Blog - Page 23 of 139 - Shannon Louis

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...

May 23, 2024

OC Supervisors approve contract for shoreline fishing services at Irvine Lake

The OC Board of Supervisors approved a contract that will help keep open fishing at Irvine Lake for at least another year. The contract for up to $482,020 with James Productions, Inc. to support the...

May 23, 2024

Irvine ranked No. 4 for best public parks in the nation

Irvine had the nation’s fourth-best parks, according to the Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore index. The index is presented as something of a friendly competition between the 100 most populous cities in the country, and...

May 22, 2024

UCI Divest group prompts walkout over treatment, suspensions in encampment protest last week

More than 100 people have gathered in UC Irvine’s Aldrich Park this afternoon, May 22, following the UCI Divest Coalition’s call for a walkout in response to suspensions the group said those arrested in last...