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Latest home-selling stats from DataQuick show for the 22 business days ended Sept. 15 shows that O.C. homebuying runs 25.7% above a year ago. Selling doubled or more in 17 O.C. ZIPs - including all six covering Santa Ana. The 17, and their year-over-year gain ...

1. Santa Ana 92703 (+450%)
2. Santa Ana 92706 (+300%)
3. Santa Ana 92707 (+300%)
4. Anaheim 92806 (+266.7%)
5. Anaheim 92805 (+221.1%)
6. Anaheim 92807 (+200% )
7. Garden Grove 92844 (+200%)
8. Santa Ana 92704 (+171.4%)
9. Garden Grove 92843 (+170%)
10. Tustin 92780 (+161.1%)
11. Anaheim 92804 (+144.4%)
12. Fountain Valley 92708 (+142.9%)
13. Santa Ana 92701 (+130.8%)
14. Anaheim 92801 (+128.6%)
15. Westminster 92683 (+128%)
16. Newport Beach 92662 (+100%)
17. Santa Ana 92705 (+100%)

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Monsters Wanted in Laguna Niguel!

Monster volunteers are wanted and welcome to participated in this years haunted trails. Sign Ups will take place on Monday, October 6th, at Crown Valley Park. Monsters must be at least 14 years old, willing to wear creepy clothing, put on make-up, practice "safe scare" techniques and have the ability to scream loudly and follow directions.

Mandatory training dates will take place on October 16th, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and October 22, from 6:30 to 8:30. For more information visit www.ci.laguna-niguel.ca.us/currentevents.asp or call (949)-425-5100.

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Just days ago, the nation's biggest thrift and once biggest mortgage lender, earned a final, notorious distinction Thursday: It became the biggest U.S. bank in history to fail. WaMu has been struggling to turn itself around for the past year, after it became clear falling home prices and the collapsed market for mortgages back securities had left it holding billions of dollars worth of dubious loans.

Despite offering 5 percent interest o one-year certificates of deposit, one of the highest rates in the country, WaMu lost $16.7 billion in deposits between September 15 and this past Weds. JPMorgan Chase took over $134.7 billion in deposits from WaMu. Les than three weeks earlier, WaMu had held $181.9 billion in deposits.

JPMorgan was the highest bidder in the auction, beating out three other banks that submitted bids for WaMu's assets. WaMu's 43,200 employees won't feel any immediate impact, though it's likely JPMorgan will drastically shrink the thrift's headquarters staff.

WaMu investors for the most part are out in the cold. The 1.9 billion that JPMorgan paid for WaMu's operations will go into a fund overseen by the FDIC for WaMu's creditors. The only investors likely to get anything will be holders of WaMu's senior unsecured debt.

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San Juan Capsitrano's Mission will present "Movies at the Mission" on October 25th.  Move night will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. " Night at the Museum" will be shown on a big screen in the Mission's courtyard.

Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and picinic dinner. Attendees are also encouraged to arrive in costume and participate in the costume contest! Admission Fee is $5.00

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This August, existing home sales continued to fall and prices took a record drop, but inventories declined sharply. Home re-sales dropped to a 4.91 annual pace, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. In August, the median home price was $203,100 , down 9.5% from 224,400 in August 2007. The median price in July this year was 210,300. The 9.5% drop was a record, the NAR said.

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Thousands of people a year are forced to put their animals down because they can't afford to get the treament their ailing pet need. " So many people come in and can't pay for a problem that could be remedied,"  said Dr. Matthew Wheaton.  Wheaton has seen this situation time and time again and decided it was time for change.

While still running his Mission Viejo practice, Wheaton coverted his old space in Laguna Hills to Orange County's first low-cost clinic- Affordable Spay and Neuter of Orange County. Prices are about 75 percent less than many veterinarians in South County charge.  He also created a pet rescue and established a charity fund to help people who have pets with life threatening conditions. From 2006 to 2007, Orange County shelters spent nearly $322,500 euthanizaing more than 13,000 animals.

All proceeds fro the spay and neuter clinic benefit Wheaton's Pet Rescue Center.

CATS: Neuters $50 Spays $75

DOGS: Neuters $75 Spays $100

Affordable Spay and Neuter of Orange County is located at

24861 Alicia Parkway, Ste. D, Laguna Hills

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Orange County continues to bleed jobs in August, state officials reported on Friday. Over the past 12 months, the county has lost 26,600 jobs, said the state Employment Development Department. Two years ago, the county added that many jobs in a year.

 Local unemployment in August edged up to 5.8 percent from 5.7 percent, the highest jobless rate since August 2004. Local unemployment was just 4.2 percent a year ago.

Economist Asmael Adibi at Chapman University said there was one slight ray of hope: The county not losing jobs as fast as it was last month. In July, jobs were disappearing at a 2.2 percent annual pace. That slowed to 1.8 percent in August.

 But don't expect a quick job turnaround, Adibi said, noting that employers are usually slow to create jobs after this kind of downturn and if anything these negative numbers will stay around for a while. Orange County's August job losses were broad-based, with financial activities continuing to take the biggest hit, down 11,700 jobs in the past year.

 The only bright spots were the government, which added 4,100 jobs over the past 12 months, and educational and health services, increasing by 3,200. Because Orange County has such a diverse economy, some niches are still thriving.

Unemployment by County

Orange : 5.8 %

San Diego: 6.4 %

Ventura: 7.1 %

Los Angeles: 8.2 %

Riverside: 9.2 %

Santa Barbara: 5.5 %

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Laguna Woods has become the first Orange County city to allow medical marijuana establishments.

In just 30 days, ailing residents of Laguna Woods will be able to buy medically prescribed marijuana from a dispensary within their city of 18,500.  The Laguna Woods City Council voted 4-0, with one abstention, to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

Dispensaries will be allowed starting in mid-October. Currently, no applications to open one have been submitted to date. There are some restrictions though. Dispensary clients must be residents of Laguna Woods. Caretakers will be allowed to purchase marijuana after meeting certain requirements. All dispensaries must be located at least 1,000 feet away from schools, day-care centers, playgrounds and other youth-oriented establishments. They must also operate as collectives or non-profits.

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This years South County's Hunger Walk will take place Sunday, October 5th. The 2 p.m. walk is 5K and will begin at the San Clemente Community Center. Family Assistance Ministries are signing up walkers and donors and hope to enlist 500 walkers and raise $75,000 for FAM.

For more information visit www.family-assistance.org

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Sanford Edward, developer of The Strand at the Dana Point headlands, said he expects to gross around $680 million after selling all 118 ocean-view lots in the development and building a 90-room hotel.

Edward, who hosted a grand opening ceremony for the project Wednesday night, declined to say how much he paid for the 121-acre oceanfront land when he bought it 10 years ago from the Chandler family.

The Chandlers, former owners of the Los Angeles Times, spent 20 years trying to get approval to develop homes on what is now Orange County’s last beachfront housing project. In the early 1990s, the Chandlers sought to build 370 homes and a 400-room hotel, he said.

Edward said he succeeded with his down-sized project because of the help he got from financial partners and because of a grass-roots organization, Headlands Today, formed to build support for the project at a time local activists fought the development.

Edward, a Los Angeles County native who attended UCLA and Harvard before becoming a land developer, said the project is 80% complete.

So far, 33 home sites have been sold, with gross sales totaling $93 million, company officials said. One lot, which sold for $9 million last summer, is believed to have fetched a record price in Orange County for an undeveloped home site.

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