Community
Gas-powered Equipment Noise
By Michael Schlesinger
Mission Viejo is an attractive bedroom community. Unfortunately, it is plagued by the noise and pollution from gas powered lawn and garden equipment. Besides the normal noise of police, ambulance and fire engine sirens, we constantly must deal with planes and helicopters flying overhead. In addition, we have flight training of pilots flying overhead practicing climbing and stalling their planes. Every time the flight instructors tell the trainees to turn cut the engine and restart, I fear that the plane engine will not restart and the plane will crash.
While I do not think we could stop the noise and pollution coming from the planes and helicopters flying above us, we could do something about the noise and emissions coming from gas powered lawn and garden equipment.
Mission Viejo Residential Real Estate March 2025
Mission Viejo home sales continued to be a seller’s market in March 2025. The median sales price was $1.1 million or $642 per square foot up 7.1% in 12 months. Rancho Santa Margarita, South Coast and Lake Forest all fall within the $1.0 to $1.2 million range.
One bedroom homes median price is $462K, two bedroom $780K, three bedroom $1.1M and four bedroom $1.4M, 5+ bedroom $1.6M.
There were 297 homes for sale in March 2025 up from 257 for sale in February. 83 homes sold in March, up from 56 in February.
April Sky Report
Griffiths Observatory
This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the period between April 1 and April 30, 2025. Here are the events happening in the sky of southern California.
Mercury, on the 1st, is close to the sun and not safe to observe. On the 10th, the planet rises in the east at 5:31 a.m., PDT, and the sun rises at 6:28 a.m., PDT, 57 minutes later. Mercury is 25-percent-illuminated and 9.8 arcseconds wide. On the 30th, Mercury rises in the east at 5:06 a.m., PDT, and the sun rises at 6:04 a.m., PDT, 58 minutes later. Mercury is 58-percent-illuminated and 6.9 arcseconds wide. Do not observe any planet when it appears close to the sun, for the danger to the eyes is great. More
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