A proposed project by SoCalGas seeks nearly $27 million in ratepayer funding to blend hydrogen into an existing natural gas pipeline at UC Irvine, drawing controversy from climate advocates about potential risks to public safety and lack of public input outside of university officials.
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Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Irvine Expands Free Shuttle System Bus Routes
Irvine City Council members approved an expansion to the Irvine CONNECT shuttle system and directed staff to research additional expansions.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Researchers Arm Santa Ana Residents With Data to Fight Pollution
Inside the effort by a team of UCI researchers to equip polluted Santa Ana communities with information they can act on.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
A Community Urban Farm Faces New Test in Sustaining Its Neighbors in Santa Ana
A source of much-needed sustenance for sick and low-income residents now seeks to sustain itself through solar energy.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Allison: University of California Actions Toward Striking Workers May Cause Lasting Damage
The University of California’s tough stance toward union negotiations threatens to fracture a fragile academic community still reeling from Covid. We must show solidarity with striking academic workers to avoid permanent damage to the university.
Posted inEducation
Why Are Workers Striking Much More Often in Orange County?
Up until recently, labor strikes were fairly uncommon in Orange County. But that’s been changing.
Posted inEducation
Thousands of UC Irvine Grad Student Workers Are on Strike
They’re joining tens of thousands of other grad student workers picketing across the UC system.
Posted inTheater
New Swan Shakespeare Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Launched in 2012, its home is an innovative, 16-ton modular theater that must be constructed every summer on the UC Irvine campus.
Posted inCountywide
College Arts Programs Display Pliancy, Resilience While Navigating Pandemic Restrictions to Bring Arts to Audiences
With a year’s worth of experience under their belts, college arts programs and departments across Orange County are rising up to the challenge of bringing the visual and performing arts to their students, faculty and community.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Irvine Residents Raise Alarm Over Dangerous Emissions In Million Dollar Neighborhood
The city of Irvine, widely advertised as the safest city in America, has a problem with chemical emissions in its own backyard according to a new study conducted by UC Irvine scientists.
