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August 9, 2022

Teen pilot, vying to be the youngest to fly solo around the world, makes stop in OC

A collage of stickers litters the hood of the one-seater Shark ultralight aircraft, each decal like a postcard from some far-away part of the world: Greece, Oman, Kenya. On his journey to circumnavigate the earth,...

August 8, 2022

Status Update: H Mart opens Friday in Irvine, 2nd for the city

H Mart opens its newest grocery store Friday in the Westpark neighborhood of Irvine. It’s the second H Mart in the city, the fourth in Orange County and the 15th in California. The store at...

August 8, 2022

Why companies that clean scalpels and IVs are now in California’s cross hairs

Companies responsible for cleaning doctors’ surgical kits and syringes have been placed under a microscope by Southern California’s air quality monitor, which has found that at least three located in Southern California are emitting alarming...

August 5, 2022

Irvine won’t put question of district elections to voters in November

With Irvine leaders split on the idea of having district-based voting in the city, the question of whether to make the switch in 2024 won’t be put up to the voters this year, the majority...

August 4, 2022

What happens to wildlife after wildfires? Cal State project aims to find out

A red-tailed hawk and two turkey vultures circled overhead as Erin Weiner walked down a dusty trail inside protected habitat land near Orange County’s Limestone Canyon. Weiner, 24, is an avid hiker. The Long Beach...

August 4, 2022

Trump aide Peter Navarro sued over private emails

By Patricia Hurtado | Bloomberg The US Justice Department sued former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, claiming he’s refused to provide the National Archives with emails retained on a private account he used while...

August 4, 2022

A YouTubers’ child predator sting, a foot pursuit across a busy freeway, and an arrest

Citizen vigilantes posing as underage girls began exchanging online messages with a 36-year-old Los Angeles man in July. They say he made graphic sexual advances toward someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl. The vigilante...

August 4, 2022

Review: These are the 10 best bakeries in Orange County

Bread bakers are a strange lot, always waking hours before the roosters start cock-a-doodle-doing to slide their jiggly, sweetly sour loaves into ovens that have been warming all night. Baking is a career of passion,...

August 3, 2022

Three possible candidates to be the next CIF Southern Section commissioner

Rob Wigod announced Tuesday that the 2022-23 school year will be his last as CIF Southern Section commissioner. Who will replace him? Here are three possible candidates to be the section’s next commissioner … Monica...

August 2, 2022

Mexican Pizza is returning to Taco Bell in September

Fans of Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza have some time to wait before the Irvine-based chain returns the popular item to its menu on Sept. 15. Taco Bell made the announcement on Twitter Tuesday morning, ending...