Irvine City Council members are revisiting a plan to create a public aquatic center in the Great Park after a previous project fizzled out.
Author Archives: Angelina Hicks
Angelina Hicks is Voice of OC’s Collegiate News Service editor, leading the newsroom’s partnership with Chapman University that gives students the chance to report on civic news across Orange County.
Hicks was named the inaugural Tracy A. Wood Fellow in 2022, but she has been filing stories and mentoring students with the newsroom since her freshman year at Chapman in 2020. She reports on south county news and civics, including issues along the coast, the county-run animal shelter in Tustin and the OC Fair & Event Center. Her “Pets of the Week” series, published each Friday, highlights dogs and cats available for adoption at local shelters.
Hicks graduated from Chapman in 2023, where she was editor-in-chief of The Panther, the university’s student-run newspaper. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 2024, where she was managing editor of Annenberg Media. She is an assistant professor of journalism and interim director of the journalism program at Chapman’s Wilkinson College.
Since she became Collegiate News Service editor, the number of student stories published on Voice of OC each year has nearly doubled.
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These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Feb. 26, there are 158 dogs and eight cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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Irvine Looks to Connect Great Park With Public Transit Through Land Swap
Irvine City Council members approved a land swap with FivePoint Holdings in an attempt to connect the Great Park and the Irvine Train Station.
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These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Feb. 20, there are 159 dogs and 11 cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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San Clemente Backs Off Regulating Handing Out Food in Public
After some residents and activists raised concerns that proposed regulations were really a crackdown on churches and nonprofits that feed local homeless people, city council members narrowly voted against implementing the rules.
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These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Feb. 13, there are 152 dogs and seven cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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Irvine Looks to Scrap Warehouse Plan, Build Housing Instead
City staff in Irvine are working with a property owner in the Irvine Business Complex to replace a plan to build a 500,000-square-foot warehouse and instead create a residential development.
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Will Orange County’s Animal Shelter Overhaul its Operations?
The county-run animal shelter — which has faced heavy criticism for failing to reopen soon enough — has selected Citygate Associates to review operations and help develop a new strategic plan.
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Will Irvine City Council Members Nearly Quadruple Their Pay?
The Irvine City Council is set to discuss increasing their monthly compensation rate, which is currently set at $880 per month and could increase to as much as $3,300.
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These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Feb. 5, there are 152 dogs and 22 cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
