Longtime local residents have seen the transformation of the MCAS El Toro base into the Orange County Great Park. Many of us were around when it seemed there wo

This is my favorite time of year in Irvine, from the first few weeks after Labor Day right through October. Kids are back at school (which parents app reciate),

Everyone who has written about restaurants and food in Southern California in the past 20-plus years was strongly influenced by Jonathan Gold, including the wri

O ne of my major takeaways from the June election—and especially the rancorous debates that led up to it—is that we all need to get out more

"R aise a glass to Freedom, s omething they can never take away." Orange County has been abuzz over the musical "Hamilton," which recently c