney General (AG) today announced that the AG's office has filed a civil suit against former California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Board Member Alfred Villalobos, his company ARVCO Capital, and former CalPERS CEO Federico Fred Buenrostro, charging them with fraud

Of Parasitic Bureaucracies
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - We plan to update this page from time to time - so stay tuned, or send us suggestion,We continue to assert that California’s Triple Threat is choking off California: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyist and 3) Parasitic bureaucracies. In the past, we have discussed the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC), the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), and the Air Quality Board (AQB) as an example of parasitic bureaucracies.

The EEOC Says we are wrong – Criminals Deserve Jobs Too.
When clients ask us to suggest a cyber security plan, we start out with a number of questions, such as: Do you know about the $1,000 fence for the $1.00 horse? Who is the enemy? The answer usually leads us to the What and the Why of the final proposal. Turns out that some 70-90% of all security breaches are directly linked to insiders. These and other fact lead us to include a recommended best business hiring process, which includes a background check on potential employees, particularly those who may be chartered with guarding the aforementioned horse.

CAL. AG Lobbies US Senate - Refuses to join in Challenge to Constitutionality of HCR
LOS ANGELES, CA - As a financial reform package advances in the Senate and an unrelenting swarm of Wall Street lobbyists descends on Capitol Hill to block it, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today urged senators to preserve a critical portion of the legislation which allows states to join the fight against financial fraud on the front line. At the same time, as a number of Attorneys General and Governors accross the country swarm to challenge the constitutionality of the ObamaCare Bill, Brown refuses to join mostly because doing so politicizes the issue.

General Interest

California's Triple Threat
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - We assert that the sucking sound you hear are all the jobs California is losing to Nevada, Texas and Utah, in large measure do to what we refer to as California's Triple Threat: 1) Public sector organized labor, 2) un-elected, un-checked parasitic bureaucracies and 3) lobbyists.

Of Parasitic Bureaucracies
We continue to assert that California’s Triple Threat is choking off California: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyist and 3) Parasitic bureaucracies. In the past, we have discussed the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC), the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), and the Air Quality Board (AQB) as an example of parasitic bureaucracies

The $1,000 HOA Fence for a $1.00 Horse
We like to use the $1,000 fence for a $1.00 horse analogy to illustrate how a good number of executives fail to focus on the real issue and instead prefer to go into a rat’s nest of minutia, particularly when it comes to privacy and security

Group Hit In 'Hebrew Race' Discrimination Case - Families Win Multimillion Lawsuit Against Hemlock Associates Of Lakeville
A civil rights trial against a homeowner's association accused of discriminating against Jewish members has ended in a settlement that is believed to be the largest in Plymouth County history.

Laguna Woods United’s McNulty Full of Sound, No Fury, Signifies Nothing
Laguna Woods Village, CA – The Bard’s Macbeth seems to capture perfectly the community’s sentiments toward its local governance, when in Act Five, Scene Five Macbeth declares

The iPAD & iLAWX
Arguably, Apple Computer’s iPAD is revolutionizing the publishing industry forcing changes in content creation, distribution and improvements in electronic readers.

The Community Association Institute's Code of Ethics - Sort of
Arizona's Augustus Shaw IV, only recently joining CAI's College of Community Association Lawyers, was enjoined from running for state representative by a Maricopa superior court decision. Shaw was found to live in District 20, but wanted to run in District 17, and having given a number of justifications for living in District 17 as opposed to District 20. Now, it should be quite simple, even if you are not a lawyer, to know where one really lives, unless you are looking to pull a fast one. See the Minute Entry, http://www.courtmin utes.maricopa. gov/docs/ Civil/062010/ m4270712. pdf.

Coto de Caza Subsidizing Public Nuisance?
You suspect there is something wrong when visitors driving by look at you funny. You start to confirm there is something wrong when the obnoxiously loud music you hear is not Malibu rap AND your neighbor’s kid's Mustang is no where to be seen - explains why people were looking at you funny: they think YOU are the one playing the obnoxiously pounding loud drinking music. You know there is something wrong when the same pounding music continues for hours, the lights are off all around the neighborhood, and there does not seem to be anybody home

Will All Laguna Woods Boards Stick Together?
To all of Leisure World/Laguna Woods VillageA lawsuit was filed by the Third Mutual 06/10/2010 in Orange County Superior Court for asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the unfair practices act and the elder abuse act and negligence. It is the United & GRF boards' fiduciary duty to protect the residents. They must follow Third Mutual with the same lawsuit, as we are all residents of Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village.

Laguna Woods Following the Yellow Book Road
Laguna Woods, CA - It is heretic for homeowners association to go against a property management company – after all, a whole multi-billion dollar industry has been built around the notion that since in a common interest development (CID) community, the board is composed of volunteers who come and go, it is up to the property management company and legal counsel to properly manage the “institutional brain” – that is, directors do mostly what the property management company and or legal counsel dictated. Just pay a visit to the Community Association Industry for a perfect example in support of the premise.

Laguna’s Foot is Finally in PCM’s Shoes – or is it Mouth?
Laguna Woods, CA – Community activist Mike Curtis waged a battle mostly centered around what he thought was lack of transparency and malfeasance on the part of the community’s property management company Professional Community Management, Inc (PCM). That fight he carried on to literally his last breadth, as he made calls from his death bed to other residents to make sure they continued the fight. It can be argued that PCM paid Mr. Curtis in kind plus interests:

Public Education

An argument for a Paradigm Shift in Public Education – One in a series
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Arguably, there is a need for a paradigm shift in public education. That is, a radical transformation, as opposed to the continuous partisan bickering, such as the one going on in CAPO.To be clear, “radical transformation” means different things to different people - not in the words must mean something demagoguery sense: visionary leaders see what others can’t see, for example.

Taking Don Corleone to (CUSD) School
A preview of the 2010 Elections now playing at your Local Capo. - The Teacher’s Union CAPORancho Santa Margarita, CA - It is an understatement to say that the teachers’ union dislikes the transformation going on in the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) aka CAPO. – What with the last three elections placing Seven Republican trustees, dubbed the Lucky Seven, on the board. On day one of the Lucky Seven, union members threatened to recall the new board members from office. Local union bosses called in reinforcements from Then California Teachers Association (CTA).

CAPO Teachers are Nice - CUSD board not Nice
A Capo teacher opines that CAPO teachers are nice - the problem is with the fiscally responsible CUSD board members. We agree - CAPO teacher are nice:Teachers are nice and want everyone else to be nice, this is the main reason teachers endorse criminalizing home schooling - Parents are NOT nice - they teach hateful thinks such as values, work ethics, commitment and g

Around  HOAs

The $1,000 HOA Fence for a $1.00 Horse
We like to use the $1,000 fence for a $1.00 horse analogy to illustrate how a good number of executives fail to focus on the real issue and instead prefer to go into a rat’s nest of minutia, particularly when it comes to privacy and security

Will All Laguna Woods Boards Stick Together?
To all of Leisure World/Laguna Woods VillageA lawsuit was filed by the Third Mutual 06/10/2010 in Orange County Superior Court for asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the unfair practices act and the elder abuse act and negligence. It is the United & GRF boards' fiduciary duty to protect the residents. They must follow Third Mutual with the same lawsuit, as we are all residents of Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village.

Laguna Woods Following the Yellow Book Road
Laguna Woods, CA - It is heretic for homeowners association to go against a property management company – after all, a whole multi-billion dollar industry has been built around the notion that since in a common interest development (CID) community, the board is composed of volunteers who come and go, it is up to the property management company and legal counsel to properly manage the “institutional brain” – that is, directors do mostly what the property management company and or legal counsel dictated. Just pay a visit to the Community Association Industry for a perfect example in support of the premise.

Laguna’s Foot is Finally in PCM’s Shoes – or is it Mouth?
Laguna Woods, CA – Community activist Mike Curtis waged a battle mostly centered around what he thought was lack of transparency and malfeasance on the part of the community’s property management company Professional Community Management, Inc (PCM). That fight he carried on to literally his last breadth, as he made calls from his death bed to other residents to make sure they continued the fight. It can be argued that PCM paid Mr. Curtis in kind plus interests:

Group Hit In 'Hebrew Race' Discrimination Case - Families Win Multimillion Lawsuit Against Hemlock Associates Of Lakeville
A civil rights trial against a homeowner's association accused of discriminating against Jewish members has ended in a settlement that is believed to be the largest in Plymouth County history.

Laguna Woods United’s McNulty Full of Sound, No Fury, Signifies Nothing
Laguna Woods Village, CA – The Bard’s Macbeth seems to capture perfectly the community’s sentiments toward its local governance, when in Act Five, Scene Five Macbeth declares

The Laguna Woods Ultimatum Redux
Thank you for writing and publishing the story of the lawsuit, filed by Third Mutual, in the CotoBuzz Journal dated 06-11-2010. It is time this story was told. The late Mike Curtis was fighting for action to be taken against PCM's mis-management of our Laguna Woods Village, practically until his dying day. I am submitting a Letter to the Editor to the Orange County Register - copy below in hopes that it will publish it. I feel it is very important that the Ultimatum contained in the piece published by the CotoBuzz Journal is also published elsewhere for all residents to see. Most only see the lovely gardens and the amiable workers. They do not really see what has gone on and how much it has, and will continue to, cost them. Thank you for your support and consideration.

The iPAD & iLAWX
Arguably, Apple Computer’s iPAD is revolutionizing the publishing industry forcing changes in content creation, distribution and improvements in electronic readers.

The Community Association Institute's Code of Ethics - Sort of
Arizona's Augustus Shaw IV, only recently joining CAI's College of Community Association Lawyers, was enjoined from running for state representative by a Maricopa superior court decision. Shaw was found to live in District 20, but wanted to run in District 17, and having given a number of justifications for living in District 17 as opposed to District 20. Now, it should be quite simple, even if you are not a lawyer, to know where one really lives, unless you are looking to pull a fast one. See the Minute Entry, http://www.courtmin utes.maricopa. gov/docs/ Civil/062010/ m4270712. pdf.

Coto de Caza Subsidizing Public Nuisance?
You suspect there is something wrong when visitors driving by look at you funny. You start to confirm there is something wrong when the obnoxiously loud music you hear is not Malibu rap AND your neighbor’s kid's Mustang is no where to be seen - explains why people were looking at you funny: they think YOU are the one playing the obnoxiously pounding loud drinking music. You know there is something wrong when the same pounding music continues for hours, the lights are off all around the neighborhood, and there does not seem to be anybody home

The We don’t Need No Stinkin’ Forensic Audit Fallacy  Laguna Wood Village, CA  - 06-18-2010  We have been told by PCM and assorted board members that the cost of a forensic audit is in the millions. HA! HA

Will All Laguna Woods Boards Stick Together? - To all of Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village   A lawsuit was filed by the Third Mutual 06/10/2010  in Orange County Superior Court  for asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the unfair practices act and the elder abuse act and negligence.

LETTERS

The We don’t Need No Stinkin’ Forensic Audit Fallacy Laguna Wood Village, CA  - 06-18-2010  We have been told by PCM and assorted board members that the cost of a forensic audit is in the millions. HA! HA

Will All Laguna Woods Boards Stick Together?
To all of Leisure World/Laguna Woods VillageA lawsuit was filed by the Third Mutual 06/10/2010 in Orange County Superior Court for asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the unfair practices act and the elder abuse act and negligence. It is the United & GRF boards' fiduciary duty to protect the residents. They must follow Third Mutual with the same lawsuit, as we are all residents of Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village.

Business

RSM Business Alliance Off to a Flying Start

Yesterday, April 07, 2010, 8:11:32 PM

Beverage-container recycling fraud rings busted - leads to Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
SACRAMENTO, CA -The California Attorney General's (AG) office announced today that special agents with the Department of Justice,in conjunction with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), arrested thirty one individuals, while shutting down three beverage-container recycling fraud rings in which the culprits trucked millions of cans and bottles from Arizona and Nevada to illegally claim California Redemption Value (CRV) refunds totaling some $3.5 million which would be used to operate the state's recycling program.

CVS Pharmacy tech charged with Embezzling $400K in Vicodin
HOLLISTER, CA - The California Attorney General (AG) announced yesterday that a former CVS pharmacy technician and her husband have been charged with 15 felony counts after the woman embezzled tens of thousands of highly addictive prescription pills worth $400,000 from her employer to supply to her drug-dealing husband.

Community/Campus/Art/Entertainment

The Return of the Saddleback Civic Light Opera

Today, June 09, 2010, 2 hours ago

Mission Viejo, CA – After being benched for two years, the Saddleback Civic Light Opera (SCLO) is back at home plate and ready to hit a grand slam homerun with the production of Damn Yankees. This endearing musical comedy, based on the novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, by Douglas Wallop, and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, hits the McKinney Theatre stage on July 16th. Directed by James R. Taulli, with Musical Direction by Diane King Vann and Choreography by William F. Lett, Damn Yankees is the return of a tradition at Saddleback Co

A Journey for the Young at Art At Saddleback College

Wednesday, June 02, 2010, 2:41:26 PM

Mission Viejo, CA – The Department of Performing Arts is announcing a new hands-on art experience as part of the Passport to the Arts summer series at Saddleback College . Children will be able to enter into the world of puppetry, a rhythm workshop and spinning tops before they are entertained by the actual show. Dru Maurer with the City of Mission Viejo Library Services – Cultural Services will instruct the art classes along with the help of her Cultural Arts Committee.

American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at RSM

Wednesday, June 02, 2010, 2:40:42 PM

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – the City of Rancho Santa Margarita (RSM) will be hosting a Rela For Life BBQ, Thursday June 10th, 2010 starting at 10:30 AM to be held at the City Hall Entrance Breezeway

Memorial Day Weekend's Annual KSBR's Bash at Saddleback CollegeX

Friday, May 21, 2010, 10:12:15 PM

Mission Viejo , CA – If its Memorial Day weekend, it’s time to hang out on the Village Green and listen to great jazz! David Benoit, Hiroshima , Greg Adams, and Evelyn Champagne are just a few of the biggest stars in contemporary jazz that will converge on Mission Viejo for the annual KSBR Birthday Bash Jazz Festival. The Bash, which returns to the Village Green at Oso Viejo Park on Sunday, May 30th, is the major fundraising event for KSBR-FM, Mission Viejo’s own community radio station at Saddleback College . A total of more than 40 jazz artists are scheduled to play at the unique event, in which jazz headliners often leave their own bands behind to play with each other. Because of contractual obligations, many of the biggest stars cannot be announced until they actually step on stage, which makes the event even more fun and surprising. Great jazz performers who can be announced include: Brian Bromberg, Chieli Minucci, Dan Siegel, Richard Smith, Freddie Fox, Max Bennett, Blake Aaron, Freddie

Angels for the Arts Reception at Saddleback College

Friday, May 21, 2010, 9:54:12 PM

Mission Viejo , CA – Students in the Arts at Saddleback College were treated to a cozy setting on the McKinney Theatre stage to receive their $1,000 scholarships from the Angels for the Arts on Tuesday night, April 11th. The six recipients, their parents and friends joined the Angels Board and Performing Arts staff for dessert and coffee for this intimate ceremony. Angels Board members presented background on each of the award-winners and the students received the generous check during this exchange.