Ladera Ranch News

LADERA RANCH Dressed in his best suit, Ethan Malamatenios took a pair of white gloves from his young companion and set them aside.

Ladera Ranch Middle School All-Star students from left, Connor McManus, 13, and Xavier Gerken, 12, wrap toiletries and cards for veterans in the VA Long Beach Healthcare System.

The Jewish Community of Ladera Ranch Club partners with Ladera Ranch Community Services, or LARCS, to host the annual community event.

LADERA RANCH Six months after he moved in, the first floor of Gary Hewitt's Ladera Ranch home flooded thanks to a pinhole leak in his copper pipes.

Luxury burgers in Orange County are typically limited to the specials board. The Wagyu beef burger at The Playground in Santa Ana, the Black Label dry-age rib-eye burger at Crow Bar and Kitchen in Corona del Mar, and the short rib and rib-eye steak burger at Arc in Costa Mesa.

Pure Pilates, which has studios in Laguna Niguel and Ladera Ranch, plans to open at the end of next month if the Planning Commission approves a permit for it on Dec. 4, said Derek Bingham, the city's assistant planner.

Kindergartner Gabriel Minero of Ladera Ranch makes his move during the 38th annual Staser Fall Scholastic Chess Tournament presented by Hanley Chess Academy and American Chess Equipment Saturday at Orange County Great Park in Irvine.

Ladera Ranch Civic Councilman Michael Mazza Monday resigned from the council by having council chairman Connor Traut read a letter of resignation announcing his decision.

Petty theft , 5:55 p.m. 27700 block of Antonio Parkway. A 42-year-old man was arrested after stealing a couple of shirts, headphones and shoes.

The percentage does not include San Juan Hills or Tesoro high schools, which Ladera Ranch students attend but are outside of Ladera.

LADERA RANCH In the days after Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines, Joanne Frigillana Bermudez was sitting in a prayer circle with friends, coworkers and members of Village Presbyterian Church in Ladera Ranch.

State tax officials are preparing to visit nearly 12,000 businesses in Aliso Viejo, Ladera Ranch and other California cities to find any retailers who are unlicensed or failing to pay their sales or use taxes.

More than 300 shoppers raised $3,200 for Children's Hospital of Orange County during the second annual Tinkerbell Guild's Holiday Boutique at Stoneybrooke Christian School in Ladera Ranch Tuesday.

Ladera Ranch resident Joanne Frigillana Bermudez, who has relatives and friends in the Philippines, and Dane Sombrano, a co-worker at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, have started a relief effort to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Richard Woloski grabs a hold of Oso Grande Elementary School student Justin Collings, 9, during one of his comedic magic routines.

Within the next two weeks, the skate park will be staffed by an attendant who will make sure only Ladera Ranch residents and their guests have access to the park and that skaters follow safety rules.

The following Mission Viejo and Ladera Ranch residents were among 1,422 students named to Biola University's Spring 2013 Dean's List for academic excellence: Biola students are placed on the Dean's List to honor those with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in twelve of more credit units and whose cumulative grade point average ... (more)

For eight years, Laurie Quilligan pulled packs of dogs along the winding sidewalks and wooded trails of Coto de Caza.