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June 22, 2024

More celebrations of Junteenth and OC’s Black community

Orange County’s celebration of Junteenth and the culture and impact of its Black community continued on Saturday. Santa Ana and Irvine both had celebrations, with Irvine city leaders teaming up again with BIPOC Orange County...

June 20, 2024

Wild Rivers hosts 200 swimmers as part of World’s Largest Swimming Lesson

Lifeguard Kingston Lawrence keeps an eye on a swimmer during the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. About 200 people took part in the...

June 21, 2024

Real estate news: Zia apartments in Anaheim pre-leasing at $4,886 monthly for 3 bedrooms

New apartments in Anaheim, dubbed “luxury” by the developer MBK Rental Living, are pre-leasing ahead of the complex’s debut this summer. Prices for apartments at the Zia will range from $2,680 for one-bedroom units, $3,167...

June 19, 2024

Irvine burglary suspect arrested; police say he posed as a food deliveryman

IRVINE — A 37-year-old Monrovia man was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of at least four burglaries in which he allegedly posed as a food deliveryman as a cover, police said. Police booked the suspect...

June 18, 2024

EV maker Fisker in Manhattan Beach files for bankruptcy protection

By Michelle Chapman | The Associated Press Manhattan Beach’s electric-vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year, as even industry leaders struggle to...

June 17, 2024

Status Update: CHOC, Casa Youth Shelter recipients of $4 million aimed at mental health

Casa Youth Shelter in Los Alamitos and CHOC are the recipients of $4 million in state funding aimed at tackling mental health in at-risk youth. Sen. Tom Umberg (34th District) recently presented $500,000 to youth...

June 15, 2024

UC Irvine renames School of Biological Sciences after $50 million from the biotech entrepreneur

UC Irvine will name its School of Biological Sciences for Charlie Dunlop after a $50 million donation from the Orange County biotech entrepreneur. Dunlop’s gift creates an endowed fund that officials said will provide unrestricted...

June 14, 2024

UCI kicks off weekend of commencement ceremonies

UC Irvine celebrated Friday morning its first of 12 commencement ceremonies taking place over the next few days. Chancellor Howard Gillman conferred degrees on nearly 700 graduates of the School of Education and School of...

June 14, 2024

UCI faculty want suspensions lifted for students involved with encampment until disciplinary hearings are completed

While students from the School of Social Sciences walked across the Bren Events Center stage Friday afternoon to celebrate commencement, approximately 170 faculty members in the UCI Academic Senate met online, many of them to...

June 15, 2024

Corky: Schooling others about the stoke of surfing

These days there are many surfing schools strewn up and down the coast of California and just about everyplace else that has any sort of wave to ride. I always say that if there is...