For years, Irvine residents, and even more broadly, our Southern California neighbors, enjoyed the unique water attractions of Wild Rivers Waterpark off Irvine Center Drive and the 405. Children and families lounged on the Lazy River, felt the suspense of the Edge, and sloshed around in the Monsoon Lagoon. Unfortunately, the gates of Wild Rivers closed in 2011. While spending a number of years looking for a new home, Wild Rivers will likely return to Irvine next year, this ti

A plan to house hundreds of homeless people in a tent city near a popular Southern California park was met with fierce public resistance, forcing an upcoming vote to rescind the scheme. One proposal would place about 400 people near the county-owned Orange County Great Park in Irvine, located 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The park, which is home to a farmers market and a hot air balloon ride, is popular with families on weekends. “I hate to say this but the homeless that

IRVINE — The battle is intensifying over where to relocate hundreds of homeless people in Orange County. A federal judge recently ordered the county to come up with a plan and it did. But now residents are rising up. The County [of Orange] is considering putting the homeless across from Great Park as it works to handle a persistent homeless problem. But what started out this week as an idea to create three temporary shelters in Huntington Beach, Laguna Niguel and Irvine, turn

This past week, I've joined hundreds of you, if not more, in discussing the homeless crisis in Orange County. It began at an Emergency Session of the City Council held this past Tuesday in response to the County of Orange's announcement they would be creating a "Tent City" across the street from a Senior Citizens community and soccer fields at the Orange County Great Park. Tonight, it continued at an incredible community-organized Town Hall Forum that Irvine Mayor Donald P. W

I'm running to represent and serve my neighbors and our community on the Irvine City Council. Election Day on Tuesday, November 6 is more than seven months away, but the outpouring of strong support I've received from our community has been incredibly humbling. Early on, I received the endorsements of Mayor Donald P. Wagner and Mayor Pro-Tem Christina L. Shea. These two leaders have not only represented our community for decades, but they both chose to raise their families he