Email: peter.schelden (a) patch.com
Phone: 949-280-4719 | Hometown: Boulder City, Nevada (now Mission Viejo)
Hello, and welcome to the site. I edit and report on Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel and Dana Point for Patch.com.
I have spent my professional life writing news in suburban communities, mostly in South County. Before joining Patch I worked for the Orange County Register, where I covered San Juan, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Beach. I have also written for the Daily Sparks Tribune.
I studied British literature of the 18th century and will talk your ear off about Samuel Johnson if I am provoked. I also studied journalism.
On Tuesday, Mission Viejo High School, La Paz Intermediate, Linda Vista Elementary and Esperanza were locked down when police thought they had a bank robber on the loose. Details below.
Mission Viejo High, La Paz Intermediate, Esperanza Special Intermediate and High School and Linda Vista Elementary schools were locked down Tuesday around 1 p.m.
The Mission Viejo Elks Club played host to over 300 children battling cancer.
The city staff will ask the Mission Viejo City Council to approve a plan that would increase pay but reduce the pensions of incoming employees.
Also hear about rape charges filed after a 7-hour standoff, a girl chosen as the state's best soccer player, students honored for job skills and more.
A seafarer aboard a cargo vessel in Turkey sends a special message to her bee-busting beau in Mission Viejo.
If you're traveling down Trabuco or Alicia today in Mission Viejo, here are some spots to avoid.
Here's your Orange County video newscast for Wednesday, May 11.
Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office," spoke to Saddleback College students about his new book and Internet movement "Soul Pancake." You can hear more from this comedy star in an exclusive interview.
During a speaking engagement in California, Rainn Wilson made some time to talk to Patch.
If you're driving on Felipe, Alicia or Marguerite in Mission Viejo, watch out for these lane closures.
"We won't go anywhere else," longtime custom jeweler Constantine says. He reopened his store this week after a brutal robbery in February left him hospitalized.
Months after two thieves broke into his Mission Viejo jewelry store and severely beat him, Constantine and his wife, Rita, have reopened Rita's Jewelry at 24451 Alicia Pkwy., No. 7, next to the future LA Fitness location.
Mission Viejo lane closure update for Wednesday, May 5.
Students who have achieved various accomplishments were honored Tuesday night by the Elk's Club in Mission Viejo.
This is your video patchcast for Wednesday, May 4.
Mission Viejo dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz and another Southern California lawyer seek the court's permission to press a lawsuit about President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
Rainn Wilson, the actor who plays Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office," is coming to Mission Viejo May 6. What should we ask him?
A look at Mission Viejo road closures throughout the morning.
Find out where your local tax dollars are being spent.
