Week in Review : MAJOR EVENTS, IMAGES AND PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEWS. : CITIES : Mountain Lion Seen at Caspers Park

Mountain lions were back last week at Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Regional Park and this time closer than ever to campgrounds and hikers.

Rangers warned visitors to the 7,500-acre regional park near San Juan Capistrano to be on the lookout for prowling big cats after one was sighted near a full campground on May 10.

On March 23, a mountain lion attacked and seriously injured Laura Michelle Small, 5, of El Toro, as she was hiking with her parents. A lion believed to be the one who attacked her, grabbing her head in its mouth, was killed a day later.

The recent sighting occurred at 9:30 p.m. near Live Oak Campground. “They did have a sighting, and we are asking people to be prepared and have their children tended to at all times,” said park attendant Chris Malagon.