- June 6All Aboard: Irvine CONNECT Plans for a Shuttle Bus Expansion
- June 3News Recap: Irvine Grows as a Dynamic City
- May 30City of Irvine and IUSD Partner to Launch Affordable Housing Program
- May 19Harvard Pushes Back: University Rejects Trump’s Administration’s Policies
- May 17Plans to Expand: Great Park Brings New Retail and Dining to Residents
![Almquist Development’s rendering of a grasstop area in The Canopy shows simulated people exploring the area with their families. “One of the things that we like to cater to are kids and families in creating these really nice outdoor areas where people can hang out, get something to eat [or] get something to drink,” Vice President of Almquist Development Tom Carpenter said. “Kids can run and play and be outside, and everybody can enjoy themselves.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bldg-9-View-1-1200x675.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)
