Taco Bell's current headquarters in Irvine, California next to the Irvine Spectrum Center.

The Irvine Company owns several large retail centers, including The Market Place and Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine, and Fashion Island in Newport Beach, which is surrounded by the prestigious Newport Center commercial area.

The company is based in Irvine, California in the University Research Park on the University of California, Irvine campus, after a 2007 move from its previous campus near the Irvine Spectrum.

In the cleft of the Y lies the Irvine Spectrum Center, a large shopping center which includes a movie theater, numerous shopping destinations and a large obelisk, which conceals a cell phone and television tower inside of it.

The Irvine Spectrum Center is a large outdoor shopping mall on the south-east edge of Irvine, California, centered on a large Edwards 21 Cinemas movie theater.

The Ferris wheel at the Irvine Spectrum Center.

A solid-white obelisk, which, at night, features the words " Irvine Spectrum " vertically projected onto it, located on the northern corner near the 5 freeway, makes it a landmark of the area.

The Irvine Spectrum Center also features a large custom built Giant Wheel ( Ferris Wheel ) hand crafted in Italy and shipped through the Panama Canal, as well as a Carousel, fabricated in San Francisco.

Many Irvine residents can easily spot the location of " the Spectrum " at night because of the moving searchlights it projects in the night sky.

Saleen operated a retail store at the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California to sell these car parts and accessories directly to customers and to offer vehicle sales without a need for a sales-lot.

At the end of July 2006, to much fanfare, Saleen opened a retail store at the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California which quietly closed in December 2007.

The plan has drawn criticism as many Metrolink stations are located beyond walking distance from important destinations such as Disneyland and the adjacent Anaheim Convention Center, Knott's Berry Farm, and the Irvine Spectrum.

The Improv at the Irvine Spectrum Center is where his 2004 DVD Bits and Pieces was filmed.

The center moved to a new $ 30 million facility in Irvine, California in 2003, and was renamed the Hyundai Kia Motors Design and Technical Center.

The university also administers the UC Irvine Medical Center, a large teaching hospital ; the UC Irvine Health Sciences system in the City of Orange ; the University of California, Irvine, Arboretum ; and a portion of the University of California Natural Reserve System.

In 1976, plans to establish an on-campus hospital were set aside, with the university instead purchasing the Orange County Medical Center ( renamed the UC Irvine Medical Center ) around 12 miles from UC Irvine, in the City of Orange.

The National Academies ' Beckman Conference Center, Irvine, California

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies is located on 100 Academy Drive in Irvine, California, near the campus of the University of California, Irvine ; it offers a conference center and houses several NAS programs.

* Anteater Recreation Center, an indoor gym at the University of California, Irvine

Nearby facilities are in Irvine ( Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital ), Jackson ( Kentucky River Medical Center ), Winchester ( Clark Regional Hospital ), Richmond ( Pattie A Clay Hospital ), Hazard ( Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center ), Manchester ( Manchester Memorial Hospital ), and Lexington, where healthcare services are abound.

It is also the home of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, the Heyde Center for the Arts, a showcase venue for artists and performers, Irvine Park, and the annual Northern Wisconsin State Fair.

In 2003 the paper reported that MUM's Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention ( CNMP ) was in collaboration with " growing list of mainstream universities " including Howard University, the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Pennsylvania, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and the University of California at Irvine.

In 1953, the National Scout Jamboree was held on Irvine Ranch land in the area of what is now Fashion Island Shopping Center.

Edinburgh has also become associated with the crime novels of Ian Rankin, and the work of Irvine Welsh, whose novels are mostly set in the city and are often written in colloquial Scots.

In the same year, she also designed the new plaza that anchors the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine.

Pembroke also works with the University of California, Irvine to host annual 5 week-long University of California Summer Sessions and Japanese universities to provide academic programmes specifically tailored for their students.

USC also operates an Orange County center in Irvine for business, pharmacy, social work and education ; and the Information Sciences Institute, with centers in Arlington, Virginia and Marina del Rey.

Along with Westwood, EA had also acquired Virgin Interactive's development studio based in Irvine, California.

During this time, the University also hired William Pereira and Associates as the Master Planner of the Irvine Ranch area.

However, this period also saw the team make numerous questionable personnel decisions, such as the loss of free agent Allan Houston to the New York Knicks, the signing of free agent wash-outs Christian Laettner, Loy Vaught, Cedric Ceballos, and the late Bison Dele ; and head coaching changes from Ron Rothstein to Don Chaney to Doug Collins to Alvin Gentry to George Irvine in an eight-year span.

Bukowski wrote "' first of all read Céline ; the greatest writer of 2, 000 years " Céline was also an influence on Irvine Welsh, Günter Grass, and Raymond Federman.

She has also starred in movies such as Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy.

The station is also designated a stop on the proposed California High Speed Rail System and the proposed Orangeline Maglev rail from Irvine.

It also places it above the 2007 mean score ( 914 ) of the elementary schools of the adjacent Irvine Unified School District, renowned for its academic excellence.

Scotland also gained three more new towns: Cumbernauld in 1956, famous for its enclosed ' town centre ', Livingston ( 1962 ) and Irvine ( 1966 ) ( see Film-New Towns in Scotland ).

In 1727 an order was placed upon Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine to scour the River Foss from the Castle Mills to Foss Bridge, making it eight yards wide at the top and four yards at the bottom, and, in 1731 the Little Foss, an extension to enclose the Castle, was also drained.

They also headlined the Tuborg Stage at the Download Festival, held at Donington Park, UK on Friday June 8, 2007, and closed select shows for the Sounds of the Underground tour in San Jose, California on August 3, Irvine, California on August 4, and Mesa, Arizona on August 5.

Scotland also gained three more new towns, Cumbernauld in 1956, famous for its enclosed ' town centre ', Livingston ( 1962 ) and Irvine ( 1966 ) ( see Film-New Towns in Scotland ).

Additionally, Erickson is also known for numerous futuristic designs such as the Fresno City Hall and the Biological Sciences Building at the University of California, Irvine.

Though most of his legal work was for the AFCEC and then the UGG, Brownlee also made contact with leaders of the UFA proper, including William Irvine, Irene Parlby, Herbert Greenfield, and, most importantly, Henry Wise Wood.

One other Protestant Ulsterbus employee, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association, was also killed in the blast: William Irvine ( 18 ).

Best was also instrumental in the origins of football at Irvine Valley College in Southern California, as a founding member of the coaching staff along with Head Coach Martin McGrogan in 1993.

Kim Irvine, bearing a heavy physical resemblance to her mother, also played Madame Leota for Haunted Mansion Holiday.

The Irvine Company also holds many office properties, particularly in Irvine and Newport Center, and has nearly 500 throughout Coastal California.