Your New Four-Legged Family Member is Waiting at the Irvine Animal Care Center
If you love animals and have been thinking about adding a four-legged member to your family, swing by the Irvine Animal Care Center (IACC).
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Irvine State Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris & Her Team Host Holiday Book Drive
State Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris hosted a holiday book drive to help spotlight the importance of education, literacy, small businesses, and local authors. One of the local authors who participated, Jessica Patrick is also a high school librarian.
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UCI Students Find Creative & Impactful Ways to Make a Difference
While remote learning has brought a never-ending host of challenges, UCI students have discovered creative ways to stay connected and make a difference, they are participating in environmental action projects.
One of the successful UCI student-led projects over the past year was becoming a certified affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, joining 106 other “Bee Campuses” in pollinator conservation efforts.
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Marine Corps Veteran Mohamad Omar Diab Named Irvine’s Veteran of the Year
Each year, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris highlights a veteran from each of the six cities she represents (Assembly District 74) for their service commitment to the community.
This year, Irvine resident Mohamad Omar Diab has been chosen as the City’s 2020 Veteran of Year for Assembly District 74.
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One of the Best College Football Players in the Nation Grew Up Here in Irvine
If you follow college football, you have probably heard of college superstar quarterback Jonathan Tyler (JT) Daniels.
But did you know that JT spent his childhood here in Irvine? He graduated from high school a year early so that he could play football for USC in 2018 at the age of 17.
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Annual Toy Drive to Help Local Military Families
The annual partnership between the City of Irvine and the Irvine 2/11 Marine Adoption Committee to help military families has begun!
The Annual Toy Drive benefits families of Irvine’s adopted 2/11 Marine Battalion. To help bring joy to local military families during the holidays, you can donate a new, unwrapped gift suitable for infants or children ages 12 and younger.
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Irvine Native Earns a Grammy Nomination
Congratulations to Irvine native, singer-songwriter Michael (MC) Taylor, who has been nominated for a Grammy for his album, Terms of Surrender.
The album is included within the Americana genre.
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COVID-19 Cases & Hospitalizations are Spiking in Orange County and Here in Irvine
As we began October — which was six months into the pandemic — Orange County had reported 53,751 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,268 deaths. There were 172 Orange County residents hospitalized with COVID-19.
During October & November, there were an additional 24,802 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported across the County … and we lost another 309 of our neighbors. As of December 11th, there are 1,122 COVID-19 patients in Orange County hospitals.
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From Congress to School Board, Here’s Who Irvine Voters Elected on November 3rd
Irvine’s Democratic Congresswoman — and former UCI Law Professor — Katie Porter is heading back to Washington D.C. after easily defeating her Republican opponent Greg Raths.
Another UCI Law Professor, Democrat Dave Min won his election to the State Senate after narrowly defeating Republican incumbent John Moorlach.
In nonpartisan races, Irvine voters elected current Councilwoman Farrah Khan to be the City’s new Mayor. Irvine voters also elected former Mayor Larry Agran, Irvine City Finance Commissioner Tammy Kim and appointed Councilman Mike Carroll to the City Council.
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Portola Springs Elementary School Student Organizes Community Food Drive
Krishiv Sonthalia is a sixth grader at Portola Springs Elementary School. Like most boys his age, Krishiv is a sports enthusiast who plays basketball, is learning to play baseball, and is an avid football fan.
Recently, Krishiv acquired a new passion — helping his local community! After learning how many children are going hungry due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Krishiv organized a community food drive at his school.
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