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Newport Beach Unveils Newest Park With Live Music

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—As part of the development plan for Uptown Newport, the official launching of the city’s newest park, the Uptown Newport Park, commenced March 19 featuring local city leaders and a guest musical performance. “Were excited,” Executive Vice President of Real Estate for Shopoff Realty Investments Brian Rupp told The Epoch Times. “This is…


Irvine Woman Killed in Freeway Motorcycle Crash

IRVINE, Calif.—A motorcyclist killed when her bike went over the right side of the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor (State Route 241) in Irvine was publicly identified on March 14. Rochelle Bunnell was a 39-year-old Irvine resident, according to the Orange County coroner’s office. The crash on the connector road between the Foothill/Eastern Corridor and Laguna Canyon…


Orange County Takes a New Approach to Mental Health

ORANGE, Calif.—Orange County officials gathered on March 9 to refocus on the county’s approach to providing services to those experiencing suffering mental distress. Local officials met alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra at the Be Well OC campus—an organization to address mental health and substance abuse disorders among residents—to acknowledge the…


Irvine Looks to Limit Home Investors, Prioritize Owner-Occupants

IRVINE, Calif.—Irvine home investors may soon be limited from buying up the city’s housing stock, after the City Council motioned on March 8 to develop policies that prioritize owner-occupied housing. A common thread at council meetings is hearing about the “dire need” to create new units to meet growing housing needs, which has become a…


Irvine Plans to Move Asphalt Plant Amid Health Concerns

IRVINE, Calif.—Despite Irvine officials’ plan to move a toxic asphalt plant out of the city, concerns still arise as to how long it will take to move the plant and what measures will be taken in the meantime. Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan announced on Feb. 22 that the city, in its lawsuit with All American…


Irvine Police Make Arrest Using New Catalytic Converter Law

IRVINE, Calif.—The Irvine Police Department arrested an individual with a cut catalytic converter using a newly passed city ordinance that requires those in possession of detached converters to show documentation for ownership, police announced Feb. 17. An Irvine Police officer pulled over a black Toyota Camry near the cross streets of Main and Cartwright for…


Irvine Votes to Adopt 100 Percent Renewable Energy, Raising Electricity Costs

IRVINE, Calif.—The City of Irvine voted unanimously on Feb. 8 to adopt 100 percent renewable energy for residents and commercial businesses just two months prior to the service launch of a new “community choice energy” program, though some are concerned about the entity’s financial capacity to sustain its operation and its ability to provide good…


Teen Stabs Fentanyl Dealer in Irvine

IRVINE, Calif.—An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man at an Irvine park when the victim refused to hand over fentanyl pills without payment during a drug deal gone wrong, authorities said Feb. 6. The victim arranged to meet Eric Quintanilla at Orchard Park, 1 Van Buren, on Friday, and the two…


Southern California Hyundai Headquarters to Develop Flying Taxis

IRVINE, Calif.—Southern California residents could see flying taxis soar across the sky as early as 2028, a technology in development by a Hyundai Motor Group subdivision building the future of air mobility. “Until recently, the concept of flying vehicles existed in our imagination, on TV shows, and in futuristic or otherworldly movies,” Diane Cooper, the…


Kaiser Permanente Faces Potential Lawsuit for Alleged Wrongful COVID-19 Death

IRVINE, Calif.—The family of Nerissa Regnier, a mother of three, announced on Jan. 26 at a press conference that they planned to sue Kaiser Permanente for causing wrongful death after refusing her the COVID-19 vaccine and monoclonal antibody treatment. Regnier, of Mission Viejo, had been suffering from multiple sclerosis before she was tested positive for COVID-19…