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June 15, 2024

UC Irvine renames School of Biological Sciences after $50 million from the biotech entrepreneur

UC Irvine will name its School of Biological Sciences for Charlie Dunlop after a $50 million donation from the Orange County biotech entrepreneur. Dunlop’s gift creates an endowed fund that officials said will provide unrestricted...

June 15, 2024

Corky: Schooling others about the stoke of surfing

These days there are many surfing schools strewn up and down the coast of California and just about everyplace else that has any sort of wave to ride. I always say that if there is...

June 14, 2024

UCI kicks off weekend of commencement ceremonies

UC Irvine celebrated Friday morning its first of 12 commencement ceremonies taking place over the next few days. Chancellor Howard Gillman conferred degrees on nearly 700 graduates of the School of Education and School of...

June 14, 2024

UCI faculty want suspensions lifted for students involved with encampment until disciplinary hearings are completed

While students from the School of Social Sciences walked across the Bren Events Center stage Friday afternoon to celebrate commencement, approximately 170 faculty members in the UCI Academic Senate met online, many of them to...

June 14, 2024

Irvine’s Great Park Live debuts with tribute band; first commercial acts to play this fall

Live outdoor music returns to Irvine Friday at the new Great Park Live, an amphitheater that can seat 5,000 guests. The large grassy lawn in front of the stage will also host The Layover, a...

June 11, 2024

In-N-Out Burger says it raised prices because of minimum wage increase

In-N-Out Burger has confirmed TV reports that it has raised its prices in California. California’s minimum wage hike for fast food workers, which kicked in on April 1, was a factor in the price hike,...

June 11, 2024

Nearly half of UC Irvine bachelor’s degrees earned by first-generation students

UC Irvine will bestow more than 11,000 degrees this year, with a weekend of celebrations ahead as it hosts commencement ceremonies from Friday, June 14, through Monday, June 17, at the Bren Events Center. This...

June 11, 2024

UCI faculty call for independent investigation into administration’s decisions in May 15 protest

The UC Irvine Academic Senate is calling for an independent investigation into the administration’s crackdown of a protest at the on-campus Palestinian solidarity encampment on May 15, though a controversial vote to censure Chancellor Howard...

June 10, 2024

Status Update: South County Outreach in ‘dire need’ of food

South County Outreach is in “dire” need of supplies to held families during the summer months of June and early August, when requests for food assistance are typically at an all-time high. The Irvine-based nonprofit...

June 10, 2024

Kia recalls nearly 463,000 Telluride SUVs due to fire risk, urges owners to park them outside

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips | The Associated Press Kia America in Irvine is recalling nearly 463,000 Telluride SUVs — and urging owners to park their cars outside and away from other structures until an issue posing...