Contributing Writer

Magda Liszewska

Brazilian dancers and musicians perform on stage during “It’s Samba Showtime” on the main stage at the Irvine Global Village Festival at the Orange County Great Park on Saturday, October 9, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Celebrate the global village in Irvine with its popular annual festival

October 2, 2024 at 11:15 a.m.

Special this year at the one-day Irvine Global Village Festival will be an exhibit dedicated to sports around the world.

Spectators cheer participants during the Orange County Pride Parade in Santa Ana on Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Celebrate Orange County Pride with Colors of Strength Festival this weekend

October 3, 2024 at 4:45 p.m.

The OC Pride Festival & Parade are being held this weekend at the OC Fair & Event Center.

Wally and Shirley Mullin attend prom night at the Park Plaza senior living community in Orange. The couple attended their high school prom nearly six decades ago at St. Ann’s Catholic School in Los Angeles.
(Courtesy of Park Plaza)

Bravo for long life and young learning

September 15, 2024 at 12:51 p.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Students at TRF Camp Build, a camp hosted by The Rosendin Foundation, learned how to build a lamp among other things.
(Courtesy of TRF Camp Build)

Bravo for these citizens of the year, a teen making a golden difference and more

September 15, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Two Irvine Rocketry Club teams from the Orange County chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics were among the 100 teams competing in the world’s largest student rocketry competition – the American Rocketry Challenge.
(Courtesy of American Rocketry Challenge)

Bravo to these student achievements and support for CHOC

August 6, 2024 at 10:38 a.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Representatives of the nonprofit Waymakers and the OC Health Care Agency stand next to a bus shelter in Cypress featuring artwork by John F. Kennedy High School graduate David Alfaro. The artwork was selected for an ad campaign on youth substance use prevention in the Anaheim Union High School District. Pictured from left: Ronnetta Johnson, CEO of Waymakers; Carolyn Secrist, OC Health Care Agency; Sydney Ma and Estrella Vargas, health educators with Waymakers; David Alfaro; Clarissa Urrutia, program coordinator with Waymakers; and Christina Resendiz, program manager with Waymakers.
(Courtesy of Waymakers)

Students and residents recognized for hard work … Bravo!

August 6, 2024 at 10:31 a.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Estefano (Stevie) D’Sanchez of Stevie’s Details LLC stands with the World War II-era P-38 Lightning after polishing it at the War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
(Courtesy of The Detail Mafia)

Bravo to these residents being recognized for their hard work

August 5, 2024 at 10:03 a.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Dorothy Powell is surrounded by balloons at her 104th birthday celebration March 24 at Carmel Village senior living community in Fountain Valley. Powell is the oldest resident living at Carmel Village, her family says.
(Courtesy of Cathy Demyanowich)

Long life, long love and long service, for this we say Bravo!

May 24, 2024 at 7:12 a.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Laguna Beach Live is among the recipients of the 2024 FOA Foundation arts grants.
(Courtesy of Laguna Beach Live)

A city honors service, a public servant achieves and more reasons to say Bravo!

May 24, 2024 at 7:07 a.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.

Irvine Unified School Board President Cyril Yu, right, accepts a $2 million contribution in support of the district’s arts, music and science education, as Erin Zoumaras, director of arts education at IUSD, claps. Presenting the contribution is Jeff Davis, Irvine Company senior vice president.
(Courtesy of Irvine Company)

Bravo! for these student achievers and supporters of education

May 24, 2024 at 7:08 a.m.

The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups.