Irvine News

Girls water polo: Great Eight bound for Irvine SoCal quarterfinals
Here are the quarterfinal matches for Friday at the Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships: (all matches start...

Taco Bell tied to food scare in 10 states
Reuters is reporting that Irvine-based Taco Bell has been identified as a Mexican fast-food chain behind a salmonella outbreak that sickened 68 people in 10 states late last year.I...

First Foundation Inc. and Desert Commercial Bank Announce Shareholder Approval of Planned Merger
IRVINE, CA-- - First Foundation Inc. , the parent holding company of First Foundation Bank , and Desert Commercial Bank announced today that on January 30, 2012, at their separate special shareholder meetings, ...

LA Fitness International to move Irvine headquarters
LA Fitness will expand its offices about 30% with a move into 91,000 square feet at the Michelson office complex under a 10-year lease. Gym operator LA Fitness International has agreed to expand its headquarters with a 10-year lease at the Michelson office building in Irvine.

F1 old boy Eddie Irvine buys Northern Ireland grammar school building
ormer Formula One ace Eddie Irvine is going back to school in his native north Down — but he won’t be getting behind a desk. Related Stories Man charged over ammunition find Man, 21, arrested in murder probe Belfast celebrates Chinese Year of the Dragon F1 old boy Eddie Irvine buys Bangor grammar school building 24 homes sold for £3m at Belfast auction

Next at NBC Sports: The Olympics...And Baseball?
As the network looks to add content, NBC Sports chief Mark Lazarus calls baseball a premiere...

Egypt Football Riots a Reminder that Sport Isn't Life
Football isn't life. No sport is life. Nothing is life except, of course, life . 74 people are dead, and that number may very well go up sooner than later, after the post-match violence that occurred in a football stadium located in Port Said, Egypt.

Olympic sport this week
Jess Ennis set to defend pentathlon title in UK trials, plus cycling's Tour of Qatar and archery's World Indoor Championships

From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate. The rate of decay and dilapidation in just eight years provides a visual clue to the Greek scenario, one as effective as any economist's report or politician's ...

U.S. runners have tough road at Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games , officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are set to begin July 27 in London, England. The Games, which will run until Aug. 12, will be held in the United Kingdom's largest city for an unprecedented third time. Lon