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December 28, 2023

Jeanne Keevil, first editor of Irvine World News, dies at 96

When Jeanne Keevil was a college student at the University of Oregon in the 1940s, journalism was a man’s world. When male students who had served during World War II began returning to school as...

December 27, 2023

How an email from an Irvine engineer to Tim Cook set Apple Watch saga in motion

By Mark Gurman | Bloomberg At about 1 a.m. California time in 2013, a scientist in Irvine emailed Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook with an irresistible pitch. “I strongly believe that we can develop...

December 27, 2023

Irvine teen advocates ‘everyone deserves equal access to knowledge’

When Gretchen and Charles Hill adopted their son, the orphanage director “told us that Henry is a game changer – influential, inspirational, game changer,” his mother said. “I think Henry is all of the above.”...

December 22, 2023

Great Park’s resident task force is coming to an end

Less than two years since its creation in 2022, Great Park‘s resident task force is dissolving. The task force, an ad-hoc committee composed of 15 appointed residents who represent the Great Park Neighborhoods, was meant...

December 22, 2023

Skating around Orange County: Find an outdoor ice rink this holiday season

There’s still time to lace up your skates and practice your figure eights at one of several outdoor ice rinks around Orange County this holiday season. From hours of operation to how much you can...

December 22, 2023

Irvine Shuttle will halt its service for four days in late December

Those bright blue and green Irvine Shuttle buses are hitting the breaks for four days next week. Like the Metrolink trains, the iShuttle buses will not operate from Dec. 26 to Dec. 29. While any...

December 21, 2023

Irvine Co. sued for alleged toxic mold in its luxury Newport Bluffs apartments

The scars on Catherine Duboc’s face and hands are sad souvenirs of her days living at the upscale Newport Bluffs apartment homes, where she contends exposure to toxic mold left her with angry, red sores...

December 20, 2023

Irvine will start banning gas-powered lawn equipment next year

In another move to transition away from fossil fuels, Irvine is banning the use of gas-powered lawn equipment, beginning next summer. That includes gas-powered leaf blowers, lawnmowers, string trimmers, hedge trimmers, edgers and chainsaws. Starting...

December 20, 2023

Chef Erik De Marchi’s Laguna restaurant is a hit. Now he’s bringing pizza to Irvine

Five years after opening Oliver’s Osteria in Laguna Beach — which secured critical acclaim and a loyal following for such dishes as rigatoni cacio e pepe and squid ink cappellacci, to name a few —...

December 19, 2023

Irvine-based Masimo’s CEO open to settling Apple Watch rift

By Mark Gurman and Caroline Hyde | Bloomberg Irvine-based Masimo Corp. Chief Executive Officer Joe Kiani, head of the medical device maker that has put Apple Inc.’s smartwatch on the brink of a US ban,...