As 2 O.C. campgrounds reopen for overnight stays, campers free from home lockdown rejoice

Maria Pope showed up at 7 a.m. Saturday to the entrance of O’Neill Regional Park in Trabuco Canyon, eager to get a camping site made available after a two-month, coronavirus shutdown of camping, hiking and fishing at wilderness and regional parks in Orange County.
OC Parks opened a reduced number of camping sites and the parking lots (for day users) at Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano and at O’Neill beginning Saturday, May 16, along with access to parking lots