The Irvine Police Department will host its annual National Night Out on Aug. 6, when residents can get a glimpse of what goes into policing America’s safest city.

With 16,500 acres of preserved open space in the city, Irvine’s mounted unit patrols areas that are difficult to cover by car.

Back in 1889, James Irvine II rode a high-wheeled bike, called a velocipede, from San Francisco to the ranch that he inherited from his father.

Carin Huurnink bikes from her Los Olivos apartment community to her job in the Spectrum District. Los Olivos and the soon-to-open Promenade Apartment Homes make it easy to bike or walk to the office, shopping and entertainment.

Master-planned villages celebrate summer at community pools.

A comparison of 182 cities singled out Irvine as the best place to raise a family in Southern California – and as No. 3 in America.