The Orange County Health Care Agency is advising that higher temperatures are anticipated through the weekend in many Orange County cities, increasing the risk of heat-related illnesses.

Well, we don’t need to tell you that it’s been extremely hot out there this week, and Southern California is in for another scorcher today. Even in generally-mild Irvine, temperatures are expected to hit triple digits.

IUSD wants to know what you think about the latest draft of its new accountability plan.

Next month, the top National History Day projects from schools across the country will make their way to Maryland for a final competition on the national stage. California is sending 18 of its best projects (along with the students that created them).

Northwood High School Principal Leslie Roach earned double honors this week at the 2014 Orange County Music and Arts Educators Awards.

The Irvine Teachers Association has announced the 2014 recipients of its scholarship program.

The IUSD Board of Education was scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution that would have formally selected a site for the district’s next high school and allowed ownership of the property to be transferred from developer Heritage Fields.

Equipment failure is said to be the cause of a local power outage that left IUSD's District Office without electricity for most of the day Tuesday. The outage began around 1 a.m., and we're told it initially impacted schools, residences and businesses in the area.

The Irvine Unified Council PTA is hosting an upcoming "Candidate Forum" for the trio of school board hopefuls in next month’s special election.