November 2023 - Shannon Louis

November 30, 2023

Here, Try This: Lemon bucatini at Benny and Mary’s

On a recent jaunt to Benny and Mary’s, the new fine-dining restaurant located at Irvine Towers inside the space formerly occupied by Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, I had the pleasure of overindulging on a slew...

November 30, 2023

Irvine nixes single-use plastics from city operations as it works on a citywide ban

Irvine is looking to do away with single-use plastics in what city staff say may be the most comprehensive municipal single-use plastic ban in California. The City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 28, voted to eliminate...

November 29, 2023

Here are dozens of events in OC for celebrating the holidays

December is full of fun things to do around Orange County. We’ve got events near and far, and many are free or very low cost. So check out this roundup of many of the community...

November 28, 2023

Irvine plans to transition Great Park police fleet to all electric

By 2030, the city of Irvine plans to achieve carbon neutrality, and a big part of its ambitious sustainability goals is electrifying its police fleet, officials say. With the help of nearly $1 million in funding...

November 27, 2023

Status Update: LEGO convention coming to fairgrounds in January

LEGO is bringing millions of its plastic bricks to the OC Fair & Event Center in January. The OC Brick Convention takes place Jan. 27-28 with some of its proceeds supporting Creations for Charity, a...

November 27, 2023

Irvine to consider building a temporary live music venue at the Great Park

After the abrupt closure of FivePoint Amphitheatre left Irvine in a lurch for a live music venue, the city is contemplating interim live music options. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, Irvine leaders will review preliminary plans for...

November 25, 2023

Environmentalists hope ‘priority’ project will make travel from the mountains to the sea easier for wildlife

Environmentalists for decades have been working to create a six-mile wildlife corridor to help bobcats, foxes, raccoons, birds and mountain lions transit from thousands of acres of open space at the coast to the Santa...

November 22, 2023

Retail center at the Great Park scheduled to break ground next fall

There is a flurry of activity happening around the Great Park, including more concrete plans of a long-awaited retail center. Irvine‘s Planning Commission on Thursday, Nov. 16, unanimously approved a community commercial retail center on...

November 24, 2023

Rosemead woman, 30, dies after car plunges into North Lake in Irvine

A 30-year-old Rosemead woman died when her car careened into a lake at the Woodbridge housing development in Irvine on Thanksgiving Day, police said. Irvine police are still investigating why the woman’s car sped into...

November 22, 2023

Exhibit at Jewish center shares athletes’ stories of “triumph”

Neil Keller’s obsession with collecting memorabilia associated with notable Jewish individuals from multiple genre started in 1986 when the now retired CPA purchased a 1961 Sandy Koufax baseball card at a Washington, D.C. flea market...

Month: November 2023