Category: Community & Human Interest

The Irvine-based nonprofit, Families Forward, relies on volunteers to help the organization serve vulnerable families in our local community.

Last year, more than 2,000 volunteers contributed nearly 21,000 hours of service.

This is a great time of the year to teach our children the importance of service to others by having the whole family sign up to volunteer at one of the food banks here in Irvine.

Irvine is home to a number of amazing restaurants. There are fast-casual options as well as many fine dining restaurants in town. This article includes a few of my favorites.

Irvine Valley College (IVC) President Dr. John C. Hernandez has now completed his second year overseeing our remarkable community college. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with John to discuss his first two years at IVC. I wanted to learn a bit more about his background and to find out what motivates him, and what he hopes to accomplish in the next few years.

North Irvine teen Allison Wong is passionate about doing good! When she was just 11 years old, Allison self-published a novel, using the proceeds from her book to purchase toys for children at a local hospital. How many 11 year-olds do something like that?

Recently, three Irvine residents — Alice Ziyi Zhao, Angela (Yilin) Liu, and Leigh Chien — competed in the United States Golf Association’s (USGA) Women’s Championship tournament held at the Chambers Bay Golf Club in Washington state.

Summer is the perfect time to head to the park with friends and family to enjoy some great music, good food and quality time together.

Summer is the perfect time to head to the Great Park to enjoy an outdoor screening of a family-friendly film.

How cool is this? The South Coast Chinese Cultural Center has published a new book that documents the history of Chinese-Americans here in Irvine.