Public Services
The City of Mission Viejo is facilitating a record number of projects this year that are helping local Boy Scouts reach the prestigious rank of Eagle.
By year’s end, nearly 50 projects will have been completed that not only help the scouts reach the highest ranking attainable in the boy scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America but also benefit our environment and beautify the area.
Kudos to the latest scouts to step up to the plate and complete projects in our City:
When most people think about ground movement, they probably think of an earthquake, especially here in California. However, the ground can move without a quake.
As part of an ongoing effort to educate residents in emergency preparedness, the City of Mission Viejo is offering detailed information through the Emergency Survival Program (ESP). This guide features monthly topics, historical information and what you can do now to prepare. December's focus is on landslides and mudslides.
The City of Mission Viejo and AYSO Soccer Region 84 are teaming up to host a blood drive Monday, November 20 to benefit the American Red Cross.
The blood drive is from noon to 6 p.m. in City Hall’s Saddleback Room at 200 Civic Center.
The need for blood is constant and the public’s contribution is important for a healthy and reliable blood supply, according to the Red Cross.
The City of Mission Viejo continues to enjoy the fruit of local scouts’ labor through landscape and other projects that benefit our environment and help beautify the area.
The following Boy Scouts have recently completed projects that put them in line to obtain the prestigious rank of Eagle.
Ethan Richardson of Boy Scout Troop #772 and his merry band of volunteers planted hundreds of plants and a 15-gallon oak tree on the slope along Trabuco Road between Los Alisos and Via Madrigal.
Ahead of the winter season, the City of Mission Viejo is offering free sandbags for residents to protect their properties from possible flooding that could occur with significant winter rain storms.
Sandbags are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through April on a first-come, first-served basis. Bags are pre-filled and are limited to 10 bags per resident. Residents can pick-up sandbags throughout the City at the following self-serve locations:
Craycraft (Alicia) Park, 23650 Via Linda
Animal Services Center, 28095 Hillcrest
As part of an ongoing effort to educate residents in emergency preparedness, the City of Mission Viejo is offering detailed information through the Emergency Survival Program (ESP). This guide features monthly topics, historical information and what you can do now to prepare. November's focus is on wildfires.
Unfortunately, this topic is timely: Recent fires in Napa, Sonoma and other Northern California counties together have been the deadliest and most destructive in state history. Closer to home, vegetative fires have burned homes and continue to cause extensive damage.
With an excessive heat warning issued through Wednesday night, the City of Mission Viejo is encouraging residents to take precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses. The Mission Viejo Library at 100 Civic Center; Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way; and Marguerite Tennis Pavilion at 27474 Casta Del Sol all serve as comfortable cooling centers for folks to beat the heat.
To stay safe during extreme heat, remember the following tips:
That is the premise of the Great California ShakeOut, a drill City of Mission Viejo employees and some local schools and businesses will participate in at 10:19 a.m. on October 19. The annual ShakeOut provides people with an opportunity to practice how to protect themselves during earthquakes.
Unless you are driving, the simple answer if the ground starts to shake is to drop, take cover and hold on.
As part of an ongoing effort to educate residents in emergency preparedness, the City of Mission Viejo is offering detailed information through the Emergency Survival Program (ESP). This guide features monthly topics, historical information and what you can do now to prepare. October’s focus is on earthquakes.
Southern California Edison (SCE) is performing routine electrical maintenance this week that will cause two temporary power outages impacting hundreds of Mission Viejo homes.
The first planned outage is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 12 on the north side of Trabuco Road to about 840 feet west of Modesto. It will impact 112 residences and two businesses.