Irvine CA

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...

For more than two decades, the Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center has served as a familiar signal for drivers and visitors alike – a glowing marker that says you’ve arrived. That familiar presence is now in transition. A new, larger wheel will make its debut this summer.

A 63-year-old woman pushing a shopping cart was struck and killed by a driver in Santa Ana. On Jan. 29, Santa Ana police responded to a crash at First and Raitt streets just before 7 p.m. The victim was crossing southbound on Raitt Street when she was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on First […]

The Huntington Beach property commonly known as Historic Wintersburg — the subject of years of community advocacy, which is ongoing — on Jan. 2 was officially determined historic by the State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC) for its association with Orange County’s Japanese American history. Nominated by the...

Agrowing number of seniors are dealing with homelessness, but their struggle is largely unseen. Living out of cars, sleeping on couches, or relying on friends and family, seniors on fixed incomes have increasingly slipped into “hidden homelessness” as housing costs rise and personal safety nets disappear. In 2024,...