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Irvine (/ ˈ ɜːr v aɪ n /) is a master-planned city in central Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971.
James Irvine called the new town Myford, as at the time there was a City of Irvine in Calaveras County in Northern California. Myford was renamed Irvine in 1914, as the Northern California town changed its name to Carson Hill. The 125,000-acre Irvine Ranch was the largest employer in the town for years, a very busy place during harvest time.
James Irvine (1827–1886) was born in County Down, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on December 27, 1827, the second to the youngest of nine children. When Ireland's potato crop failed in 1845, James Irvine and his younger brother William were among those who left for the United States.
The Great Park is a public park in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non-aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park comprises 28.8% of the total area that once made up the air base. The project was approved by the voters of Orange County in ...
The Irvine Company LLC is an American private company focused on real estate development.It is headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with a large portion of its operations centered in and around Irvine, California, a planned city of more than 300,000 people mainly designed by the Irvine Company.
Irvine Co. erected a 6-foot wall around an enclave on the north part of the neighborhood — where a Santa Ana wind-driven fire would most likely hit first — to protect the most vulnerable ...
Mayoral elections in Irvine, California (18 P) Pages in category "History of Irvine, California" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
USA Water Polo, Inc. has moved its headquarters to Irvine, California. [176] Orange County's active outdoor culture is home to many surfers, skateboarders, mountain bikers, cyclists, climbers, hikers, kayaking, sailing and sand volleyball. Street banners promoting the county's two major league teams, the Ducks and the Angels