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Nature Explorer

January 31, 2023 Leave a Comment

Irvine Ranch Conservancy Family Hike Fran

An Irvine Ranch Conservancy volunteer works to keep kids engaged with nature through local family hikes. The wild mysteries are everywhere. The young nature detectives are on the case. Armed with a magnifying glass and photos, they’re out to find and identify Orange County’s native plants and creatures. Guiding their adventures and curating their interest […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: hiking, Magda Hernandez, outdoors

Trash Talk

December 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

Kids in line for The Recycling Club at Adelaide Price Elementary

A group of Anaheim elementary students are learning the value of garbage — and composting.   Thursday mornings are busy — even before school starts at Adelaide Price Elementary. The Recycling Club line up in their green shirts, standing with a pair of large yellow trashcans and a banner that reads: Recycle Thursday! Help heal the […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: eco-friendly, public schools, Shawn Price

Soul Food

November 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

Chef Bill Bracken rising in his food truck window.

Local chef Bill Bracken took hardship and transformed it as a way to feed those in need in Orange County. It all started in 2011 when the recession was at its worst. Chef Bill Bracken lost his long-lived career cooking for the Four Seasons Hotel and found himself starting over again like many others throughout […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: charity, dining

Teddy Bear Hugs

October 27, 2022 1 Comment

Brooke Walker delivers a donation of Higgy Bears to CHOC

This Tesoro High teen with scoliosis gives support and teddy bears to others like her On the outside, Brooke Walker always seemed like a happy, successful teenager — earning As in school, involved in extracurricular activities such as musical theater, choir, dance and hanging out with her friends. On the inside, life, or rather her […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: charity, Magda Hernandez

Dreaming Large in the Front Yard

September 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

Mike Stanley, Dawn Stanley, and Wyatt Stanley pose with their Halloween decor

An Aliso Viejo family embodies community spirit and fun with their annual Halloween display.  The Stanleys’ front yard became national news in 2021. Probably because it was the only one with the pirate ship from Pirates of the Caribbean in it. Quite a way to celebrate Halloween, but it was also the kind of thing […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: Mike Stanley, Ralph Palumbo, Shawn Price

Bee Heroes

September 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

Westminster High School Students Lynntram Nguyen, Ashley Nguyen, Katie Nguyen, Lilian Doan

A group of Westminster High School teens have developed an innovative product to help save the bees. The buzz about honey bees is not good. Declining bee populations are costing the U.S. economy billions, and creating another stress factor for the environment. But a group of high school students in a forward-looking science program used […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: outdoors, Shawn Price

Sharing Strength

July 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

Local Hero Meymuna Hussein Cattan

Meymuna Hussein-Cattan creates a space for refugees through her Santa Ana-based organization, The Tiyya Foundation. For many years Meymuna Hussein-Cattan felt invisible, with no place to tell her story. And what a story it is. Survival. Starting over in a new world. Paving the way for her family — all thousands of miles from her […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: charity, Magda Hernandez

Giving Back Big

June 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Local Hero Natalia Leon

Local teen honored for her extreme dedication to the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.  Natalia Leon wasn’t sure she had enough to offer young kids who could benefit from extra guidance. After all, the Santa Ana resident was 15 at the time and still growing up herself. Fast-forward three years and not only has she […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: charity, Magda Hernandez

Dad on a Mission 

May 25, 2022 1 Comment

single father James Alvarez and daughter

A local dad turns tragedy into teaching and helps other dads become the best they can be.  The worst night of James Alvarez’s life could have broken him. It could have poisoned the rest of his life. Instead, he channeled his grief into a mission to help the daughter who needed him and all the […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: Shawn Price, teachers

Tutor Help

April 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

(Photo Courtesy of Katherine Dang) Katherine Dang is a local college student helping kids experiencing homelessness through education.  It’s a small commitment with a big impact. Once a week for an hour, Irvine resident Katherine Dang hops on a Zoom call with a fifth-grader to help her with schoolwork. During breaks, they indulge the girl’s […]

Filed Under: Local Heroes Tagged With: Magda Hernandez

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