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December 30, 2022

Irvine boys basketball beats El Modena, advances to Estancia Coast Classic final

Irvine will get another chance to win a boys basketball tournament championship this season. The Vaqueros defeated El Modena 47-34 at Estancia High on Thursday in the Estancia Coast Classic semifinals to advance to the...

December 29, 2022

Irvine to stick with Orange County Power Authority — for now

Irvine’s City Council voted 3-2 to stay with the controversial Orange County Power Authority. However, the council will revisit a potential withdrawal in June 2023. The decision was made at a special meeting on Thursday,...

December 30, 2022

Charges dropped against Irvine bioscience company founder in alleged $3.5 million kickback scheme

Federal prosecutors have abruptly dropped criminal charges against a former executive with a defunct Irvine-based health sciences lab business who was accused of paying physicians at least $3.5 million in kickbacks to induce them to...

December 29, 2022

Semifinals set for Estancia, Tustin boys basketball tournaments

Tesoro will play Tustin in one semifinal and Beckman plays Los Alamitos in the other semifinal in the Tustin Classic boys basketball tournament Thursday at Tustin High. The Tesoro-Tustin game is at 6 p.m. Beckman-Los...

December 28, 2022

Pretend City celebrates Kwanzaa with lessons

Youngsters spent Wednesday learning about principles of unity, contributing to your community and creativity while celebrating African and African-American culture during a day-long Kwanzaa event at the Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine. Kaley Maleniak,...

December 28, 2022

Irvine City Council to discuss future involvement in clean energy deal

The Irvine City Council will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Dec. 29 to discuss whether the city should stay with the Orange County Power Authority. The meeting comes on the heels of the Orange...

December 28, 2022

Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Santa Margarita, JSerra climbing, Dec. 28

This week’s Orange County high school boys basketball rankings. Notable this week: Santa Margarita and JSerra move up to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, after strong showings in the Tarkanian Classic last week in...

December 23, 2022

Microsoft to fight US over $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal

By Matt O’Brien | The Associated Press Microsoft is headed for a battle with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the U.S. will block the tech giant’s planned takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard...

December 22, 2022

OC supervisors OK grants for schools to keep naloxone on site

High schools in six Orange County school districts are eligible for funding to purchase naloxone supplies under a new grant program OK’d by the Board of Supervisors this week. The board on Tuesday, Dec. 20...

December 22, 2022

Irvine to move forward with new affordable housing project

In 2019, Yesica Valle escaped an abusive relationship with her three children. Without a home, she turned to shelters or her friends’ and family’s garages around Orange County to live. “I don’t make enough money...