California
The twice-weekly bingo games sponsored by the Irvine Unified School District that raise nearly $50,000 a year for music programs, band uniforms and instruments are in trouble.
Sept. 7, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
The game’s devotees, and theatrical conventions, get a gentle spoofing in an amiable new show.
May 1, 2001
Archives
You’ve heard the stories, surely, of how some Catholic Church bingo games in San Diego County have suffered in the competition with the free-wheeling, high-stakes Indian bingo games.
March 4, 1986
Sports
Local bingo players may be allowed to keep smoking if the school board tonight takes advantage of a loophole in a new federal anti-smoking law.
Nov. 15, 1994
High school bingo boosters, fearful of losing Irvine Unified School District’s most profitable fund-raiser for their music programs, are pushing to lift an impending ban on after-hours smoking at public schools.
Oct. 7, 1994
High School Sports
The Irvine Unified School District is hosting its first invitational field tournament from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Irvine Stadium with marching bands, color guards and drill teams from 18 Orange County high schools.
Nov. 5, 1994
Travel & Experiences
Let us solemnly turn our cards over and engage in a moment of silence for the longest-established permanent bingo game in Camarillo.
Feb. 24, 1999
The summer theatrical camp at Santa Margarita High School will culminate with open-air performances of “Anything Goes,” a two-act musical Aug. 4 through 7 at Talon Theatre, 22062 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita.
July 15, 1993
World & Nation
Culture: Ban on smoking is driving players away from parlor games. That hurts profits and charities that get funds.
Jan. 17, 1998
Juicy inducements of prizes totaling up to $27,000 a night at giant bingo palaces in the San Fernando Valley have wooed players away from smaller operations, squeezing many church, school and senior-citizens’ groups out of the game, city officials say.
Sept. 25, 1988