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UCI Health Opens New Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Irvine

Issue # 0206

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Joshua Tjia
17 Jul

In this Irvine Insider Issue . . .

😁 Laugh Of The Day

🌤️ Irvine Weather

🏥🎊🎉UCI Health Opens New Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Irvine

🍉🌽Tanaka Farms Hosts Melon Tasting Tours and Corn-O-Copia Festival This July

🎨👟Empowering Through Art: Emily Yi's Summer Camp Brings Joy to OC Rescue Mission Children

🧵🪡Help Create Quilts for 200 Returning Marines: Fabric Donations Needed

💵📈Tax Alert: Three OC Cities to Vote on Sales Tax Increase

☀️⚠️💦Stay Safe This Summer: Essential Water Safety Tips for Families

🏥🚜Hoag Celebrates Major Milestone in $1 Billion Irvine Expansion Project

🐍Orange County's Snakes: Vital for Environmental Balance and Medical Research

🍓🍰Learn to Make a Classic French Strawberry Tart at Irvine Fine Arts Center

🎼🎼 Upcoming High School Music Calendar

🐈🕯️ Protect Your Pets: How to Prevent Fire Hazards in Your Home

🏃🏽‍♀️ UC Irvine Women's Track & Field Named USTFCCCA All-Academic Team; Two Juniors Earn Individual Honors

🏀🏐🎾⚾ UCI Anteaters Upcoming Home Games

⚽️ Award-Winning Coach Francis Davin Takes on New Role with Irvine Valley Women's Soccer

🏀🏀 Upcoming home games for the IVC LASERS

🏈🎾 High School Athletics Calendar

🚔🚲 13-Year-Old Reunited with Stolen E-Bike; Security Guard Arrested in Irvine

🍏🥭🍑 Local Farmers Markets

🌟🏪🎉Irvine’s Best Kept Secrets: Is Your Business One of Them?

📅📅 Lots of Local Events

📞💡 Useful Contact Information

What do you do if you get rejected at the sunscreen company?

Reapply.

We hope this joke brings some laughter to your day! 😁

UCI Health Opens New Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Irvine

UCI Health has now opened the new Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center & Ambulatory Care building in Irvine. This eco-friendly, state-of-the-art facility is part of the $1.3 billion UCI Health — Irvine complex and will triple the health system's capacity to serve cancer patients. Learn more.

Tanaka Farms Hosts Melon Tasting Tours and Corn-O-Copia Festival This July

Tanaka Farms invites everyone to a weekend of summertime fun with their Melon Tasting Tours and Corn-O-Copia!

Starting July 20, visitors can enjoy daily Melon Tasting Tours, featuring a guided wagon ride around the farm, harvesting seasonal vegetables, and sampling various melons like Canary, Cantaloupe, Honeydew, and Yellow Watermelon.

Corn-O-Copia celebrates corn on July 20-21 from 10am-4pm with a variety of corn-based foods, including a Roasted Corn & Toppings Bar, salads, flatbreads, and more, with live entertainment by Celia the Fiddle Girl on July 20. Reservations are required—book tickets on the Tanaka Farms website!

#supportlocal #farmtotable #tanakafarms

Empowering Through Art: Emily Yi's Summer Camp Brings Joy to OC Rescue Mission Children

Emily Yi founded The Little Steps Project three years ago within the Art in Hearts club to inspire children through art. Recently, they launched a Summer Art Camp at the OC Rescue Mission, where they hand-painted 64 pairs of shoes with the children, creating unique designs. Emily is grateful to the Dragon Kim Foundation for helping expand the project's outreach.

Help Create Quilts for 200 Returning Marines: Fabric Donations Needed

Donate 100% cotton fabric (solid colors or prints, 1 yard+ per color) or 6” cotton squares (42 of each color/design for a twin quilt) to help create quilts for over 200 Marines returning this Fall. The Tustin Quilting Cutups will make the quilts from your donations. For questions, contact: [email protected]. Irvine 2/11 Marine Adoption Committee, Inc.

#irvine211marines #irvinenonprofit #weareirvinestrong #WeAreIrvine #MilitarySupport #MilitaryNonprofit #irvinecommunity #quilts #quiltsformilitary

Tax Alert: Three OC Cities to Vote on Sales Tax Increase

Three cities in Orange County are considering sales tax increases. Two have already voted to place the tax increase on the ballot, and a third is scheduled to vote tomorrow. Residents are encouraged to contact their Councilmembers and advocate for a vote against additional taxes. With California already holding the highest sales tax rate in the nation, further increases will only add to the financial burden. It's important to take a stand and say no to more taxes.

Stay Safe This Summer: Essential Water Safety Tips for Families

Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4 and the second leading cause for ages 5-14, with over 4,000 drowning deaths in the U.S. annually. To stay safe around water:

  1. always wear a life jacket

  2. never swim alone

  3. ensure children are constantly supervised

Prioritizing water safety can prevent tragedies and allow everyone to enjoy water activities safely. For more tips, visit https://www.listoscalifornia.org/dis.../fast-and-cold-water/.

#WaterSafety #SummerSafety

Hoag Celebrates Major Milestone in $1 Billion Irvine Expansion Project

Hoag marked a major milestone in its $1 billion Irvine expansion with a topping-off ceremony at its Sand Canyon Avenue campus. Physicians, employees, and leaders signed the final beam of the new Surgical Pavilion, which will feature 24 ICU rooms, 12 private pre- and post-operative rooms, 12 post-anesthesia care unit bays, eight operating rooms, and two procedure rooms. Slated to open in early 2026, the pavilion is part of six new buildings, adding 155 inpatient beds and 120,000 square feet of ambulatory facilities. The expansion will create the Sun Family Campus, named after a $50 million gift from Diana and David Sun, co-founders of Kingston Technology. The pavilion will connect to new specialty care pavilions for women’s health, cancer, and digestive health. Andrew Guarni, Hoag’s executive vice president, emphasized the patient-centric features of the new women’s health center, highlighting innovations such as rooms equipped for seamless family connectivity and a variety of birthing options.

Orange County's Snakes: Vital for Environmental Balance and Medical Research

Orange County hosts over 20 snake species, including the California Kingsnake and Southern Pacific Rattlesnake. These reptiles are crucial for environmental balance: they control rodent populations, aiding in crop protection and disease reduction, contribute to medical research through their venom, and help maintain healthier gardens and homes by preying on pests.

Learn to Make a Classic French Strawberry Tart at Irvine Fine Arts Center

Join the Classic French Cuisine: Strawberry Tart class at Irvine Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, July 30, from 6–8:30 p.m. Learn to make a classic French strawberry tart with a buttery pâte sucrée crust, topped with fresh berries. A skilled instructor will guide you through each step. Celebrate the season and take home your delicious creation. Sign up at cityofirvine.org/yourirvine.

#FrenchCuisine #ParisianPastry #IrvineEats #ArtHappensHere #WeAreIrvine #IrvineFineArts

We will resume with the high school music calendar events when the schedule is available for the fall semester.

Protect Your Pets: How to Prevent Fire Hazards in Your Home

Here are some special pet safety fire tips for OCFA:

- Maintain a "pet-free zone" of at least 3 feet from the stove and never leave cooking unattended.

- Don't leave pets unattended around open flames and extinguish flames before leaving your home.

- Use flameless candles to prevent accidental fires.

- Include your pet in your disaster preparedness plan by packing food, water, and medicine for your furry friend.

UC Irvine Women's Track & Field Named USTFCCCA All-Academic Team; Two Juniors Earn Individual Honors

UC Irvine women's track & field team has been named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the 11th time in 15 years, requiring a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Juniors Sameen Andar and Jolie Robinson earned individual honors. Andar, recognized for the second time, was an NCAA West First Round qualifier and All-Big West performer in the 10,000-meter run, with notable achievements in both the outdoor and indoor seasons. She is majoring in biological sciences. Robinson, honored for the first time, excelled in the heptathlon, long jump, and javelin, earning Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Meet for the second year. She is majoring in educational sciences. Individual USTFCCCA honors require a GPA of 3.25 or higher and participation in NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships or top 48 ranking in the region for multi-events.

UCI Anteaters Upcoming Home Games

We will resume with UCI’s athletic calendar events when the schedule is available for the fall quarter.

Award-Winning Coach Francis Davin Takes on New Role with Irvine Valley Women's Soccer

Francis Davin has been appointed as the new head assistant coach for the Irvine Valley women's soccer team for the fall 2024 season, specializing in performance analysis and scouting. Davin, previously an assistant coach at Westcliff University, led the team to notable achievements including the NAIA National Championships. With a rich background in coaching roles across Southern California and internationally, he has also held key positions with LA Galaxy OC East and Liverpool FC IA So. Cal. Davin is nearing the completion of his A License and brings 26 years of coaching experience to Irvine Valley, where he resides in Rancho Santa Margarita with his family.

🏐⚽🏀 Upcoming home games for the IVC LASERS

We will resume with IVC’s athletic calendar events when the schedule is available for the fall semester.

High School Athletics Calendar

We will resume with the high school athletic calendar events when the schedule is available for the fall semester.

13-Year-Old Reunited with Stolen E-Bike; Security Guard Arrested in Irvine

Last Thursday, a 13-year-old's Super 73 e-bike was stolen from Rattlesnake Reservoir in Orchard Hills. After filing a police report, the victim found his bike for sale online. Detectives posed as buyers and confirmed the bike was the victim's before arresting the seller, Adrian Norberto Lopez Silva, 22, of Fullerton, who works as a security guard in the area. The bike was returned to the grateful owner, while Silva was taken to Orange County Jail.

#dontcommitcrimeinirvine #irvinepd #irvine #cityofirvine #detective #arrest #jail #orangecounty #lawenforcement #southerncalifornia #policework

Irvine’s Best Kept Secrets: Is Your Business One of Them?

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  • Kaiser Permanente Irvine Farmers Market

  • Saturday Farmers Market at Mariners Church Irvine

    • When: Saturday, 8 AM - 12 PM

    • Where: 5428 Bonita Canyon Dr, Irvine, CA 92603

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    • Where: 33 Irvine Valley, Irvine, CA 92604

  • Tanaka Farms

    • When: Daily, 9 AM - 5 PM

    • Where: 5380 3/4 University Dr, Irvine, CA 92612

    • More Info:Tanaka Farms

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