2026 | Local OC News

Breakthrough At-Home Vision Testing Platform Reinvents the Eye Exam, Available Partnership and Acquisition Relationships

On June 23, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — ProNova Partners, a 17-year-old Mergers and Acquisitions firm, has announced it has been retained to develop major strategic partnership and acquisition relationships for a breakthrough at-home vision-testing technology built on optical science exclusively licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The platform lets Read More

Visit Huntington Beach Hires Mammoth Marketing Expert

On June 23, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

John Urdi has traded the snow in Mammoth for Surf City sand as the new chief executive of the city’s tourism organization, Visit Huntington Beach. The newly tapped tourism leader is now using his Mammoth playbook to increase overnight and multi-day visitors to Orange County’s fourth-largest city with plans to Read More

ScentFest SF 2026 in San Francisco is West Coast’s First International Consumer Fragrance Festival

On June 22, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) — ScentFest SF, the West Coast’s first international consumer fragrance festival, opens June 26 to 28, 2026 at the Gateway Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Founded by Sebastian Jara, creator of The Perfume Guy on YouTube, the inaugural three-day festival gathers more Read More

Service, Friendship and Community

On June 22, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

Elks Lodge Initiates 12 New Members from Across Saddleback Valley The Mission Viejo-Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge #2444 proudly welcomed 12 new members during a recent initiation ceremony, adding to the growing family of Elks who live, work, and volunteer throughout the Saddleback Valley community. The new members represent communities across Read More

King’s Seafood Co. Plays the Long Game

On June 22, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

Sam King, co-founder and chief executive of King’s Seafood Company, said he started working in his father’s restaurant as soon as he was old enough to be a busboy. Mickey King and his brother Lou began opening King’s Coffee Shops in 1945, and Sam King said that he would follow Read More

On the Move: CAPATA Welcomes Manny M. Trelles, CPA, as a Partner

On June 22, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

ACCOUNTING CAPATA is pleased to announce the addition of Manny M. Trelles, CPA, MBA, MBT, MSIST as Partner. With more than 30 years of experience, Trelles brings extensive expertise in tax advisory, transaction structuring, and strategic planning for real estate investors, private equity funds, REITs, family offices, and closely held businesses. Read More

PHOTOS: Nik Needham and Jaylinn Hawkins host Buena Park camp, share NFL experiences

On June 20, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

Nik Needham (right) and Jaylinn Hawkins provide advice for young players at Saturday’s camp. (PHOTOS: TIm Burt, OC Sports Zone). Best friends Nik Needham and Jaylinn Hawkins were re-united again at their alma mater Buena Park High School for their fifth annual free youth football camp encouraging more than 200 enthusiastic Read More

Fourth of July Festivities in Newport Beach

On June 19, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

This Fourth of July marks our country’s 250th Birthday, and a handful of local celebrations offer festive ways to commemorate the occasion. Lido Marina Village (July 2-3): Kick off the holiday weekend at Newport Beach’s waterfront shopping and dining destination, where guests can enjoy live performances from a Patriotic Brass Read More

Stars Come Out for Newport Beach TV Festival June 4-7

On June 19, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

Last June, the Newport Beach Film Festival launched its inaugural TV Festival, held at the Lido Theater. That star-studded event included Kate Hudson, who would go on to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. As impressive as that event was, the Second Annual Newport TV Festival at Read More

Lido Theater Launches New Live Entertainment Programming with Music and Comedy Lineup

On June 19, 2026 By wpra-source-author-site-1

Where have all the Newport Beach movie palaces gone? The Balboa Theater began showing movies in the 1920s and turned into an art house showing classics and avant garde movies (including midnight showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show) until it closed in 1992. The Port Theater in Corona del Mar Read More