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RPMT, Deacon Gary & Christine Mucho, Rossmoor, St. Hedwig's Catholic Church
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Community

RPMT’s excellent Saturday

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

The following report was submitted by David and Rebecca Lara of the Rossmoor Predator Management Team (RPMT). Our Saturday [Feb. 12] started with neighbors. Deacon Gary and Christine Mucho requested volunteers from St. Hedwig to help a Rossmoor neighbor with her front yard that needed gardening. Giovanni and Nick gladly signed up. RPMT delivered trash [...]

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Editorial

Orange County Breeze Newspaper on Facebook

Posted February 12, 2012 by shelley

Orange County Breeze has had a business page for months. We’ve wanted to secure a username for our business page, but Facebook requires a minimum of 25 “likes” before a page username can be claimed. We have almost twice that number, so this morning our Web Gnome claimed our Facebook username: oc.breeze.newspaper. Thank you to [...]

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cell phone, telephone, fraud, scam, robo-call
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Crime

RPMT member warns of encounter with phone scammers

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

The following information was released by the Rossmoor Predator Management Team (RPMT). A team member describes a recent encounter with phone scammers. I received a voice mail message from an unfamiliar area code claiming to be from a senior investigator stating that I apparently have an association with a particular individual, and that check fraud [...]

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National Weather Services GOES-West satellite image, 2k infrared, 12 Feb. 2012
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Calendar

Seven-day weather forecast for OCB Country, 12 Feb. 2012 through 18 Feb. 2012

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

This information comes from the National Weather Service in San Diego. Forecast details Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 50. South wind around 5 mph becoming east. Monday: Showers [...]

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Cypress College Auto Tech winners
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Cypress College

Cypress College Auto Tech students win trip to NASCAR Acceleration Weekend

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

This article by Cypress College Public Information Officer Marc S. Posner was originally published in @Cypress online (PDF), the college’s online newspaper. The 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame included an invitation to Cypress College Auto Tech students Isaak Sawyer and Chris Juarez when they participated in the inaugural NASCAR Acceleration Weekend in Charlotte, N.C., on [...]

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OCTA, WCC, East Segment Map
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Government

West Orange County Connectors Project freeway closures for the week of Feb. 12

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

The following information was released by the West Orange County Connectors Project of the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA). Nighttime closures are scheduled Sunday night, Feb. 12, through Saturday night, Feb. 18, to allow for pile driving and falsework installation as part of the reconstruction of the west half of the Valley View St. bridge; [...]

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Oxford Academy
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Oxford Academy

Oxford Academy places third in Division II of OC Academic Decathlon

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

The Orange County Register reported that Oxford Academy placed third in Division II of the 2012 Orange County Academic Decathlon (OCAD). Top teams were named at the OCAD Awards Ceremony held at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa on Feb. 9. Valencia High School in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District beat out last year’s [...]

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Orange County Breeze, coverage map
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Editorial

Top Ten Stories for Feb. 5 through Feb. 11

Posted February 12, 2012 by shelley

These were the most read stories at Orange County Breeze from Jan. 29 through Feb. 4: Troy Edgar switches targets from Congress to State Assembly RCSD refuses to exempt disabled homeowner from tree policy U.S. Marshals seeking fugitive founder of fraudulent Navy charity RPMT reports that so-called e-leash violates Orange County leash law CIF-SS announces [...]

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JFTB, Black History Month, 79th SSC, Scherry Douglas
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Community

Army Reserve Celebrates Black Women in American culture and history: excellence and integrity

Posted February 12, 2012 by courtesy

Story by Army Sgt.1st Class C. L. Beal, 79th Sustainment Support Command Public Affairs Soldiers and Civilians of the 79th Sustainment Support Command (SSC) celebrated the hardships, actions and achievements of Black women in American culture and history at an African American Heritage Month observance on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, Calif. Feb 6. [...]

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