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An aerial view shows emergency crews cooling a large industrial storage tank with water at the site of the Garden Grove chemical leak as mist rises from the facility.

Garden Grove chemical leak: OCFA says explosion threat eliminated at compromised tank

Staff reports May 25, 2026
Sierra Vista Middle School students Aryan Shah, Krish Marfatia, Kaito Yamashita and Davis Barbee win the Stephenson Family Award for Sports History at the NHD-CA contest earlier this month.

Orange County claims state-leading honors at National History Day, sends 21 students to finals

Madeline Gray May 22, 2026
Students participating in the OC GRIP program gather at Angel Stadium before the Los Angeles Angels’ May 19 game against the Oakland Athletics.

Weekly roundup: Sports Illustrated highlights OC GRIP mentorship event at Angel Stadium, and more

Vicky Nguyen May 22, 2026
From left, Rebekah Rylant of Don Juan Avila Middle School in the Capistrano Unified School District, Rolando Vivar of Fulton Middle School in the Fountain Valley School District and Pam McShea of Dysinger Elementary School in the Centralia Elementary School District were recognized with 2025-26 Outstanding PAL Advisor Awards from the Orange County Department of Education.

OCDE PAL team honors six campuses, three advisors for building positive school environments

Vicky Nguyen May 21, 2026
Aissa (left) and a fellow cast member performing in University High School's "Dreamland."

Student from Connections at University High DHH program brings artistic ASL to school musical

Nathaniel Martinez May 20, 2026
Irvine Valley College students Julian Brito, Katrina Dagg and Omid Mohammadi

Irvine Valley College offers working students an after-hours pathway to a business degree

Ian Hanigan July 17, 2017
Irvine Valley College is launching a new degree program designed to work around the busy schedules of its working students....
An engineer exams in a lab a scale model of the Mars Curiosity Rover

OC students learn about careers in space exploration during JPL visit

Fermin Leal July 14, 2017
A group of Orange County high school and college students spent a day this week at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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Weekly roundup: Trustee area changes, school start dates and more

Staff reports July 14, 2017
The Tustin Unified Board of Education this week approved a new district map with five distinct trustee areas, putting that district on track to abandon at-large elections by 2018. According to the Orange County Register story, TUSD board members looked...
Orange County Board of Education members Jack Bedell and David Boyd

Orange County Board of Education selects new president, vice president

Ian Hanigan July 12, 2017
The Orange County Board of Education on Wednesday voted to elect new officers for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Dr. Jack...
A group of students run toward their elementary school

New school year begins at three year-round campuses

Fermin Leal July 10, 2017
Just as most Orange County students are starting to settle into their summer vacation routines, others are already back in...
Girl in bee swimsuit next to pool

#kindness1billion: Summer’s here, but kindness isn’t taking a vacation

Ian Hanigan July 6, 2017
You’re sharing treats with friends and coworkers. You’re saving bees from swimming pools. You’re even showing some love to parking enforcement officers. Apparently kindness isn’t taking a summer vacation. That’s what we gather from the recent submissions to OCDE’s One...
A hard copy of Orange County Department of Education's Local Control Accountability Plan sits on a desk.

OCDE’s accountability plan targets technology, parental outreach and college/career readiness

Fermin Leal July 1, 2017
The Orange County Department of Education has developed a plan for the upcoming school year that aims to expand access...
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Weekly roundup: A new state budget, CHOC’s oncology prom, transitional kindergarten and more

Staff reports June 30, 2017
Gov. Jerry Brown this week put his signature on a $183 billion budget that increases funding for K-12 schools, after-school...
Smoke over Orange County

OC smoke advisory issued in response to Cristianitos fire at Camp Pendleton

Ian Hanigan June 29, 2017
Air quality officials issued a smoke advisory Thursday in response to the Cristianitos wildfire, which has scorched 700 acres in San Diego County at Camp Pendleton. At the time of this post, the fire was about 10 percent contained. Meanwhile,...
Student Victor Valenzuela pitches his business idea at a podium

ACCESS students face ‘sharks’ in entrepreneurial pitch competition

Fermin Leal June 28, 2017
Two students from the Orange County Department of Education’s alternative education program each won up to a $5,000 loan after...
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