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June 5, 2024

As finals loom, student teachers at UCI join statewide strike

Graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants at UC Irvine went on strike Wednesday, joining similar workers at other University of California campuses who say the UC system has violated their collective bargaining...

June 4, 2024

UC Irvine graduate student workers prepare to strike Wednesday

Less than two weeks out from UC Irvine’s commencement ceremonies, a strike by graduate student workers and activities by pro-Palestine students and faculty threaten to disrupt business as usual at the university. On Wednesday, June...

May 31, 2024

Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?

Irvine officials discussed this week a nearly $60,000 technical review — funded by the city — of a proposed veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills — a cemetery that will ultimately be financed...

June 3, 2024

CalAmp, Irvine software firm, files bankruptcy

Irvine-based CalAmp Corp., which develops software designed to track vehicles and improve company logistics, has filed bankruptcy to complete a debt-cutting deal that hands control of the business to lender Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP....

May 31, 2024

Union: Strike over pro-Palestinian protests to expand to UC campuses in Irvine, elsewhere

A rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests at various campuses will spread to three more campuses next week, including UC Irvine, union officials said Friday,...

May 31, 2024

Irvine’s new Great Park Live amphitheater’s first concert is June 14

Outdoor music is set to return to the performing arts scene in Irvine as the city opens Great Park Live, a temporary amphitheater that can host a crowd of up to 5,000 people and that...

May 30, 2024

Beckman High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

Ann Afonso, left, and VanPhuong Nguyen take a selfie together on the field, where students were allowed to bring their cell phones and encouraged to take photos together during a specific moment in the ceremony,...

May 30, 2024

Taco Bell’s Big Cheez-It collaborations are nearly here; find out how to get them

Taco Bell is ready to give the world its long-awaited Cheez-It concoctions. The fast food giant is debuting two menu items, the Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme and the Big Cheez-It Tostada. Both items will be...

May 24, 2024

Resort at Pelican Hill switching to Marriott management, St. Regis brand

The Irvine Co. will turn over day-to-day management of its Resort at Pelican Hill to Marriott International, with the luxury hotel eventually joining the St. Regis brand. The Newport Beach oceanview resort — with 204...

May 24, 2024

Irvine’s park system again ranked best among California cities

For the second year running, Irvine’s park system ranked fourth in the U.S. and best in California among America’s 100 largest cities, according to a new report by the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit...