• Breakfast favorite opens near UC Irvine

    I Heart Pancakes has opened its first Irvine location in the heart of Campus Plaza. The family-owned breakfast spot offers …

  • Orchard Hills music academy opens

    Nine Beats Drummer Academy, a new offering at Orchard Hills Shopping Center, features group classrooms, a professional recording studio plus …

  • RH opens flagship at Fashion Island

    RH Newport Beach – The Gallery at Fashion Island has opened, offering an immersive experience that blends luxury home furnishings, …

  • Bulldogs celebrate their best season ever

    Bulldogs celebrate their best season ever

    It was only one play, but it represented so much more: a season turned from sour to special, a team seizing another deciding moment, a program fulfilling its founder’s vision.

  • A season for the record books

    A season for the record books

    Northwood girls flag football captures title In a sport still so new, the girls from Northwood High rallied around an unlikely source: experience. Led largely…

  • Goal achieved  

    Goal achieved  

    Irvine’s Noah Davidson scored the winning goal for the U.S. National Under-17 team in an international hockey tournament in Slovakia.

  • Irvine sports roundup 

    Irvine sports roundup 

    Flag football nabs title Woodbridge High School Woodbridge’s girls flag football team finished Pacific Coast League play with a 14-0 record, earning the program’s second…

  • Irvine sports roundup (October 2024)

    Irvine sports roundup (October 2024)

    Boys water polo wins 7 in a row Woodbridge H.S. Woodbridge’s boys water polo team started the season with seven consecutive victories. “We returned a…

  • Bommer Canyon Cattle Camp offers family fun

    Bommer Canyon Cattle Camp offers family fun

    About 200 people enjoyed rollicking fun and bluegrass music from the Jordan Hook Band under the dappled shade of sycamore trees at the renovated Cattle…

  • 3 outdoor adventures

    3 outdoor adventures

    Delight in the season with a stroll along any of the trails departing from Bommer Canyon, especially during open access days.

  • Loop trail reveals hidden wonders to the curious hiker

    Loop trail reveals hidden wonders to the curious hiker

    After my recent hike twice around the nearly 2-mile Quail Hill Loop, I’ve come to believe in fairies. Fairy shrimp, that is.

  • Fitness fun

    Fitness fun

    Health and wellness opportunities are everywhere in Irvine, with groups to join offering activities for everybody.


  • Fulbright honor goes to UC Irvine again

    Fulbright honor goes to UC Irvine again

    UC Irvine has been named a Fulbright HSI Leader for the fourth consecutive year by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The designation honors Hispanic-serving […]

  • 3 winners from IUSD in arts education

    3 winners from IUSD in arts education

    Three educators from Irvine Unified School District have been honored for their commitment to arts education, earning prestigious awards from the Orange County Music and…

  • South Lake Middle School wins honors

    South Lake Middle School wins honors

    Irvine’s South Lake Middle School has been named a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

  • A+ in education

    A+ in education

    UC IRVINE U.S. News & World Report ranks UC Irvine among the nation’s top 10 public schools for the 10th consecutive year. IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE…

  • Irvine Valley College ranked No. 1 in state

    Irvine Valley College ranked No. 1 in state

    In August, the personal finance website WalletHub ranked it first among California’s 116 community colleges and sixth in the nation, based on factors that include…

  • Global AI hub

    Global AI hub

    Stuart McClure, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Cylance, helped Irvine take a leadership position in artificial intelligence.

  • Terran Orbital acquired for $450M

    Terran Orbital acquired for $450M

    Terran Orbital, the world’s leading provider of nanosatellites and microsatellites, with major operations in Irvine, is set to embark on a new chapter after its…

  • Electric air travel

    Electric air travel

    Irvine-based Supernal is creating the future of air mobility, a high-tech helicopter hybrid for transporting people.

  • Entrepreneurial spirit

    Entrepreneurial spirit

    From his Irvine Spectrum District office, Anthony Katz turned a homemade ice pack into a $700 million company.


  • Irvine among nation’s greenest cities

    Irvine among nation’s greenest cities

    Thanks to its abundance of parks, open spaces and trees, Irvine has been named one of the “Greenest Cities in America” by the finance website…

  • EV drivers boosted by more city chargers

    EV drivers boosted by more city chargers

    Electric vehicle owners in Irvine have a growing number of options to charge up.

  • Water-wise tips for fall

    Water-wise tips for fall

    In September, plants’ water needs drop by approximately 30% even if the temperature is hot. Because the days are shorter, evaporation decreases. Plus, plants begin…

  • City to establish new preserve

    City to establish new preserve

    Irvine announced plans to acquire and close the All American Asphalt plant in North Irvine and transform the area into a natural open space preserve.

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