Year: 2025
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
On October 28th, the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, in partnership with the City of Irvine, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, which is being built at the Great Park.
The now-under-construction 131,000 square-foot aviation museum — located on the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (MCAS El Toro) — is set to open in spring 2027.
The museum will include a collection of more than 40 restored aircraft and many related artifacts — representing over eight decades of Marine Corps aviation, from World War II to the present.
It will also feature stories of aviators, veterans, and civilians whose lives intersected with MCAS El Toro. In addition, the facility will offer STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) programs for local students. And a research library will be built — featuring books, photos, and materials related to Marine Corps aviation and its history.
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Mayor Agran Convenes Public Hearing to Discuss San Onofre Nuclear Waste
In the face of federal and state inaction, Irvine has begun exploring the idea of creating a local plan to move highly dangerous nuclear waste now stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station site — located between San Clemente and Oceanside — to a more secure and safer facility.
Mayor Larry Agran convened a public hearing on September 30th to hear testimony from nuclear industry experts, Southern California Edison (the San Onofre plant’s operator), UCI experts, and local citizens and officials who have long been involved with the nuclear waste issue.
All of the speakers agreed that the current situation at the San Onofre plant site was not intended to be permanent, and that the federal government is still decades away from having a national waste repository, originally promised for 1998.
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Help Shape the Future of the Irvine Public Library System
The City of Irvine is encouraging its residents to help shape the future of the Irvine Public Library by providing suggestions on services, programs, collections, and spaces.
Now through November 16th, residents are being asked to take a survey to help guide priorities and planning for the next phase of library services.
The survey offers community members an opportunity to share their perspectives on library programs, preferred collections, and concepts for library facilities.
Community comments will be combined with research and analysis to identify priorities to be included in the 2026–2029 Library Strategic Plan.
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