May 2024 - Shannon Louis

May 31, 2024

Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?

Irvine officials discussed this week a nearly $60,000 technical review — funded by the city — of a proposed veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills — a cemetery that will ultimately be financed...

May 31, 2024

Union: Strike over pro-Palestinian protests to expand to UC campuses in Irvine, elsewhere

A rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests at various campuses will spread to three more campuses next week, including UC Irvine, union officials said Friday,...

May 31, 2024

Irvine’s new Great Park Live amphitheater’s first concert is June 14

Outdoor music is set to return to the performing arts scene in Irvine as the city opens Great Park Live, a temporary amphitheater that can host a crowd of up to 5,000 people and that...

May 30, 2024

Beckman High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

Ann Afonso, left, and VanPhuong Nguyen take a selfie together on the field, where students were allowed to bring their cell phones and encouraged to take photos together during a specific moment in the ceremony,...

May 30, 2024

Taco Bell’s Big Cheez-It collaborations are nearly here; find out how to get them

Taco Bell is ready to give the world its long-awaited Cheez-It concoctions. The fast food giant is debuting two menu items, the Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme and the Big Cheez-It Tostada. Both items will be...

May 24, 2024

Resort at Pelican Hill switching to Marriott management, St. Regis brand

The Irvine Co. will turn over day-to-day management of its Resort at Pelican Hill to Marriott International, with the luxury hotel eventually joining the St. Regis brand. The Newport Beach oceanview resort — with 204...

May 24, 2024

Irvine’s park system again ranked best among California cities

For the second year running, Irvine’s park system ranked fourth in the U.S. and best in California among America’s 100 largest cities, according to a new report by the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit...

May 24, 2024

A city honors service, a public servant achieves and more reasons to say Bravo!

Laguna Beach police captain graduates from FBI National Academy Laguna Beach Police Department Capt. David Dereszynski has graduated as a member of the 289th session of the FBI National Academy. He is the eighth officer...

May 24, 2024

Bravo! for these student achievers and supporters of education

Orange Lutheran High School junior named 2024 District 40 art competition winner Orange Lutheran High School junior Mary Jane Pfaff of Tustin was named the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for California’s 40th District....

May 24, 2024

Long life, long love and long service, for this we say Bravo!

OC resident turns 104 Dorothy (Dottie) Powell, a longtime resident of Orange County, recently celebrated her 104th birthday with a party at her home at Carmel Village senior living community in Fountain Valley. She’s the...

Month: May 2024