From mom-and-pop restaurants to local bookstores, small businesses play a large role in establishing the character of a community. But with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting...

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders officially suspended his presidential campaign on April 8, clearing the way for former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. to be the presumptive Democratic nominee. Sanders cited...

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, has built a reputation for himself by creating viral tracks. His songs, “Can’t Feel My Face,” “The Hills,” “Starboy,” “Heartless”...

Days upon days spent at home, going nowhere, can turn your house into a jail cell. Here are playlists you can create to help “Break Free” from your isolation during the quarantine quarter. The Message/Theme...

While some students in Irvine spend their summers taking SAT classes or perhaps taking on a task such as learning to drive, junior Sonia Goyal decided to spend this coming summer exploring a potential...

In an attempt to spread the culture of India, leaders of the newly-established Tabla Club discuss their backgrounds and how they are trying to make the club successful within this diverse school community. “Ever...

Ever since the release of the album “Luv Is Rage 2,” Lil Uzi Vert fans have been anticipating the drop of an album that was three years in the making. With the halt of fans leaking his music in 2019,...

University of California, Irvine received a record 72,391 in-state freshman applicants for the 2020 fall application season, making it the most popular UC campus for California applicants, according to...

*Please scroll to the bottom of the page to find the issue* Dear Portola Pilot Readers, About one week before we were scheduled to release another print issue of the Portola Pilot, we received notice...