Category: Orange County News

Dana Point Harbor Partners Presents Happy Harbor Days  Featuring the 50th Annual Boat Parade of Lights and More Holiday Favorites

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Experience the Magic of the Holidays at Dana Point Harbor Dana Point Harbor Partners (DPHP) is spreading holiday cheer once again, brightening the waterfront with the annual harbor holiday light display, featuring over 700,000 LED lights. From November 12 through January 4, Happy Harbor Days will transform the Harbor into a winter wonderland with themed light exhibits including a giant whale, illuminated 60-foot-tall palms, Read More

Meet the Founder Turning Dates and Chocolate Into a Cult Favorite Treat

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YOU FOUNDED DATEOLATE IN 2019. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THAT?My background is in food science at the bachelor’s level, and I later earned a master’s degree in business and accountancy. In the U.S., I worked as an accounts payable specialist and was later promoted to fixed asset accountant at Read More

Cultivate a Season of Care: Donate to the Irvine Animal Care Center Holiday Donation Drive

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Thursday, November 13, 2025 The Irvine Animal Care Center invites the community to support the annual Holiday Donation Drive from November 15 through January 15, 2026. Every gift, no matter the size, helps provide essential medical care, safe shelter, and nurturing support to pets facing difficult circumstances. By contributing, members Read More

Jordan Robinson Breaks Down Her Path to Sports Journalism on “The Zest”

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Not only is Robinson a host on the Women’s Sports Network and Pac-12 Network, but she also co-hosts the “Queens of the Court” podcast with WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes, and has been published in GQ, Essence, The Ringer, and more. This year, “Queens of the Court” became a new podcast Read More

Second Annual Orange County Book Fair Is This Weekend

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The Tustin Community Foundation and the Tustin Area Council for Fine Arts, alongside local businesses and organizations dedicated to providing spaces for booklovers to find community, are sponsoring the second annual Orange County Book Fair, which will take place in Old Town Tustin on Nov. 15. The Orange County Book Read More

Pacific Symphony’ Season Opening Concert Raises $300K to Usher In Symphony’s Next Chapter

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Marking the start of a highly anticipated new season in the orchestra’s 47-year history, Pacific Symphony’s Opening Night Concert and Celebration on September 18 brought together friends, patrons and lovers of music to soak in the moment with a dinner and orchestral music by Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. Hosted by the Read More

Broadway’s Corn-Fed Musical Comedy ‘Shucked’ Sprouts at Segerstrom Center

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At last summer’s Orange County Fair, more than 50,000 ears of corn were shucked by County Fair Corn Stars. At Segerstrom Center for the Arts, nearly 50,000 theatergoers are getting “Shucked” this fall. “Shucked” is the Tony Winning musical comedy that was planted on Broadway in 2023 and is now Read More

Humor and Humanity Shine in South Coast Repertory’s ‘The Heart Sellers’

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Luna is an outgoing immigrant from the Philippines. The more cautious Jane has recently arrived from South Korea. They meet in a grocery store on Thanksgiving Day, 1973. Alone in a country they don’t know, they join forces to celebrate Thanksgiving together. Longing for connection, Luna invites Jane to her Read More