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🌱 What does Oak Creek’s new zoning really mean for Irvine residents?

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In today's newsletter:

  • What does Oak Creek’s new zoning really mean for Irvine residents?
  • How Irvine police say pasta helped expose a $34,000 Lego scam

Also on today's calendar: Largest International Bromeliad Plant Show and Sale! and 16 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 81, low: 57.
  • Sunday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Irvine City Council allows Oak Creek Golf Course zoning change (ocregister.com) — Irvine’s City Council has approved a zoning change for the Oak Creek Golf Course, clearing the way for a large nature park and a future housing proposal from the Irvine Company. Residents packed Tuesday’s meeting to argue it conflicts with a 1988 open-space initiative, and councilmembers stressed they still expect robust outreach, environmental review, and a traffic study before any homes are approved.
   

• California man accused of using pasta to replace stolen Legos (cbsnews.com) — Irvine police say they’ve cracked an unusual refund scam involving high-end Lego sets allegedly bought and returned at local Targets with bags of dry pasta inside. Investigators tracked a suspect to Los Angeles County, seized numerous Lego sets and pasta bags, and linked the case to similar incidents in other states, highlighting how far-reaching retail fraud can touch Irvine shoppers and stores.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Dog is now home!!!!! .
    Found this pup near Portola springs neighborhood. No collar and chip believed to be from china-according to vet hospital. (Nextdoor Irvine Center)
  • Lost cat.
    Does anyone know the owner? It was found on bay tree in cypress village (Nextdoor Cypress Village)
  • University of California Irvine posted a job opening for Part Time Unit 18 Non-Senate Faculty - Department of Statistics in Irvine. Apply here.
  • BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Server in Irvine. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Irvine here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tustin

  • This 26-Year-Old From the Pacific Northwest Is Calling Out MAGA-Owned Latino Businesses ~ L.A. TACO (lataco.com)
  • Stronger Than Words Highlights Disability Stories in Easterseals Film Challenge (bakercityherald.com)
  • Help Displaced Employees at Old Town Tustin's American Grub (theliberaloc.com)

Santa Ana

  • City of Santa Ana invites community to help shape Little Saigon design guidelines on April 25 (newsantaana.com)
  • Attorney Christopher J. McCann of Law Offices Of Christopher J. McCann, APC Selected for Super Lawyers 2026 (statenews.net)

Mission Viejo

  • Abandoned Puppy 'Magnolia' Soon To Be Up For Adoption In Mission Viejo (patch.com)

Ok Irvine! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Irvine

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Irvine

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.