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August 9, 2022

White House hosts UCI chancellor for discussion on abortion rights

While clinics and hospitals seem to be at the epicenter of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, universities — including UC Irvine — have also stepped into the spotlight. And the...

August 9, 2022

Irvine Co. sells Hotel Irvine to Hyatt for $135 million

The Irvine Co. has sold the shuttered 541-room Hotel Irvine to Hyatt for $135 million in a deal completing its exit from business hotels. Irvine Co. closed the hotel in the spring of 2020 amid...

August 9, 2022

Man charged with murder in fiery July crash that killed a couple in Irvine

SANTA ANA — A 20-year-old Irvine man appeared in court Monday on two murder charges in connection with a drug-fueled fiery crash that killed a couple in Irvine. Jack Frederick Varga Nagl was charged Wednesday...

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...