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June 6, 2025

Woodbridge High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

Woodbridge High School handed diplomas to the members of its graduating Class of 2025 on Thursday, June 5. With tears flowing, an emotional Lauren Shin embraces her brother, new graduate Eric Shin, after the Woodbridge...

June 4, 2025

Killing the penny shortchanges the poor, UC Irvine professor says

Consumers could get shortchanged by a new U.S. policy to stop making pennies by early next year. While the U.S. Treasury would save tens of millions of dollars by eliminating the 233-year-old 1-cent coin, an unintended...

May 30, 2025

Irvine Great Park and Bandai Namco collab on 45th anniversary look at Pac-Man journey

Hitting a big birthday, an iconic character is in the spotlight this year in Orange County. Bandai Namco Entertainment America, which consolidated its headquarters in Irvine in 2022, is celebrating the 45th anniversary of Pac-Man,...

May 30, 2025

CHP pursuit of speeding Aston Martin registered in Irvine ends fatally after LA crash, foot chase

A driver who led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase in a silver Aston Martin on surface streets crashed into a utility pole and then died Friday morning after he was captured by...

May 30, 2025

Irvine spent $700K on gondola proposal for Great Park before it was made public

Just over a month ago, the city of Irvine revealed a futuristic gondola-like system that could move people through the Great Park. The emerging technology — it’s yet to be deployed anywhere in the world...

May 29, 2025

Beckman High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

Graduates stand to be recognized for their Early College courseload during the Beckman High School graduation ceremony in Tustin on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer) Hailey Goodwin waves to her...

May 27, 2025

Alone, these violins have dark pasts; their ensemble strikes a chord of hope

Diedra Lukoff went to the Hilbert Art Museum in Orange last week for lack of any other plans on a sweltering afternoon. She expected a good time, a respite from the heat amid the gallery’s...

May 28, 2025

Irvine City Council rejects mayor’s renewed call for Great Park veterans cemetery

Councilmembers decided, again, Irvine will not pursue the construction of a veterans cemetery at the Great Park. Furthermore, the city will retain its support for a proposed state and county-funded cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in...

May 28, 2025

Acclaimed author, UC Irvine professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiang’o dies

As a boarding school student in Kenya, in the early 1950s, Ngũgĩ wa Thiang’o – who grew up to become one of the world’s most influential storytellers – was expected to speak only English, the...

May 26, 2025

Status Update: Planet Fitness opens free summer memberships for teens

Planet Fitness has a deal for bored teenages this summer: a free gym membership. The fitness chain is offering a summer program for teens at all of its Southern California locations. Students ages 14 to...

Woodbridge High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

Killing the penny shortchanges the poor, UC Irvine professor says

Irvine Great Park and Bandai Namco collab on 45th anniversary look at Pac-Man journey

CHP pursuit of speeding Aston Martin registered in Irvine ends fatally after LA crash, foot chase

Irvine spent $700K on gondola proposal for Great Park before it was made public

Beckman High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

Alone, these violins have dark pasts; their ensemble strikes a chord of hope

Irvine City Council rejects mayor’s renewed call for Great Park veterans cemetery

Acclaimed author, UC Irvine professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiang’o dies

Status Update: Planet Fitness opens free summer memberships for teens

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