The 1,300-acre Great Park is located in what was, for six decades, the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) at El Toro.
Local veterans and family members of veterans explain why they support building a beautiful Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery on the former military base, and the importance of moving forward with construction...right now.
The language of the "Build the Great Park Veterans Cemetery" Initiative, which was adopted word-for-word by the Irvine City Council on May 12th, clearly expresses the will of the people to promptly deliver on the promise of a beautiful Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery at the 125-acre ARDA site.
Now we need to build it. We can begin construction of the Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery right now! I lay out the specifics in my “Build it NOW!” plan.
Here we are at mid-year 2020, nearly six months into the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The numbers tell a terrible story. Worldwide, the pandemic has afflicted over 11.9 million people and killed more than 546,000. And, even though the U.S. population of 330 million is only 4.1 percent of the world’s 8 billion people, Americans account for more than 25 percent of all COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Here in Orange County, the scale of disease and death is unprecedented.
Rooftop solar is a win-win: it provides clean, carbon-free energy while almost eliminating your electricity bill.
Since 2017, OC Goes Solar (a group of neighbors in University Hills who formed a nonprofit to help secure group discounts and a streamline process for installing solar panels) have helped 270 Irvine homeowners get rooftop solar panels.
The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD), which was set to open their year-round schools on July 15th, has canceled those plans.
All students will now be on the traditional school calendar, with schools currently slated to open on August 20th.
What is happening with Irvine’s renowned Senior Services during this unprecedented COVID-19 era? We spoke with Sandra Salcedo in a Zoom meeting to find out.
Sandra is Superintendent of the Irvine Community Services Department in charge of Senior Services. For months, she's been working to solve difficult problems in order to continue providing essential services.
We don’t have to look far for ideas about how to be more productive while staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Daniel Luzko, Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Irvine Community College (IVC), this period at home has presented an unexpected opportunity. After completing a year on sabbatical leave, Daniel is now putting the finishing touches on his first symphony.
Twin brothers Keyon and Ryan Namdar, both freshmen at Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine, offer a free tutoring service for underserved students that combines the brothers' passion for soccer and teaching math.
The twin's community service camp, called “A Number’s Game: Discovering Math Through Soccer,” teaches math to elementary school students using an interactive curriculum outside of the classroom.
UCI Health infectious disease experts are on the front lines in assisting with statewide and national efforts to track the outbreak and contain the spread of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus.
UCI infectious disease experts are currently assisting with statewide and national efforts to track the outbreak and contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Here at Irvine Community News & Views, we take our mission very seriously.
Right now, our job is to make sure that our readers have access to the very latest information regarding the coronavirus and its impact on our City.
Schools in Irvine has transitioned to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For high school students like me, this new form of learning has posed several challenges, with many students feeling isolated, frustrated, and unmotivated.
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