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June 2, 2022

The best graduation 2022 photos from Irvine High

Irvine High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Thursday, June 2. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of...

June 2, 2022

The 75 best restaurants in Orange County in 2022

Dining is back with a vengeance, and so is this annual guide. While the last two years of this project looked noticeably different (2020’s pandemic edition, 2021’s all-taco list), this year’s guide (the eighth in...

June 2, 2022

UCI study finds affordable homes don’t dent OC property values or increase crime

Any community that has considered where to build affordable housing has probably heard some version of these concerns: “If you put this in my community, crime is going to go up and my housing value...

June 1, 2022

Outdoor stage built at UCI for return of Shakespeare Festival

Preparations are underway to welcome back to Orange County a summertime celebrity gone missing these past two years: Shakespeare. Ending a pandemic hiatus, the New Swan Shakespeare Festival broke out forklifts to re-assemble its self-designed,...

June 1, 2022

Critic’s Notebook: Another sneak peek at the 75 Best Places to Eat

Research for my annual guide to the best places to eat in Orange County involves a lot of eating. It also involves some good drinking. These are the seven drinks from this year’s 75 Best...

June 1, 2022

Wild Rivers water park plans opening date, just in time for summer

Thirty-five years after the first visitors splashed down a water slide at Wild Rivers in Irvine, the countdown is on for the popular water park that closed in 2011 to open anew — and just...

May 31, 2022

Taco Bell pauses sales of Mexican Pizza amid high demand

Taco Bell’s revival of Mexican Pizza was supposed to be like a musical comedy with a happy ending. Now it’s more like a soap opera. Hit with high customer demand, the Irvine-based fast food giant...

May 30, 2022

Celebrate Earth Day 2019 in Bommer Canyon

Celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 20, by exploring the Irvine Open Space Preserve during Wilderness Access Day in Bommer Canyon. Hikers, mountain bikers and trail runners can enjoy designated

May 29, 2022

Students doing service, families celebrating and more… Bravo!

Fellowship program highlighting social service projects The Dragon Kim Foundation, an Orange County-based nonprofit, has announced the 35 teams selected for the 2022 Dragon Kim Fellowship Program. The 72 teenagers, including 37 from Orange County,...

May 28, 2022

Mission Viejo’s Jada Gatlin, Dana Hills’ Jai Dawson have strong first day at CIF State meet

Day One of the CIF State Track and Field Championships in Clovis was a good day for many of Orange County’s athletes. Mission Viejo junior Jada Gatlin had the day’s best mark in the girls...