Local business leaders’ outlook has recovered from the initial shock of President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and brewing trade wars, but it has a long way to go to regain the enthusiasm measured for the start of the year. “Markets have recovered. People are not as scared and shocked as Read More
It’s a long way from fleeing Vietnam to founding Costa Mesa-based software company MeridianLink Inc. by way of a refugee camp in Hong Kong. Tim Nguyễn, a graduate of University California, Irvine, definitely took the road less traveled. “The fall of Saigon in 1975 precipitated a mass exodus of the Read More
A large clock tower looms about 40 feet above the intersection of Bolsa Avenue and Brookhurst Street in an area known as Little Saigon. While it may look innocuous, many Vietnamese refugees will know exactly what it is – a replica of Saigon’s Bến Thành Market tower. The clock is Read More
Viet Nguyễn, the co-founder and executive chef of Kei Concepts with seven restaurant brands under his belt, has held a unique strategy when growing his portfolio — he chooses the location of his next restaurant first before deciding on the cuisine. With his initial concept SÚP Noodle Bar in 2014, Read More
Rocket Lab Corp., which launches rockets with diverse payloads, has been selected by the European Space Agency to launch the first two spacecraft for a future satellite-based navigation system for the continent. The choice of the Electron rocket as the launch vehicle is the latest milestone for the Long Beach-based Read More
Students pursuing a career in business, education, information technology and law at Orange County’s Westcliff University probably don’t realize their professional lives are intertwined with the fall of Saigon in 1975. But Dr. Anthony Lee is here in Orange County as a direct result of his father escaping the Southeast Read More
JC Clow, founding partner of The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bars in Tustin and Newport Beach, is looking to raise $20 million for his new restaurant called Cedar & Sage. Last year, he started the Cork & Vines Fund I LP, which describes itself as a “high-end chef-driven wine bar, Read More
Oliver Chi, Irvine’s city manager since December 2021, stepped down Sunday to become Santa Monica’s city manager, capping a tenure marked by the city’s $1.2 billion expansion of the 300-acre Great Park neighborhood and the $600 million Gateway Village project. Not to be overlooked, however, are Irvine’s plans to build Read More
After unsuccessful attempts to bring its legacy lung cancer test to market and significant downsizing, Oncocyte Corp. is leaving Orange County. The oncology diagnostics technology firm in June relocated its corporate headquarters from Irvine to Nashville, Tennessee. It also rebranded from Oncocyte to Insight Molecular Diagnostics Inc. (iMDx)—the company began Read More
A 5,680-square-foot house with four bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms in Dana Point’s The Strand at Headlands neighborhood sold for nearly $11 million. An undisclosed buyer snatched the house sitting on a 15,712-square-foot homesite at Monarch Beach on June 16. Jeffrey Golden, an agent with Coldwell Banker Realty, represented the seller. Read More
