Weekend Recap: Pot Machines, Road Rage and City Finances

What's happened in Aliso Viejo over the last week? Here's a rundown to keep you up to speed:

• An Aliso 9-year-old is playing the friendly green ogre Shrek in a new musical.
• The Capistrano Unified School District decided to close an Aliso preschool.
• Outgoing City Manager Mark Pulone talks cold, hard cash and how the city is financially positioned for the future.
• An Aliso business that makes marijuana vending machines was purchased by a larger pot-tech company Friday.
• Councilman Ross Chun appeared on public access television to discuss his new political career.
• After an acquisition earlier this month, Aliso-based Johnny Rockets named a new CFO.
• A driver got punched in an act of road rage.
• Soka University was named the nation's best value for the money out of over 1,200 schools.