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When Wendy Ng relocated to Irvine in 2018, the city’s park spaces played a big factor in her move. Irvine is “beautiful,” Ng said. “It has so much green space (and) walking trails. I feel very safe ...

Irvine ranked fourth in the nation in the annual ParkScore report, with researchers noting that 94% of Irvine residents live within a 10 minute walk from a park, up from 89% last year and well above ...

IRVINE – The City Council on Tuesday night took the first step to ban smoking in city parks, including the Great Park – becoming the latest and largest Orange County city to crack down on lighting up ...

For the second time in a row, Irvine has ranked fourth nationally for its park systems out of 100 of the nation’s most populous cities. In the Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore index, announced ...

The Irvine City Council on Tuesday could become the latest in Orange County to consider a citywide ordinance banning sex offenders from public parks. The proposal follows the Orange County Board of ...

It may seem peculiar that Irvine Regional Park is located in the city of Orange and not Irvine — unless, of course, you know that in 1897, the Irvine family gifted the land to the county, and its ...