For years, giant land developer FivePoint has plotted and schemed in an effort to acquire the City-owned 125-acre site ("ARDA") on the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the Great Park that had been designed and approved for a State-built and State-operated Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery.
During the November and December holiday season (when they thought that nobody was paying attention) the Irvine City Council’s two unelected members — Mayor Christina Shea and Councilman Michael Carroll — pushed ahead with yet one more corrupt land-use scheme.
In some ways, the Irvine community has already begun to take action in the face of climate change. The Irvine Unified School District has installed solar panels on its various campus rooftops and parking lots to green its energy source, as well as save money.
Irvine Community News & Views recently sat down with the captain of the UCI Women's Rowing Team, Emily Huang to learn more about the diversity of the team, their shared commitment to the sport, and the challenges they face as a "club sport" participating in national competitions.
With America awash in guns and gun violence, the shocking fact is that school shootings have become the “new normal.”
In 2018 and 2019, the country suffered through a combined, record-breaking total of nearly 200 school shooting incidents.
Two of this year's Grammy nominations had a local connection. Nominated songs “Fanm d'Ayiti,” by Nathalie Joachim and “Perpetulum” by composer and pianist, Philip Glass were both commissioned privately by Laguna Beach music benefactors Elizabeth and Justus (Jay) Schlichting.
Northwood High School Senior, Heather Kim, has been named a "2020 National YoungArts Foundation Merit" winner for her work in Visual Arts, joining 686 of the nation’s most accomplished artists in the visual, literary and performing arts.
Some people in their 80s and 70s — and sometimes even younger — claim they are too tired or too debilitated to volunteer for community causes.
I recently interviewed three people who believe otherwise — that it’s just a matter of desire and will, and that the benefits of civic activism are great regardless of any mobility limits you may have.
Drowning can happen to any family at any time of the year.
It’s the No. 1 cause of death among children 1-4 years and the second leading cause of death among teens.
Irvine voters are plainly fed up with (unelected) Mayor Christina Shea and (unelected) Councilman Michael Carroll and their developer-controlled Council majority. These angry voters are now employing the tools of direct democracy to put things back on track in Irvine.
On Saturday, February 29th, from 10-11am, there will be a free gardening workshop at the Farm + Food Lab at the Great Park. University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County will teach you how to plant an edible garden.
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