The two bedroom, three bathroom home at 20581 Porter Ranch Road, Rancho Santa Margarita was sold on Oct. 27 by Jeffrey A. and Debbie Jean Niesen for $1,210,000. The buyers were Christopher P. and Ashley Dienst.
On Oct. 27, Joshua Brunell and Kelsey A. Bates purchased a three bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home at 26585 Viaduct Cuervo, Mission Viejo from Jeremy Schuitheiss and Paul Hulse for $915,000.
The three bedroom, two bathroom home at 26161 Avenida Bonachon, Mission Viejo was sold on Oct. 27 by Kathleen B. Mercer for $900,000. The buyers were Jian Guo and Qiusheng Lin.
On Oct. 27, Gail Susan Little (trustee) sold their four bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home at 25001 Costeau St., Laguna Hills to Kunal and Sumati Dhabalia for $1,010,000.
The two bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home at 112 Blue Lagoon, Laguna Beach was sold on Oct. 27 by Michael J. Duggan for $2,000,000. The buyers were Wayne Garrett and Marlene Alvarez Quiroz.
On Oct. 27, John R. and Marilyn S. Grindley purchased a two bedroom, two bathroom home at 27865 Espinoza, Mission Viejo from Live-Well Properties for $865,000.
On Oct. 27, John W. and Janine Hamilton sold their three bedroom, two bathroom home at 23542 Treviso, Laguna Hills to Joseph Vincent Scaminaci for $863,000.
There were no new teachers in Laguna Beach who signed the pledge in week ending Oct. 23, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.
Critical Race Theory will be taught by one teacher in San Clemente who’s signed an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project by the week ending Oct. 9.
Saddleback Valley Unified School District's dropout rate in the 2018-19 school year increased by 50 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 2.4 percent.