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.
Guns 'n Roses drummer Matt Sorum tried to patch the band back together before their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, according to a recent interview.
A Dana Point dentist spotted a mother hummingbird caring for her tiny babies.
The local tea party will hold its annual Tax Day protest Monday near City Hall.
A Mission Viejo jeweler is giving away replacement watch batteries all day at the mall.
Hal Mattson has won a special citation from the Elks Lodge for his service.
If you love water polo, here's a chance to get autographs from members of the USA water polo team.
Police say a skateboarder held a knife while a bartender asked him to leave a Mission Viejo bar.
Booking such acts as Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ken Phebus spent his life connecting fans and musicians.
Booking such acts as Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ken Phebus spent his life connecting fans and musicians.
Booking such acts as Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ken Phebus spent his life connecting fans and musicians.
"Intersection from hell." Probably more than one deserves the designation, but which one is the very worst?
A 3-year-old brown tabby in Mission Viejo needs someone to look after him.
After investigating an attempted kidnapping report, police conclude the Monday call was a mistake.
Vocational Visions' big annual fundraiser will be at the end of April.
A Mission Viejo pizza place has reopened after the health department shut them down for cockroach problems.
Coaches and players from Trabuco Hills High visited elementary school students to remind them that character counts.
A teenager broke into a house on Acropolis Monday.
Bathgate Elementary's Five-Foot Rabbit will perform at Bunny Days Saturday.
Help us find the worst street interchange in the Mission Viejo area—and maybe get someone to do something about it.
These students show their cultural knowledge at Chabad Center Mission Viejo
