Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here The community event is held every year by the Bradley Rofer Foundation since its conception in 2022 celebrating the life and legacy of an upstanding 8-year-old boy who died unexpectedly that same year Bradley Rofer was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike across an intersection just a short distance from his Coto de Caza home in September 2022 He passed just days shy of his 9th birthday and his mom — Josette Rofer — still remembers him every day Josette keeps a large photograph of Bradley resting against the wall of the couple's bedroom Just outside the Rofer home in Coto de Caza an array of colorful stones adorn the entry-point of the property — phrases like "Bradley #19," "Be Like Bradley" and "Love," as well as brightly-colored hearts flowers and suns — can be found simply by looking down were painted by members of the community shortly after Bradley's passing The 8-year-old Wagon Wheel Elementary School student was already well-known in his community by the time of his death "There's not a lot of kids like that," Josette said Bradley Rofer founded a successful flower business Bradley raised more than $3,000 for sick children in the community but he loved baseball and trained exhaustively to be a catcher "One of the things that really sucks is not knowing who he would have been," Josette said He was also a gifted musician and played piano beautifully his favorite song to play being "Memories" by Maroon 5 He had read the entirety of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and was halfway through the second one at the time of his passing He had that thing where he knew that he was in a race with himself He didn’t care about beating the other people around him," Josette said "He had the passion that he wanted to do better and he was constantly growing at such a phenomenal speed because he wanted it." Bradley had a deep fascination with wires from when he was 2-years-old "Maybe he would have been an electrical engineer "When we moved here [over seven years ago] Josette noted that Bradley loved watching her slice wires and had displayed a deep interest in wires When Bradley asked his mom if he could help slice the wires and she responded "no," he took her wire-cutter and threw it over the fence The Bradley Rofer Foundation is led by Bradley's parents who work with volunteers to raise funds and organize events for sick children in Orange County the foundation has supported countless local children through the initiatives by way of financial aid and community events the nonprofit prioritizes community support and impact inspired by Bradley's legacy of love Josette has been putting work into the foundation since its start shortly after Bradley's death She credits her son with making the nonprofit happen "I would not be able to do this alone — this is Bradley's spirit and so many times that I come up against the wall — when I need a sponsor don’t get me wrong — it’s a lot of work running this foundation but some of the hardest things have been so easy that it just feels right." The 2025 Bradley's Honor Walk is just one of those means of encouraging community support and impact in south Orange County The walk-a-thon will celebrate both the legacy of Bradley Rofer and 19 local children suffering from various illnesses that the foundation has helped Grant recipients will receive $1,919 checks courtesy of the foundations efforts to provide relief for local families in need "An Honor Walk takes place when a donor patient is transferred from their hospital room to the operating room for transplant surgery," Aron Rofer wrote on the foundation's website hundreds of nurses and doctors and hospital workers quietly lined up shoulder-to-shoulder along the hallways throughout Mission Hospital as Josette and I wheeled our baby boy from his room in the pediatric intensive care unit down to the operating room," He wrote Bradley's Honor Walk is intended to honor not only Bradley The event will feature a "Memory Wall" of children — young several grant recipients will be celebrated Two Aliso Niguel High School students will also be honored at the event with a "Hero Award" for saving the life of a young girl by pulling her out of a burning car The 2025 Bradley's Honor Walk takes place at 10 a.m Residents can sign up for the 2025 Bradley's Honor Walk, free of charge, by registering via EventBrite. Those interested in volunteering or donating funds to the nonprofit's efforts in helping sick children in south Orange County can visit the foundation's website Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Thanks for visiting atOrange County Collegiate Classic Peicheng Chen Captures Individual Title at Vanharte Orange County Collegiate Classic2/11/2025 8:12:00 PM | Men's Golf Chen wins third medalist honor of the season This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Print Coto de Caza — When Aron and Josette Rofer talk about their son he had this generous nature about him,” said Aron We’ve instilled those qualities and values in him and our Jewish faith of tikkun olam Bradley’s favorite book was “The Giving Tree,” and his parents said he really took the lesson of the story to heart Bradley understood it is not just the recipient that is blessed but the giver too “When Bradley was 6 years old he started Bradley’s Beautiful Bouquets He sold flowers from his mother’s garden for spending money he was compelled by a Facebook post about a sick child to donate his earnings instead “I was putting Bradley to bed and I had my phone and there was a GoFundMe page for a little boy He had leukemia and he was 2 years old,” Josette said Bradley decided he wanted to donate his flower money to the child’s fund and Bradley’s Beautiful Bouquets became a charity Bradley was struck by a truck on his way to school He sustained major injuries and was taken to Mission Hospital Bradley Rofer is shown in a poster during the Bradley Rofer Foundation Golf Tournament at Coto de Caza Golf Club on Monday (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) “Children’s Hospital of Orange County at Mission they did a wonderful job of taking care of Bradley,” said Aron “He was in the hospital for five days before he passed away and they just treated him like he was their own son.” Bradley died just a few days shy of his ninth birthday In an effort to continue Bradley’s tradition of giving the Rofer family officially turned Bradley’s Beautiful Bouquets into a nonprofit organization with the help of the community A mother of one of the recipients of Bradley’s Beautiful Bouquets donations filed the paperwork to make Bradley’s flower business an official nonprofit organization “She basically filed and filled out all the paperwork for the 501(c)(3) and handed it to us on a silver platter and said: ‘Here “From there we recruited volunteers from the community who wanted to be part of foundation and part of the board of directors.” 12 the nonprofit held the Bradley Rofer Foundation Golf Tournament at Coto de Caza Golf Club we wanted to honor his legacy and continue doing the work that he was doing while he was alive,” Aron said “The golf tournament is a great way to raise money to do that and raise awareness We are going to be doing a lot of community events as well and we are going to be selling flowers similar to what Bradley was doing.” A guest participates in the silent auction during the Bradley Rofer Foundation Golf Tournament at Coto de Caza Golf Club (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) The golf portion of the event was rained out and rescheduled for Dec but the raffle and live auction went on as planned The Rofer’s hope the organization will encourage other kids to be like Bradley “A big portion of the foundation for us is kids helping kids,” said Aron “We want to be able to inspire other children to start their own businesses or other fundraising efforts so they can raise money for our foundation.” “It is really about teaching the kids in the community to give “It doesn’t matter if you are 5 years old or 10 years old.” The Rofers say working to create something good out of their loss is one way the family is staying strong It keeps us busy and gives us a purpose,” said Aron “And it is something we are working on as a family,” said Josette “To work together with something positive for Bradley Support our coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. 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TimesOC Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map 2025 at 2:37 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}After rain and gloomy weather passed over Orange County roadways and neighborhoods for the start of March CA — After rain and gloomy weather passed over Orange County roadways and neighborhoods for the start of March most Orange County cities saw between .59 inches to 1.54 inches of rain over the last three days Orange County mountain communities saw the most rain with Leach Dickey Canyon reaching 1.97 inches of rain and Holy Jim Canyon reported 1.52 inches of rain Coto de Caza saw a notable downpour with 1.57 inches of rain over the last three days Here's a look at rainfall counts across Orange County over the last five days: For more information on rainfall totals across the county, visit OC Public Works' website. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 2025 at 1:23 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The biggest storm to hit Southern California this year drenched Rancho Santa Margarita and Orange County this week CA — The biggest storm to hit Southern California this year drenched Mission Viejo and Orange County this week Rancho Santa Margarita got a total of 3.27 inches of rain according to OC Public Works Most of Orange County’s coastline saw between 1 and 3 inches of rain during the storm this week Coto de Caza and Upper Silverado Canyon saw between 5 to 6 inches Mount San Antonio in the San Gabriel Mountains logged the most rain in the county The Eaton fire burn scar area saw around 4 inches of rain and the Palisades fire burn scar area saw around 2 inches Most of OC’s coastline saw between 1 and 5 inches of rain during the storm this week John Wayne Airport saw 1.24 inches of rain while the Santa Ana Mountains saw between 2 to 8 inches Coto de Caza logged the most amount of rain of the Orange County coastal areas The airport fire burn scar area saw nearly 3 inches of rain The recent storm brought a variety of dramatic weather conditions throughout the county including a major mudslide that swept up an SUV into the ocean and a collapsed roof at a Smart & Final in Azusa including evacuations in OC canyon communities due to possibilities of heavy debris flow Welcome Mickeymickey@disney.comManage MyDisney AccountLog OutRacist graffiti defaces Coto de Caza signSunday 2016Residents of Coto de Caza were disturbed to find bigoted tags defacing a sign within the affluent neighborhood.COTO DE CAZA (KABC) -- Residents in the affluent neighborhood of Coto de Caza in Orange County were outraged to see a racial slur spray painted on one of the propertys' landmarks Thursday morning embarrassed," resident Jermaine Riggs said Another derogatory word referring to the LGBT community was found on a second wall Residents said the Master Home Association on the property is fast to act on any issue and found it difficult to understand why it took until Friday afternoon to clean the graffiti "Having to keep your kids' face straight as we pass this sign All my kids are reading (and saying) 'Daddy what does that mean?'" Riggs shared One neighbor said she contacted the Orange County Sheriff's Department and was told she could not file a report because the tagging was not done on her personal property "If the red letters that were written on the wall had said to kill the N-person then perhaps they would come out and make a big deal of it it was not that big of a deal," resident Sonya Weaver-Johnson said of the Orange County Sheriff's Department "We've been researching that and trying to determine the specific times that were given to us...We haven't found anything to our dispatch center." Officials with the sheriff's department said they were never notified by the property and only learned of the issue Friday "We'll be investigating it to the fullest to try to determine exactly who may have...written that," Stichter said Though the spray paint has been scrubbed off residents complained the damage has already been done "This is where character shines and our silence speaks louder than our words," Riggs said The Master Home Association did not respond for comment 2023 at 1:53 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}A 33-year-old security guard pleaded guilty Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to nine years in prison for stabbing a 72- year-old Coto de Caza resident at the entrance to the gate-guarded community CA — A 33-year-old security guard pleaded guilty Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to nine years in prison for stabbing a 72- year-old Coto de Caza resident at the entrance to the gate-guarded community Luis Fabian Centeno pleaded guilty to attempted murder and inflicting injury on an elder adult and admitted sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury on an elder and the personal use of a deadly weapon a sentencing enhancement for attempted premeditated murder Centeno was given credit for 1,306 days behind bars The defendant was a security guard for the community but it was unclear whether he was on duty at the time of the attack a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department Sheriff's deputies were called at 11:42 a.m to Coto De Caza Drive and Antonio Parkway and took Centeno into custody Coto De Caza is a gated community best known as the original setting for Bravo TV's "The Real Housewives of Orange County." John Frankhouse a former mortgage banker with a passion for real estate Keep scrolling for an inside-out tour of the whimsical estate.  "We're going into flipping," former Real Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Judge said Thursday Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article Print Ryan Getzlaf the Anaheim Ducks star who holds the franchise record for games played just paid $5 million for a scenic estate in the guard-gated community of Coto de Caza There’s no hockey rink here, but Getzlaf will have plenty of opportunities to practice other sports. The backyard boasts a full-size basketball court and putting green, as well as a swimming pool and spa that take in sweeping views of the valley below. Tucked on two acres at the end of a cul-de-sac, the property was built around the turn of the century but recently renovated. Black shutters and fencing offset the white exterior, and inside, the single-story floor plan boasts indoor-outdoor spaces with modern fixtures and wide-plank floors. In just over 5,500 square feet there are five bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, an office, a media room, a wine cellar and a formal dining room. The chef’s kitchen adds a curved breakfast booth, a marble island and a custom pantry. The house wraps around the swimming pool out back. At the edge of the space, a cabana adjoins a triangular fire pit. Drafted in 2003, Getzlaf has spent his entire career with the Ducks organization, playing in three NHL All-Star Games and helping the team to a Stanley Cup championship in 2007. The 36-year-old Canada native also won gold medals with the Canadian national team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Ben Tate and Jerry LaMott of Compass held the listing. Garett Green of Joseph Martelli Real Estate Investment represented Getzlaf. Jack Flemming covers real estate for the Los Angeles Times. He was raised in St. Louis and studied journalism at the University of Missouri. Before joining The Times as an intern in 2017, he wrote for the Columbia Missourian and Politico Europe. California Business CA -- A brush fire broke out late this morning in Coto de Caza and briefly threatened some homes before crews got the upper hand One firefighter suffered a minor injury in the four-acre blaze according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt About 70 firefighters attacked the flames from the air and on ground --City News Service contributed to this report/Images courtesy of OCFA PIO Go Inside Tamra Judge's New Coto de Caza HomeExclusiveGo Inside Tamra Judge's New Coto de Caza HomeThe former owner was an interior designer Get news and updates about your favorite shows plus 3 free credits to watch locked content Peacock is the streaming home of your favorite Bravo shows plus so much more Newmarket, Ascot and now Beverley. Wherever you look, Simon and Ed Crisford seem to be pulling a potential star out of the bag at the moment Quddwah put himself in line for a potential Sussex Stakes clash with Rosallion by completing a four-timer in last Saturday's Summer Mile at Ascot a day after Arabian Dusk had her trainers plotting a crack at the top two-year-old fillies' contests after landing the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket The Class 5 fillies' event here lacked the prestige of those two races, but Coto De Caza hinted she could join her stablemates in Pattern company before long as she bolted up by five lengths under Silvestre de Sousa "We were really pleased to see her win like that," said joint-trainer Simon Crisford who had been worried about the rain which had turned conditions soft "We were pretty uncertain about the ground for her I don't think it was really her cup of tea but she got through it well enough and won really well "We'll try to find a race for her down south and we'll have a look at the Alice Keppel at Goodwood She was a little bit green first time at Lingfield where she didn't have any horses on her left-hand side and she drifted left but today she was more professional and she went straight." Asked whether her purchase price might turn out money well spent Crisford said: "She's got to be punching away in stakes races for that to happen but today gave us every confidence to think she might get to that level." Reflecting on the yard's good run of form he added: "Nothing has been straightforward but the horses seem to be performing a little bit better now and that's the main thing." Michael Dods knows more than most about training sprinters and Jack Of Clubs showed the benefit of his specialist knowledge in the 5f handicap two Stewards' Cups and a Prix de l'Abbaye among many other good races in the last decade show the trainer has the knack of getting the best out of a speed horse so it was no surprise that his decision to drop Jack Of Clubs back in trip should lead to the four-year-old ending a losing run that stretched back to last August "He was going six furlongs and he was unrideable," the trainer said He ran well over five at Musselburgh last time and we were just waiting for the right race and cut in the ground "He's a lot easier for the jockeys to ride over five because the pace of the race helps them; over six he gets in behind and he's climbing Jessica Macey reached a new personal-best prize-money total when landing the £15,000 feature 2m handicap with Believitanducan The three-year-old's game success took her trainer's tally for 2024 past £145,000 in her fifth season with a licence 'Totally unacceptable' - Windsor vows action after plastic beer cup thrown in direction of winning horse  Aidan O'Brien responsible for more than half of the entries with 25 in contention for the St Leger  'It's an outrage' - another blow to racing's profile as Newmarket Journal drops tipping column   Looking for free bets? 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Visit racingpost.com/freebets to find out more Published on 16 July 2024inReports Copyright © 2025 Spotlight Sports Group Limited or its licensors 2016 at 1:32 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}ORANGE COUNTY CA - A Coto de Caza man was behind bars today on charges stemming from an alleged loan modification scheme in which he's accused of falsely representing himself as an attorney for a federal agency and taking $2 million from hundreds of victims who's being held on $1 million bail pending arraignment Friday allegedly operated the loan modification scheme from June 2011 through April of this year allegedly represented himself as an attorney for the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development though he has never had a law license in California according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office He offered to help distressed homeowners reduce their mortgage payments but instead pocketed the money and spent it on renting a home in Coto de Caza for more than $10,000 a month among other expenses that amounted to more than $20,000 monthly Rasher is accused of defrauding 380 victims He is charged with 46 counts of grand theft and one count each of second- degree burglary and aiding a false or fraudulent tax return with a sentence-enhancing allegation for property damage or losses of more than$65,000 2023 at 1:24 pm PTOrange County firefighters battled a garage fire that extended into a house in Coto de Caza Monday (Orange County Fire Authority Courtesy Photo)(Orange County Fire Authority Courtesy Photo)COTO DE CAZA CA — Orange County firefighters battled a garage fire that extended into a house in Coto de Caza Monday Firefighters arrived to the Coto de Caza home Monday morning in response to reports of a rapidly burning garage fire firefighters simultaneously attacked the fire and searched for victims the family dog — an adult golden retriever — had already escaped the burning house and was in the backyard when firefighters arrived our partners — the Orange County Sheriff's Department — sheltered the dog in place in the backyard and kept him calm until it was safe to move him," an OCFA statement read No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was under investigation Khalda Development of Mission Viejo plans on building only seven houses that will take up 14 acres with the remaining 113 acres becoming an open-space habitat reserve Coto Estates will be near Starr Ranch Sanctuary and be accessible by a new road that will be built along Van Gough Way The county Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning from recreational to residential in December 2011 For a full report on Coto Estates, see the story in the Orange County Register. The Real Housewives alum previously shared that she had downsized to her new home and bought a vacation property in Mexico Ghost bikes come in children’s sizes We mentioned Friday that an eight-year old boy was seriously injured when he was struck by a pickup driver in Coto de Caza Thursday morning Now we’ve learned that the boy was taken off life support Saturday afternoon He was rushed to Mission Hospital, where he underwent surgery Bradley was crossing Coto de Caza Drive at Oso Parkway when he was struck by the driver of an older Ford 150 pickup turning left from Oso onto Coto de Caza; it was his first day riding his bike to school This is how The Orange County Register described it It was supposed to be a fun day —  Bradley was going to ride his bike to school for the first time He’d learned proper bike safety rules and would be wearing a helmet His family would be watching and cheering him on Eight-year-old Bradley Rofer was used to impressing people in his Coto de Caza neighborhood starting a business that raised money for children with cancer reading a 300-page plus Harry Potter book at age 7 — those were normal things for the Wagon Wheel Elementary School student According to his mother, Bradley was doing everything right when he was hit, including wearing his bike helmet, which firefighters initially credited with preventing more serious injuries The driver, identified only as a 53-year old Tustin man, remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators There’s no word on why he couldn’t see a boy walking his bike in a clearly marked crosswalk There was no crossing guard at the site when Bradley was struck 20 minutes before children were expected at the school A crowdfunding campaign to assist with funeral costs and other expenses has raised over $23,000 of the $40,000 goal This is at least the 63rd bicycling fatality in Southern California this year and the 14th that I’m aware of in Orange County My deepest sympathy and prayers for Bradley Rofer and all his family and loved ones The old bastard who hit him was obviously not paying attention This kid was not darting out into the road Please don’t be so quick to judge the driver Any of us who have ever driven a car has been guilty of looking away for a second or two you don’t know so don’t be so harsh and I know with out a doubt if he could have changed a moment in that morning he would have Such a tragedy to have this young boy’s life – and family – cut down by this senseless act I was at that intersection a few minutes after Bradley was hit and saw the paramedics load him into the ambulance I wonder where the crossing guard(s) were that day I really really hope the driver wasn’t texting I’ve had a number of encounters with texting drivers God bless Bradley and his family as they deal with this unimaginable tragedy the sun is in the drivers eyes quite often which was brought to my Supervisor’s attention. Lots of close calls were reported but nothing was done @anonymous – you may want to reach out to Aron and/or Josette in the next few months and provide this information to them Seems like it would help a case against “someone”… …and you’re absolutely right regarding the sun and the glare coming from that direction; drove that route this morning and the sun was indeed BRUTAL Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive 2013 at 11:29 am PTAmong the mansions in the high rent district of Coto de Caza there apparently lives a freeloader who doesn't pay rent And none of the neighbors are likely to try to collect According to the blotter of the Orange County Sheriff's Department a woman called 9-1-1 early Monday evening after spotting a mountain lion on her swanky street The cougar darted around the corner of the Percheron cul-de-sac toward Palomino among the large homes northwest of the intersection of Coto de Caza Drive and San Miguel The homes on the street range from $1.56 million to $2.65 million and as the cougar walks—which is wherever he wants—located within 1,000 feet from where the Real Housewives of Orange County was filmed in its first season The woman saw paw prints in the mud in the back yard and told the 9-1-1 dispatch that a portion of the backyard fence was down that allowed easy access to the property The woman was told the sheriff would notify the California Department of Fish and Game but Fish and Game will not respond unless the Orange County Sheriff confirms the sighting This report was culled from the Orange County Sheriff's website Not all facts in each report are made public; the outcome of the report Print At first glance this sprawling estate in Coto de Caza resembles a theme park more than a home with meandering pathways leading to such attractions as a lookout tower an entertainer’s pavilion and a private lake Anchored in the lagoon-style swimming pool a half-scale replica pirate ship complete with cannons and an enterable cabin adds another whimsical note to the park-like setting themed swimming pool with replica pirate ship About the area: The median sale price for single-family homes in the 92679 ZIP Code in June was $843,000 That was a 10.1% increase in median price compared with the previous year Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties To submit a candidate for Home of the Day, send high-resolution color photos via Dropbox.com, permission from the photographer to publish the images and a description of the house to neal.leitereg@latimes.com Twitter: @NJLeitereg Former Los Angeles Times reporter Neal J. Leitereg covered celebrity real estate for the Business section. He graduated from Arizona State and covered real estate news for Realtor.com before joining The Times.