Year: 2024

With the recent groundbreaking on the Jeffrey Open Space Trail (JOST) bridge over the I-5 Freeway, the City has embarked on the last step — or last pedal — in the creation of a bicycle and pedestrian trail system linking the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ana Mountains.

 
When completed, the 1,200-foot JOST bridge will be the longest bridge in the City and will be “a critical step in finishing the Jeffrey Open Space Trail and making the route more accessible to Irvine residents,” said Mayor Farrah Khan.

Senator Dave Min secured $14.5 million in state funding for the project. “Connecting the Jeffrey Open Space Trail from the mountains to the coast will continue to make Orange County a central destination for those who love the outdoors,” he said.

There is a renaissance underway at Irvine Valley College (IVC) with the recent opening of the new...

Yet another Irvine City Council meeting was cut short by the walkout of two Councilmembers opposed to hearing public comments regarding the violence in the Mideast.

 
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In addition to the new Council district races, which have yet to come into focus in the wake of the primary election, Irvine voters will weigh in on the one remaining citywide election in November, for Mayor. (Irvine’s current Mayor, Farrah Khan is terming out this year.)

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Juhan (Tony) Lee — a sixth-grader at Santiago Elementary School — has become the youngest winner...