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October 19, 2024

Election 2024: Voter participation among young Latinos is low. A local Santa Ana group aims to change that

Orange County resident and UCLA scholar Diego Sarmiento says he became more interested in local politics during the 2020 presidential election cycle. Seeing local elected leaders — including his father, current Orange County Supervisor Vicente...

October 16, 2024

Avon Protection, formerly Ceradyne, closing Irvine facility as it shifts to Ohio

The company long known as Ceradyne and more recently Avon Protection Systems will close its Irvine doors permanently next year, ending a nearly 58-year run in Orange County as a military armor manufacturer. Avon Protection...

October 10, 2024

Council approves zoning for 15,000 homes in Irvine Business Complex, overruling airport commission

The City Council moved forward with Irvine’s long-term housing plan on Tuesday by clearing the way for additional residential developments in a neighborhood near John Wayne Airport. In a 4-1 vote, the City Council supported...

October 9, 2024

OC native gives voice to Batman and Sonic The Hedgehog video game releases this month

Roger Craig Smith is the voice behind Sonic The Hedgehog and Batman, two characters having a big October with video game releases. The Orange native has done voice-acting work for several prominent companies, including Disney,...

October 8, 2024

Irvine PD unveils new police Cybertruck

The Irvine Police Department unveiled on Tuesday its newest police vehicle: a Tesla Cybertruck. Irvine Police Chief Michael Kent said he believes it to be the first police Cybertuck in the United States. “I’m very...

October 8, 2024

Irvine tech firm Ingram Micro looks to return to Wall Street

Irvine-based Ingram Micro Holding Corp., a pioneer in technology logistics, plans a return to public ownership. In filing for an initial public stock offering, Ingram Micro disclosed net income of $104 million on net sales...

October 8, 2024

On anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, UC Irvine campus sees protests, prayers

On the first anniversary of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks against Israel that have precipitated a wider war in the Middle East, a couple hundred UC Irvine students and faculty marched around the campus Monday calling...

October 7, 2024

Irvine’s diverse community shares the cultures that make it special

Dancers from the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center perform on the main stage during the 23rd annual Irvine Global Village Festival at the Great Park on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing...

October 7, 2024

Now thriving, former NICU patients reunite with UCI hospital staff

Eighteen years ago, newborn Elizabeth Sandman was fighting for her life in UCI Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, after being born with chronic kidney disease. With the help of hospital staff, her condition improved...

October 3, 2024

California struggles to find workers to pay millions in stolen wages

By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters Seeking workers Janitors who worked at Cheesecake Factory restaurants in Brea, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Escondido and San Diego between Aug. 31, 2014, and Aug. 31, 2017...