Blog - Page 20 of 189 - Shannon Petluck

September 29, 2025

Boys water polo: No. 1 Newport Harbor seeded first for Elite 8 tournament

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Orange County high school boys water polo rankings for Sept. 30, 2025: BOYS WATER POLO Rank, school, record, previous rank 1. Newport...

September 30, 2025

Irvine Barclay Theatre marks 35 years of entertaining

The Irvine Barclay Theatre opened its doors in 1990, welcoming an impressive array of artists and guests to its stage in the 35 years since. On Saturday, it welcomed the community for a free “block...

September 30, 2025

Orange County girls volleyball Top 10: Mater Dei continues reign

ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOP 10 (Records through Sept. 29) 1. Mater Dei (23-4): The Monarchs won the Nike Tournament of Champions Platinum Division championship, the prestigious tournament’s top division, in Phoenix. They beat Bishop...

September 30, 2025

Irvine City Council takes up San Onofre nuclear waste safety concerns

Irvine officials gathered Tuesday to confront a concern that has lingered on the county’s doorstep for more than a decade: What to do with the 3.6 million pounds of radioactive waste stored at the shuttered...

October 1, 2025

Steve Fryer’s Orange County football Top 35 rankings, Oct. 1

Here is how I voted this week in the Orange County Top 25, plus teams I consider to be in the Nos. 26-35 range. 1. Mater Dei 3-1 overall record 2. Mission Viejo 5-1 3....

October 2, 2025

Fryer: Leaders for Orange County’s football awards at the halfway point

Five weeks down, five weeks to go in the high school football season. Now that it’s halfway through the season, let’s take a look at the leaders for Orange County football’s top awards — offensive...

October 2, 2025

The best things we ate at Southern California restaurants in September

After kicking off the month with a massive heat wave, things are starting to finally cool down in Southern California. September in Southern California marks the debut of seasonal fall flavors, such as pumpkin spice...

October 5, 2025

UC Irvine raises more than $2.4 billion in fundraising campaign, considered largest in Orange County history

UC Irvine has concluded its decade-long Brilliant Future campaign, raising more than $2.4 billion, university leaders announced Saturday, Oct. 4, which they say is the largest philanthropic effort in Orange County history. The campaign, which...

October 6, 2025

Hoag physicians see campus expansion project as opportunity

Hoag leaders make a bold promise as they prepare to open the hospital’s $1 billion Sun Family Campus in Irvine next September: Come to Hoag and you won’t have to travel anywhere else for care....

October 6, 2025

Status Update: New stores open at Mission Viejo mall, San Clemente outlets

Simon, the property owner of the Shops at Mission Viejo, broke ground Sept. 18 on its expansion project for the 49-year-old mall. The construction work, which will add new retail space on the mall’s southeast...