5 Things: Only 10 Violent Crimes Reported in Past 6 Months in Aliso Viejo

Here are 5 things to quickly get you up to speed on what's happening in and around Aliso Viejo.

1. Aliso Viejo's violent crime rate seems to be dropping, according to midyear crime stats. Only 10 violent crimes have been reported in Aliso over the past six months, compared to 115 in 2012.
2. See photos of a 9-year-old Aliso girl as young Shrek in a new musical.
3. Orange County's sheriff's department may drop helicopters in favor of unmanned drones.
4. Maybe you've seen Movie Fridays at Grand Park. But have you seen them in fast-forward?
5. An Aliso Viejo biotech company faces a lawsuit after jumping into the breast cancer gene testing market last month.