Mission Viejo

A Mission Viejo man who is accused of throwing an injured cat into a dumpster was released after posting bail, the Orange County District Attorney’ office said Monday.  Joseph Harrison Parker, 58, pleaded not guilty after he was charged with animal cruelty and abandoning an animal.  The district attorney’s office blamed a Superior Court commissioner for allowing Parker to...

Investigators are looking for a person who was caught on surveillance video grabbing a white garbage bag and discarding it into a dumpster.

Daisy Duke, a 1-year-old puppy, is living happily in a foster home after a successful pacemaker surgery, according to the city of Mission Viejo.

A 66-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman was killed in a crash with a wrong-way driver who was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Wednesday morning in Mission Viejo. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 at 4 p.m. on January 1, 2025. 

A 26-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter following a Mission Viejo crash that killed a woman in her 60s.

Some Orange County families who welcomed their babies in time for Thanksgiving celebrated by dressing up the newborns as cute little turkeys Thursday.

Volunteers at Mission Viejo Animal Services Center launched a letter writing campaign with the goal of finding a home for Porter, a 1-year-old German Shepherd mix. 

Volunteers at Mission Viejo Animal Services Center launched a letter writing campaign with the goal of finding a home for Porter, a 1-year-old German Shepherd mix. 

A German Shepherd mix and a Husky are looking for forever homes.

The city of Mission Viejo is offering free training sessions for certain active puppies and young dogs.

The competition in Orange County hosts swimmers from eight countries, including the U.S. They include all different levels of ability and age, including dozens of swimmers who are 80 years old and older. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2024.

Mission Viejo took center stage in the aquatics world this week as the 2024 US Masters Swimming Summer National Championship brought nearly 1,300 swimmers into town.

The Olympic Team from the Netherlands will be training in Mission Viejo to prepare for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Ten newborn puppies that were abandoned in the bushes have been reunited with their mother in Mission Viejo. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 4 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2024.

Ten newborn puppies were dumped outside Mission Viejo’s animal care center, prompting city officials to remind the public they can find homes for any unwanted pets and to take advantage of its services.

A doorbell camera outside a Mission Viejo home captured a coyote repeatedly ramming the baby gate attached to the front door late Sunday evening.

The coyote repeatedly rammed into a baby gate in front of a Mission Viejo home in pursuit of the family’s cats.

The device is said to blast tumor cells with pulsed sound energy, a technology that experts say could be the holy grail in the fight against cancer.

There are only 8 of the new devices that target liver tumors in the entire world, one of them in Orange County. Doctors are hopeful that it can be the future of how patients can deal with their cancer diagnosis. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on April 1, 2024.

Mission Viejo city officials are trying to find a new home for a dog who was found tied to a tree along with a box full of her puppies. Angel, a 1-and-a-half-year-old Siberian Husky and German Shepherd mix, has been under the care of the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center since she was found abandoned at Iglesia Park in Aliso…