When Wendy Ng relocated to Irvine in 2018, the city’s park spaces played a big factor in her move. Irvine is “beautiful,” Ng said. “It has so much green space (and) walking trails. I feel very safe ...

Irvine has Southern California’s highest-rated big city park system, while Los Angeles fell to its lowest-ever national ranking, according to a report released Tuesday evening by the Trust for Public ...

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In the second half of the 19th century, America’s first city parks were created as a respite from the concrete trappings of urban environments. Envisioned, in part, as democratizing oases, they ...

Irvine ranked fourth in the nation in the annual ParkScore report, with researchers noting that 94% of Irvine residents live within a 10 minute walk from a park, up from 89% last year and well above ...

Irvine Park is clearly at a turning point. It’s important that the next steps be carefully considered. Honey, the final bear born in the park’s old bear den, died. The park had three bears just two ...