The City of Irvine is considering spending 80 percent of its federal COVID-19 relief funds on improvements to a local park. It received $53 million from the American Rescue Plan, a pandemic stimulus package, and will discuss during an April 27 meeting whether to put $42 million of that money toward Heritage Community Park upgrades….
Irvine Directs $42 Million in COVID-Relief Funds Toward Park Repairs
April 19, 2021
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Diamond Bar Man Arrested in Fatal Tustin Crash
April 19, 2021
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TUSTIN—A 29-year-old Diamond Bar man was arrested in connection with a fatal crash after he fled Tustin police, authorities said April 19. The chain of events began about 8:45 a.m. April 18, when Tustin police were called to the 2800 block of Park Avenue, following reports of an unresponsive driver, said Lt. Bill Bingham of…
Irvine Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion
April 13, 2021
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SANTA ANA—An Irvine, Calif., man has agreed to plead guilty to tax evasion for failing to report interest income from his bank accounts in Hong Kong and Singapore, federal prosecutors announced April 13. Jean Guy Minn, 56, a South Korean national who lives in Irvine as a legal permanent resident, was charged April 13 with…
Traffic Stop Leads to Large-Scale Drug Bust in Irvine
April 5, 2021
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) says it seized an “incredibly substantial” number of illicit pills, stamped as known prescription medication, during a traffic stop and search warrant in Irvine. Police said a 24-year-old Irvine man was pulled over March 31, and arrested after police discovered more than 50,000 pills packed in sandwich bags. “The number of pills that were collected…
YouTube Twins Plead Guilty to Felony Mayhem, Receive Plea Bargain
April 1, 2021
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Twins whose shenanigans gained them YouTube fame have pleaded guilty to a number of charges related to a pair of fake robberies in Irvine. Alan and Alex Strokes pleaded guilty to the charges—which included misdemeanor false imprisonment and reporting false emergencies—in exchange for a plea bargain, the Orange County District Attorney’s office said March 31….
Doubts Run Deep on Costs, Viability of Community Choice Energy Programs
Locally run cooperative power utility programs that promise to provide clean energy choices and lower power bills for consumers are financially risky and may not be all they’ve been charged up to be, skeptics say. Jim Phelps, a power contractor and utility rate analyst based in Novato, Calif., told The Epoch Times that many local…
New Republican Group Seeks to Bridge Divides in Costa Mesa
A new Republican group wants to take a fresh approach to politics in Costa Mesa, California, by bridging divides between people, its founders say. The organization—called the Greater Costa Mesa Republicans (GCMR)—is a spin-off from the Greater Irvine Republicans (GIR), and “was basically started because we wanted to bring a fresh, active group of conservatives…
Teen Assaults Elderly Man Following Irvine Dog Spat
March 24, 2021
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Irvine police are looking for a teenager who is accused of assaulting an elderly man after their dogs got into a scuffle. A surveillance camera caught the March 19 attack on video. The footage shows a 69-year-old victim walking his dog at Sierra Vista Middle School about 7 p.m., when an off-leash husky approached him aggressively. The man…
Man Charged with Killing Spouse in Irvine
March 24, 2021
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SANTA ANA—A 45-year-old Lake Forest man is behind bars on a murder charge for allegedly beating his longtime spouse to death with a tire iron as she was arriving for work as a family’s nanny in Irvine, prosecutors said March 23. Omar Velazquezhuar is charged with murder a special circumstances allegation of lying in wait,…
California Grocers Association Sues Irvine and Santa Ana Over Hero Pay
March 19, 2021
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The cities of Santa Ana and Irvine are being sued over recently-approved ordinances to hike the hourly wages of grocery and pharmacy workers during the pandemic. The California Grocers Association (CGA) filed the lawsuit March 17 at the Orange County Superior Court, and seeks to declare the ordinances invalid and unconstitutional by singling out grocers…
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