Orange County

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, (Feb. 15, 2012) – Voit Real Estate Services has directed seven transactions in Southern California totaling 277,845 square feet for a total consideration of $11.2 million. Transaction #1 Trent Walker, a Senior Vice President in Voit’s Irvine office, directed the $2.5 million sale of a 16,240 square-foot indusial property located at 27402 Aliso Viejo Parkway in Aliso Viejo, Calif.   Walker represented the seller, Ossur Americas, Inc., a global producer of...Read Full Story

Orange County California has been hit with the Housing Crisis as much as the rest of the country. Foreclosures, Short Sales .....many Mission Viejo families have had to deal with these realities. During the process, so many times the home owner is just trying to get through the day, and the transaction. But what happens after it's over? Financial Recovery! After you complete a foreclosure....or hopefully a short sale....you then need to reassess and recover. Now is the time to make good...Read Full Story

With her business failing and her home about to be foreclosed, Carrie Goff never thought her life would start looking up so suddenly. But on Monday, a teary-eyed Goff and her two daughters, Kaylee, 17, and Madison, 10, received a gift they described as a blessing. Kaylee Goff, who at 17 is old enough to drive her family's new ride, takes the wheel as her mother, Carrie, sits shotgun. JOSH FRANCIS, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER MORE PHOTOS » ADVERTISEMENT The Foothill Ranch...Read Full Story

A traffic advisory is in effect Thursday morning while President Barack Obama visits a Corona del Mar home for a breakfast fundraiser . From 6 a.m. to noon Newport Beach police said the following streets will be closed to parking and traffic ( view map ): ADVERTISEMENT •Seaward Road from East Coast Highway to Driftwood Road •Evening Canyon Road from Morning Canyon Road to Shorecliff Road •Driftwood Road from Morning Canyon to Shorecliff Road •Morning Canyon Road from East...Read Full Story

ALISO VIEJO – Staff at Don Juan Avila Middle School returned to school on Monday to discover a break-in over the weekend. Three Mac computers and an LCD projector were stolen, Principal Josh Wellikson said in an email to parents. The school also experienced vandalism. ADVERTISEMENT Anyone with information should call the front office at 949-362-0348 to speak with an administrator, Wellikson said. Contact the writer: ckoerner@ocregister.com or 949-454-7309 More from...Read Full Story

Tweet Eleven Orange County residents are among the the political equivalent of “the 1 percent” — donors to SuperPACs. During 2011 they each wrote checks for $25,000 or more, 10 times the maximum donation permitted to a candidate under federal election laws. The big winner in the dash for Orange County cash is Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney . His SuperPAC, Restore Our Future , has vacuumed up $310,000, just under a quarter of the total collected by all SuperPACs in the...Read Full Story

Tweet It’s going to be a nice sunny day today, so don’t spend the day doing chores. Why sit home, just because you don’t want to spend any money? Here are things to do that will cost you little or nothing. All events are free unless I have noted the small fee. And, if I forgot any, add them at the bottom.! Have fun out there. Today, Sat. Feb. 4, 2012: Anaheim: Free admission before 10:30 at Ultra Heat Lounge Anaheim: O.C. Black History Month Parade and Cultural Fair...Read Full Story

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Tweet For the 22 business days ending Jan. 26 — DataQuick’s freshest stats — South Coast homebuying patterns showed: 117 homes were bought in the region in the period — -16% vs. a year ago. Countywide, it was -6% vs. a year earlier. The sales-weighted average of median price changes in South Coast ZIPs was 10% vs. a year ago. Price change in all Orange County beach towns ran -13% vs. a year ago. Countywide, it was -4% vs. a year earlier. For a detailed report on countywide...Read Full Story

Tweet Plein Air painting in Laguna Beach If you enjoy art, then you may like what’s going on today in Laguna Beach: A free open studio tour of numerous artists. There’s even a shuttle bus that will haul you around. Click here to see a map of the open artist studios today This event also repeats on March 3, 2012. You can view the art, meet the artists and see their studios, and maybe buy something if you feel inclined. The artists and artisans make everything from hand...Read Full Story