Each year, the Irvine Rotary Club offers scholarships to juniors and seniors attending high schools in Irvine who have outlined an impactful act of “Service Above Self.”
High school students who have an idea for a service project to help the community — and demonstrate a commitment to seeing the project through — are eligible to apply.
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Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) recently sat down with Chair of the Build the Great Park Veterans Cemetery committee, Ed Pope.
ICNV asked Ed to give our readers an update on the progress of the project. He began on a positive note, saying, “The support from the community continues to be tremendous! Scores of Irvine residents — teachers, students, nurses, local business owners, veterans, family members of veterans, and so many more — continue to reach out, asking how they can help.”
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting is a bit different this year.
Vote-by-mail ballots have been mailed to all registered voters in Orange County. You can drop your completed vote-by-mail ballot in the U.S. mail or at one of the Official Ballot Drop Box locations in Irvine. Ballots must be received or postmarked (if you use the U.S. Postal Service) by November 3rd to be counted.
If you prefer voting in-person, 14 Vote Centers are now open in Irvine.
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While tens of thousands of Irvine residents were under evacuation orders due to the Silverado Canyon Wildfire, appointed Mayor Christina Shea and appointed Councilman Mike Carroll engineered a Council vote to begin leasing out the ARDA site at the Great Park — even though the site is zoned exclusively for our long-promised Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery.
Shea and Carroll have been scheming for years to delay and derail the voter-approved Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery on the ARDA site.
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On Monday morning (October 26th), a vegetation fire broke out in Silverado Canyon, which forced more than 90,000 Irvine residents to evacuate their homes.
Mandatory evacuation orders have now been lifted for several communities.
Anyone who is medically compromised or in need of assistance evacuating, please call the Emergency Operations Center at (949) 529-4774.
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