The Orange County Board of Supervisors will consider allocating $20 million toward a veteran’s cemetery at Gypsum Canyon after city council in Anaheim, Calif., approved the location during a July 20 meeting. Council’s support for the site came less than a month after Irvine decided not to move forward with building a Veteran’s Memorial Park and…

The City of Irvine, Calif. will consider renaming Orange County Great Park to Irvine Great Park during its July 13 council meeting to better establish Irvine’s jurisdiction over the land. Councilmember Anthony Kuo said the name sometimes confuses people in Orange County, who believe they should have a say in how the park is developed and managed….

City council in Irvine, Calif. took no action to construct a Veteran’s Memorial Park and Cemetery at the Orange County Great Park, following long debates paired with mixed opinions from the public. Council held a June 22 presentation about two potential Great Park sites for the cemetery. Both are on the El Toro Marine Base. The first site is called Amended and Restated Development Agreement (ARDA), and the other is a land parcel zoned for a golf…

Two iconic Orange County entertainment sites welcomed back guest May 6 after being closed more than a year. In Irvine, Calif., the Orange County Great Park’s hot air balloon took flight for the first time in about 14 months. “We’re very excited to be able to resume a flight on the balloon,” city spokesperson Kristina Perrigoue told The Epoch Times….

Irvine city council will decide Jan. 26 whether to designate the Orange County Great Park as the region’s next major COVID-19 vaccination site. If approved, the proposal will license the County of Orange to operate a super point of distribution (POD) at the park with the goal of vaccinating at least 20,000 people per day. This will supplement…