Residents who live in the neighborhoods surrounding the Great Park in Irvine have for years paid a special tax that was meant to improve the area. But the residents are fed up with the special fee, claiming that they have seen no benefit from it.
Irvine has joined other Orange County cities using medical workers to respond to mental health-related calls for service rather than relying on police.
Irvine invites Marine aviation museum to return to El Toro
Retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael Aguilar, executive director of the Flying Leathernecks Historical Foundation, poses for a portrait in front of a historic WWII hangar at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine.
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U.S. Marine Corps jets and helicopters could return to the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station El Toro following an agreement inked by the Irvine City Council on Tuesday.
The Flying Leathernecks Historical Foundation has proposed refurbishing a 215,000-square-foot hangar at Orange County Great Park into a new home for its aviation museum currently on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. In March, Marine officials permanently shuttered the museum after reallocating more than $460,000 annually spent on its operation toward higher-priority missions.
Irvine City Council edges toward approving hazard pay for grocery store workers
The ordinance would require large drug and grocery stores to pay employees an extra $4 per hour for the next four months.
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Feb. 10, 2021 7:29 PM PT
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Irvine City Council on Tuesday edged toward temporarily raising grocery workers’ salaries by $4 per hour, following in the footsteps of progressive California cities that champion so-called hero pay.
The ordinance, introduced by newly elected Mayor Farrah Kahn, would apply to large supermarkets and drug stores. Council members Tuesday agreed to modify the stores that would be affected.
Now, qualifying stores must have at least 20 employees and their parent company must employ at least 500 workers nationally, according to Kristina Perrigoue, a spokeswoman for the council. Stores of less than 15,000 square feet are exempt.