Irvine CA

She won the first race she ever ran, at age 4, and seven years later won her first national title. But it was at age 17 when Summer Wilson’s speed flashed its brightest over consecutive, dominant weekends in November, a fitting extended stretch for a distance runner. A senior...

Outstanding, modestly spicy fried chicken with Southern sides and pies. On occasion, we come across an Orange County restaurant that’s so fantastic at what it does that we’re willing to make a big exception to our health goals just to experience their food. Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is one of those places....

A 37-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison to a DUI hit-and-run crash into a home that killed a woman in Garden Grove. The vehicle driven by Jadir E. Salazarmontano slammed into a home just before 2 a.m. on May 12, 2024, in the 11800 block of Magnolia Street, between Chapman and Orangewood avenues,...

There’s honestly nothing that hits harder than seeing a group of dogs dumped and forced to fend for themselves. No food, no safe place to sleep, nobody looking out for them, and it doesn’t take long before things get truly heartbreaking. That’s exactly what happened to three young...

A person had to be airlifted to safety after the car they were in careened 200 feet off the side of a cliff in Orange County on Friday evening. The Orange County Fire Authority posted on social media that they received reports of a single-vehicle crash in the area of Corsica Road and Napoli Way in Mission Viejo...

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Dept. Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council made for good drama, but did it make for good government?. A proposal to ban smoking in city parks – which, frankly, in 2026, should be a slam-dunk – went from what looked like a quick, smooth approval into a detour onto bumpy roads...

Irvine Unified School District announced its 2025‑26 Teachers of the Year and Teachers of Promise, recognizing seven educators across elementary, middle and high school campuses for their classroom practice, leadership and service to students. Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Devon Zangger is a fourth grade...

Hundreds of residents and prospective buyers turned out for the grand opening of Andalucia, a new gated neighborhood of detached homes in the Irvine Spectrum District. Visitors toured three fully furnished model homes and stopped for complimentary drinks from Moonwood Coffee, pausing at second-floor windows and along...

A Corona del Mar restaurant got the go-ahead last week to permanently keep their COVID-era expanded outdoor dining patio following a unanimous approval by the Newport Beach Planning Commission. Commissioners voted 6-0 (Mark Rosene was absent) on January 22 in favor of a conditional use permit for El Cholo to...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 30, 2026-- Sophia Makhail , a senior at Chapman University’s Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences , has been awarded a $2,500 community impact grant from a local Irvine based company along with their sponsors, chosen through a selective, merit-based review process. This...