- September 26When Community Comes Together: Irvine Volunteers Tackle Hunger With Food Security Program
- September 22Portola High Plans To Enforce Attendance Policy For New School Year
- September 18Irvine Libraries Reopen Under City Management
- September 17On a Roll: City of Irvine Deploys Daxbots to Assess Public Facilities
- September 9Beach-Themed Back-to-School Tailgate Launches Bulldogs into New School Year
![Irvine High Junior Ali Ezzeldine, sophomore Maria Hajjar, junior Dania Yamani, Beckman High senior Jude Tahrawi and Northwood High senior Raya Abutarif give their opening remarks after the Dua. Hajjar introduced this year’s theme: Patience and Resilience Through Hardship. “We were trying to look for something that is very much needed [and] that would relate to everyone,” Hajjar said.](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EditedCopy-of-IMG_8834-1-1200x800.jpg)
![Team member and sophomore Melody Bao, alternate and junior Sandy Shanmuga-Nathan, co-captain and junior Kayley Winata, co-captain and junior Suhrith Muvvala, team member and junior Rishabh Garg and advisor and physics teacher Leanne Jimenez pose with the JPL sign at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) after the competition. “[Science Bowl] is a really fun way to apply knowledge because you don’t get game-show style application of knowledge in school,” Muvvala said. “So it’s, one, for the fun, and, two, because I already have to study for Science Olympiad or Biology Olympiad.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_8535Edited___-1200x900.jpg)
![Hoag’s expanded campus will be a blend of relaxing open-air spaces and state-of-the-art amenities, with eleven operating rooms, 155 inpatient beds and 120,000 square feet of ambulatory space, according to Hoag. “I think it’s really important because the community is expanding,” junior Sarrrinah Inamdar said. “[T]he expansion of more surgical units, and especially the cancer institutions, are also very important for the growing population.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Cancer-and-Digestive-Health-Main-Entry-1200x543.png)
