A carpenters union has filed a lawsuit alleging the city of Irvine has threatened it with criminal prosecution and fines for displaying banners questioning whether local neighborhoods are safe from… ...

Through May 8, the Irvine Museum is presenting “California Scene Paintings: 1930s-1970s.” The exhibition, ... anonymous signs of industrial dominance over mankind. ...

Irvine officials claim the SWRCC banners violate its zoning ordinance, which requires commercial speech signs be no larger than 3 square feet, the lawsuit says. “It (the ordinance) applies only to ...