Be Prepared for Medical Emergencies This Summer & Beyond
You never know when you will be called on to assist in a medical emergency. It may be at the pool,...
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Month: June 2025
Meet Irvine Cello Musician & Instructor Paul Hyun
With a degree in Cello Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and certification in...
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A Conversation with Irvine’s City Librarian
Setting up a new library system is no walk in the park — or browse in the stacks. Just ask Julie Zeoli. As Irvine’s first City Librarian, Zeoli has been charged with managing the changeover of the City’s libraries from County to City control.
Zeoli has been doing everything from hiring staff to building a new computer and database system to planning new facilities in North Irvine and the Great Park — not forgetting to order some new books as well.
“Pretty much just movin’ and shakin’,” she says. How many librarians use that job description? Currently, she says, the focus is on August 4th. That’s when the Heritage Park and University Park libraries, now closed for renovation, will reopen as City libraries, no longer part of the Orange County Public Library system.
“We’re doing an interior refresh of both,” Zeoli says. “New furniture, new computers, new carpeting and paint, so there will be a physical transformation of those two buildings.”
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Irvine CONNECT Shuttle Expansion
Last April, the City launched a one-year pilot program for a free shuttle bus service to connect Irvine residents to parks, schools, hospitals, and shopping centers.
The Irvine CONNECT shuttle operates on weekdays from 6am until 8pm; and on weekends from 8am until 10pm. Shuttle frequency is every 20 minutes, and passengers are able to track the shuttles in real-time.
The current Yale-Barranca route makes about 70 stops, including Sierra Vista Middle School & Lakeside Middle School; Irvine High School & Woodbridge High School; Lakeview Senior Center; Northwood Community Park & Heritage Community Park; Kaiser Permanente Hospital & Hoag Hospital; Northwood Town Center; retail centers on Alton Parkway & Barranca Parkway; the Irvine Spectrum; and the Irvine Train Station.
Pointing to its popularity among residents and increased ridership, the City Council voted unanimously on April 22nd to continue the Irvine CONNECT shuttle service.
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Keeping Irvine Safe with Stepped-Up Traffic Enforcement
During his State of the City address last month, Irvine Mayor Larry Agran discussed his goal to make Irvine the “safest, smartest, greenest, healthiest, and kindest city in America.”
To turn that aspiration into reality, the Mayor is beginning to launch a series of initiatives.
Although Irvine is already considered the “Safest City” in the nation based on FBI violent crime data, Mayor Agran sees an opportunity to do more by addressing other public safety concerns. For example, the City recently lowered speed limits on nearly 100 Irvine streets. And, in his State of the City remarks, Mayor Agran called for stepped-up traffic enforcement by the Irvine Police Department (IPD) — to crack down on speeding, street racing, red-light runners, and drunk drivers.
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