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March 26, 2023

Caltrans brings Clean California message to Irvine

Audrey Vuong, 4, left, and her brother, Davin, 6, right, of Irvine, try their skill at picking up trash as they attend the Clean California Community Day at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on...

March 23, 2023

Fryer: Newport Harbor vs. Huntington Beach might be a preview of CIF-SS boys volleyball final

A preview of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 boys volleyball championship game might be taking place Friday night at Newport Harbor High School. Huntington Beach will play Newport Harbor in a Surf League match...

March 23, 2023

Steve Bisheff, longtime Southern California sports columnist, dies

Steve Bisheff, who had a 42-year career as a sportswriter and columnist in Southern California, died Wednesday, March 22. He was 81. Bisheff wrote for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and for the San Diego...

March 22, 2023

Irvine may get Southern California’s first cricket stadium as interest in sport grows

From April to October, Pulkit Khare will spend about four and a half hours in traffic on the weekends driving to Van Nuys and back to his home in Rancho Santa Margarita. The ardent cricket...

March 21, 2023

The Offspring’s Let The Bad Times Roll Tour is coming to FivePoint Amphitheatre

Orange County punk band The Offspring have announced the Let The Bad Times Roll Tour, which will stop at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Sunday, Aug. 6. The tour will also include Sum 41 and...

March 21, 2023

Orange County track and field leaderboard, March 20

Marks through March 19 during the high school season Compiled by Don Chadez, Flash Results-West. GIRLS 100 – Justine Wilson, Rosary, Fr., 12.28; Brooklyn Davis, Los Alamitos, Sr., 12.30; Avery Groves, Santa Margarita, Sr., 12.34;...

March 21, 2023

Founder of surf wear brand Ocean Pacific, Jim Jenks, remembered for influence on surf culture

In the 1970s, surf wear brand Ocean Pacific’s clothing – specifically OP’s super-short corduroy shorts – was worn by just about every Southern California surfer or skater; the unofficial uniform of the counterculture then seeped...

March 20, 2023

Orange County baseball Top 25: Mater Dei surges to No. 1, March 20

This week’s Orange County high school boys basketball rankings. Notable this week: Mater Dei moves up to No. 1 after a three-game sweep of St. John Bosco, which followed a three-game sweep of preseason No....

March 20, 2023

Convict from OC gets 2 more years in prison for COVID-19 fraud

SANTA ANA — Over the objections of prosecutors, an attempted murderer was sentenced Friday to two more years in prison for stealing unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bruno Galindo, 51, pleaded guilty Dec. 28...

March 17, 2023

Inspired by Iranian demonstrations, Irvine resident launches Senate campaign

Irvine native Alex Mohajer aims to be the first openly gay legislator elected from Orange County — and potentially the only Iranian in the California Legislature. Mohajer, president of the LA-based political advocacy organization Stonewall Democrats,...