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Juneteenth Closures

Monday, June 17, 2024 City of Irvine offices, aquatics facilities, and community centers will be closed in observance of Juneteenth, June 19. Closures include: Adventure Playground Central Bark Irvine Animal Care Center Irvine Fine Arts Center Lakeview Senior Center Rancho Senior Center Trabuco Center Sweet Shade Ability Center Featured amenities at Read More

Crews extinguish fire at Carrie Underwood’s home

Crews extinguished a fire Sunday night at country singer Carrie Underwood’s Tennessee property, according to KTLA sister station WKRN. The fire began around 9:40 p.m. in Williamson County’s Pinewood community, located west of Leiper’s Fork. According to Williamson County Fire Rescue, the county dispatched crews from all eight of its Read More

Fans offered free tickets after George Lopez walks out of California casino show

Attendees of a recent George Lopez show in California are getting full reimbursement as an apology after the comedian walked out 30 minutes early during his set. Eagle Mountain Casino staff say Lopez “let down his fans” when the show unexpectedly ended early. “Once Lopez walked to his dressing room, Read More

Pope Francis meets more than 100 comedians at the Vatican: ‘You also make God smile’

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Before flying to Italy’s southern Puglia region to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit, Pope Francis hosted a very different audience at the Vatican on Friday celebrating the importance of humor. The pontiff welcomed more than 100 comedians from 15 nations, including U.S. Read More