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April 29, 2024

Irvine dedicates a spot for an Armenian genocide memorial

Irvine dedicated land in its Great Park over the weekend for an Armenian genocide memorial that was added to plans last year. City officials, along with the Orange County Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee, held a...

April 22, 2024

Runners celebrate first-generation immigrants with a color run

Friends Jillian Pluemer of Placentia, Micaela Balcaza of Lake Forest and Rebecca Sewell of Irvine, from left, stand together, covered in colorful chalk dust, after participating in a 3K Color Fun Run, as part of...

April 29, 2024

Pro-Palestinian students set up tents at UC Irvine

Dozens of pro-Palestinian students set up tents at UC Irvine early Monday, calling for the university to divest itself from Israeli businesses, joining a movement that’s reached colleges across the country. About 50 protesters surrounded roughly...

April 26, 2024

Real estate news: 30 remodeled Westminster apartments fetch $10 million

A 30-unit apartment complex in Westminster recently sold for $10,025,000. CBRE represented both sides of the deal but did not identify the buyer or seller. La Pat Courtyard Apartments at 13812 La Pat Place includes...

April 19, 2024

Aliso Viejo residents claim herbicide spraying near their homes is making them sick

Carolyn McCuan, a 39-year-old marathon runner, had been feeling unusually tired for months when she decided on the afternoon of June 28, 2023, to take a rejuvenating walk along Aliso Viejo’s tree-lined, picturesque Wood Canyon...

April 25, 2024

At UC Irvine, hundreds turn out to demonstrate in support of Palestine

During the two hours protesters at UC Irvine chanted and marched on campus calling for the university to divest financial ties from Israel on Thursday, there was zero visible presence of officers in uniform. That’s...

April 16, 2024

Aspiring techies can find community in Irvine this week

Google, Microsoft, Meta, BlackBerry, Vizio and Oracle are just a handful of the many technology giants with a known presence in Irvine. But do the city’s startups have that same visibility? That’s the question Councilmember...

April 14, 2024

Firefighters, animal officers rescue locked-out dog from 4th-floor balcony in Irvine

IRVINE — Firefighters and animal services officers on Saturday used a ladder truck to rescue a dog from a fourth-floor balcony at an Irvine residence when a dog got locked out and no one was...

April 22, 2024

Chili’s Grill and Bar closes Irvine location

The Chili’s Grill and Bar restaurant at 3745 Alton Parkway in Irvine closed its doors for good on Tuesday, April 16. “Chili’s lease at Westpark Plaza expired at the end of 2020,” read a sign...

April 12, 2024

Volunteers show lots of love by making strangers in need lasagna

In the summer of 2021, Dennis DiPlacito was watching TV when he saw a segment about Lasagna Love, a grassroots movement sweeping the nation in which volunteers cooked lasagna for neighbors experiencing challenges during the...