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Rudy Padrol May 16, 2013 at 08:24 pm
They Should PAY bottom LINE...... I am on your side Board Chairman Shawn Nelson! get a new board!
MFriedrich May 16, 2013 at 09:54 am
These kids don't have two cents to rub together anyway.
I'm imaging this cause and effect scenario:…Read More While getting "Saddleback Mountain High" on meth, they dropped their smoking pipe to the ground in search of more interesting things like happy butterflies to ride and delicious dry top soil to chew on.
Seconds later, a massive conflagration ignites and spreads to burn down Cook's Corner, local homes, campings sites and stables.
Good thing that didn't happen, but just imagine the outrage and calls for reimbursement...
Shripathi Kamath May 16, 2013 at 09:28 am
Um, I think I see it a little differently. The reason to charge them is not because of that drug…Read More thingy -- that can or should be pursued as a separate legal matter. The only reason to recover costs would have been for negligence coupled with endangering others.
I vaguely remember that till the "drug thing came down" these victims were getting the customary "confuse victim as hero" worship. Then it turned ugly.
The motivation now seems to be "Well they did drugs, so let's punish them monetarily" which would still have merit if there was cause and effect
Shripathi Kamath May 14, 2013 at 09:09 pm
Where's the fanfare surrounding this man's heroism (?) like what was all the buzz when the two…Read More hikers were extracted a few weeks ago?
Martin Henderson (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 08:43 am
Appreciate your concern, but that's the way they are denoted in the blotter by OCSD; not all blacks…Read More are African Americans, just as all whites are not American (they could be Russian, for example). Maybe I should have said "one black" instead of "a black" (to denote one); my apologies.
M May 12, 2013 at 10:57 am
"a black"....? That's an racially questionable way to refer to someone Martin.
Martin Henderson (Editor) May 12, 2013 at 07:26 am
Lo, your comment has been deleted because, frankly, it's racist. Don't make it about a particular…Read More ethnic group unless you can logically make your case. I just did a quick look at the last 10 arrests in Lake Forest: six whites (including a woman), a black and three hispanics. My point, there's plenty of blame to go around. If you're going to generalize while indicting an entire race of people, show a little credibility to go with it.
Besides, no one indicated Mares was from Lake Forest or that he committed his crimes here. He was simply captured in Lake Forest.
pjd May 11, 2013 at 08:38 pm
Parents have a responsibility to supervise their children - that's part of the job. Growing up in…Read More Southern California we always had the rule when the streetlights came on we had to be home or else. If we whined there was nothing to do we were assigned chores which we did for free. Re some comments: It is amazing that lazy adults allow children to set the rules.
Marc Loopesko May 11, 2013 at 04:55 pm
it seems that these people, the way that they were fighting over the money, would have not called…Read More the police unless they knew about the reward money.....
sad statement about society these days
Eric Bergstrom May 10, 2013 at 10:16 pm
There are probably some readers out there who would pay for that.
MFriedrich May 6, 2013 at 12:38 am
Congratulations to the red Volvo driving soccer mom that almost killed me while running a red light…Read More on Lake forest Dr. I hope you arrived at school in time to pick up your kids.
Homer May 4, 2013 at 02:52 am
IT'S OPEN... IT'S OPEN... IT'S OPEN !!!
The last street signs were picked up around 7:30pm
MisturChips April 29, 2013 at 02:54 pm
How about background checks before building one, and limit them to 2 1/2 feet for depth? Oh, then…Read More we can tax the chlorine tablets and filter material, too! pool toys must then be stored in a separate, locked container during transport...
El Toro Resident April 27, 2013 at 08:01 pm
Book him, jail time and then drop him off in Santa Ana. He will blend in....
Carol April 13, 2013 at 06:22 pm
My heart goes out to the Warren family in their time of sorrow. I imagine there will be a lot of…Read More questions they will be asking themselves in the years and months to come as they work through the stages of their grief. I just know that this kind of pain never goes away - I have lost three family members to suicide by gun......there are no easy answers....you who are left behind must learn to live with the awful consequences of someone else's decision to leave this world with so many issues unadressed or unresolved......
Ken Webb April 12, 2013 at 05:08 pm
Sadly,...no one noticed for about 7.5 hours. Ooh,... And a tool designed AS a weapon - it is and…Read More always will be a weapon. It's not a flashlight or a FORK,... Or even a hammer or knife. A gun is a weapon,... Pointing it at a person or at a empty soda can doesn't change that. It is and will continue to be foremost a weapon. A gun is a weapon. If people truly had the motive just to brake clay discs or target practice,... They can get a gun that shoots bb's or bean bags,... If they laugh at the idea and insist on bullets,....well then,...they choose it as a weapon 1st and foremost,...WHICH IS FINE,... My goodness. That IS what a GUN is FOR. It is to destroy what you are shooting at,.....not to massage it,...or just knock it over,...it is to destroy the intended target.
Now,... For the rest of us,.... Suicide is very very common amount young folks. I have always wondered if depressed gay kids who are bullied and beaten who commit suicide are unforgivable in their death according to the above mentioned church or if suicide by depression is more acceptable. Or if the suicide gay youths are deemed less in anyway over a clinically depressed - well loved by friends and family - suicide is more acceptable. Either way,...it is VERY tragic!
MFriedrich April 9, 2013 at 02:36 pm
I know a lot of people who like sports bars too.
Except they don't go around killing innocent…Read More people through reckless and impaired driving. I'd wager that at least 90% of them know how to use this now pervasive, 30 year old technology called a cell phone to dial a local cab when their too plastered to drive.
Condolences to the family for this senseless loss.
Jessica Slifca April 9, 2013 at 12:20 pm
No! Ted was a very sweet individual. I haven't seen him since high school. So sad. I feel for his…Read More fiancé. This was supposed to be an exciting time for her. I hope this DUI is punished properly. Too many good people are being taken out this way.
Kevin McManus April 9, 2013 at 10:56 am
California has some of the strictest drunk driving laws in the nation. Maybe you'd prefer a more…Read More "liberal" state like Texas?
El Toro Resident April 9, 2013 at 01:26 am
Not only is it entertainment to view idiots in our neighborhoods doing stupid things and getting…Read More busted for it, but it's entertaining at best some of these names. Don't people think when naming your child at some point that name might come back to haunt you? Some of these names sound like diseases ie: Emetrio...female reproductive system.
Martin Henderson (Editor) April 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Have added quotation marks into the headline to make it more apparent the words aren't coming from…Read More Patch, though the text of the story made that pretty evident. Hope you found the headline less offensive than the actions of those involved. Thanks for your comment and keeping us on our toes.
HereForNow April 29, 2013 at 08:19 pm
Any idea what site he was at? I hope not my child's. Were all parents notified?
Sundyrse59 April 28, 2013 at 11:37 am
I hope Bubba shows hime some love, it would appear that his parents didn't show him any and that is…Read More why he acted out. Maybe he can get Bubba to be his daddy and Bubba's boyfriend will be his mommy and together he will get double the love while he is in prison.
grace kelly May 10, 2013 at 09:57 pm
Why haven't they charged him yet and if they don't start doing something race will will start to be…Read More a factor here. There have been a lot of good kids that have put up with harassment from the OC Sheriff's department, for walking down the street. All of my children graduated from this school god no one this time was hurt this time. This happened at the end of April STILL NO CHARGES FILED BAIL AMOUNT.? No I think this case needs a little squeak. LA Times
Peter Schelden (Editor) May 2, 2013 at 05:26 pm
No he has not, C.M. I'm going to call the D.A. and find out whether or not he'll be charged.
Jenny Morgenstern May 2, 2013 at 05:01 pm
As most comnents have stated, this was a momenrary lapse of any sort of sense on the part of this…Read More student. He and the THREE other students who read and checked what he typed PRIOR to hitting the send button were high, drunk and/or not in a normal state of mind for a student. I'm not excusing what they did but these dumb, immature KIDS had a chemically induced lapse of judgement. One will suffer for the rest of his days because he's 18. Of course he was expelled.
Peter Schelden (Editor) April 25, 2013 at 10:40 pm
This story has been updated. A student was arrested following the bomb hoax:…Read More http://missionviejo.patch.com/articles/trabuco-student-arrested-for-felony-bomb-threat
PPT Patty April 25, 2013 at 10:34 pm
I have absolutely no confidence in the school and/or disctrict administration from my own…Read More personal/past experience. Maybe someone should tell Tammy Blakely, the spokeswoman for the Saddleback Valley Unified School District that their drill at THHS failed miserably. All I can say is that if someone wants to email a bomb scare to THHS - they better send it with > 24 hours advance notice to give the administration time to read it! Our kids could have been dead by the time they reacted! I'm counting the days until my daughter is out of that school...the count is at 39 (school days) as of today!
MFriedrich April 25, 2013 at 06:47 pm
I don't know the sequence of events. According to reports, she was certainly rude and wrong to cut…Read More in line at a restaurant. These guys used poor judgement in their response. She did not deserve to be spit upon (as reported) or even verbally abused. Though I imagine both probably happened.
She should have called police immediately at that point, but like an idiot, called her emo boyfriend instead who was drinking at another bar in Foothill.
The deceased had an opportunity to diffuse the situation completely on their own by just keeping their mouths closed, ordering their food and keeping her transgression to themselves. But their judgement was impaired.
I learned something from this tragic story. As angry as I might get about someone else's behavior to another person or myself, even if it's threatening to me and people I care about, it's almost ALWAYS way better to regain self-control, stay calm and then quickly extricate yourself from the situation. Less is more.
First, it's often just not worth it. This girl was not worth it.
Second, in CA you just never know how who you're dealing with or whether they will overreact.
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