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February 20, 2023

Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Mater Dei stays at No. 1, Canyon moves up to No. 2, Feb. 20

This week’s Orange County high school boys basketball rankings. Notable this week: Mater Dei stays at No. 1 in the county rankings after advancing to the CIF-SS Division 1 championship game. … Canyon is now...

February 20, 2023

Second Baptist Church has served its community for 100 years — and it’s not done yet

It’s been five years since Pastor Ivan Pitts posed the question to his staff at Second Baptist Church: If the church was to disappear, would anybody care? Would anybody notice? Then, the answer wasn’t so...

February 19, 2023

Irvine council to meet Tuesday on Great Park concert venue, partnership with Live Nation

A decision on the future of an Irvine Great Park amphitheater may come sooner than expected. At the City Council’s last meeting, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, people arrived in droves to voice their opinions on...

February 18, 2023

See how the world’s largest photograph was created in Irvine’s Great Park

The world’s largest photograph taken by the largest camera happened in Irvine. And starting this weekend, the Great Park will expose visitors to what went into creating the 31-by-111-foot image. The Great Park Artists Studios...

February 17, 2023

Fryer: Mater Dei’s new coach, Frank McManus, looks like the right coach for the job

Frank McManus, as the saying goes, checks all the boxes. McManus, who was named Mater Dei’s new football coach Thursday, is a Mater Dei guy. He has seven years on the school’s varsity coaching staff...

February 15, 2023

Irvine’s concert venue plans are still in limbo

Members of the public came out in droves to voice their opinions on a proposed 14,000-seat amphitheater in Great Park — but Irvine councilmembers decided to punt the deliberations to the end of the month....

February 14, 2023

Should Irvine bet millions on a new amphitheater?

Irvine is the latest municipality debating how deep it wants to be in the entertainment business. The city is currently home to a temporary amphitheater, built on Great Park developer FivePoint’s land, that’s one of...

February 14, 2023

Irvine man sentenced to seven years in prison for COVID business loan scheme

An Irvine man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty in a scheme to obtain more than $2 million in fraudulent disaster relief funds intended...

February 13, 2023

Community collects coats and blankets for victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria

For a few hours on Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of vehicles lined up outside the Lakeview Senior Center in Irvine, waiting to drop off coats, blankets and other donations for the victims of the...

February 13, 2023

Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Mater Dei returns to No. 1 in rankings, Feb. 13

This week’s Orange County high school boys basketball rankings. Notable this week: Mater Dei returns to its familiar position of No. 1 after convincing wins over Long Beach Poly and Crean Lutheran in the CIF-SS...