A local exec’s yacht collection took center stage at the recently-concluded Newport Beach International Boat Show at Lido Marina Village, Business Journal’s Emily Santiago-Molina reports. James Glidewell, founder and owner of Newport Beach dental implant and products maker Glidewell had a pair of vessels on sale at this month’s multi-day Read More
A former miniature golf site in Central Orange County might soon be the home of a mixed-use development with more than 650 apartment complexes with rooftop pools and ground floor retail. Fountain Valley planning documents show Boomers, a local amusement center that shut down permanently in 2020, could be razed Read More
Some Orange County publicly traded companies warned about the negative effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs while a long-time defense contractor shrugged them off, citing its manufacturing prowess in the U.S. That was only a sample of the news that Orange County’s publicly listed companies revealed last week as EV Read More
The Business Journal held its 18th CFO of the Year Awards last week, honoring five outstanding financial professionals from Glaukos Corp., TOCA Football, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, QSC Audio and IHI Power Services Corp. The recipients, recognized as corporate stewards for the preceding fiscal year, were selected from a total Read More
Orange County-based aerospace firms Terran Orbital Corp. and Turion Space are among a dozen companies selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for spacecraft contracts under a $237 million program. Officials at Space Force, created in 2019, said May 1 they plan to make use of commercially developed spacecraft Read More
A Houston-based company recently doled out nearly $51 million to buy a 102,299-square-foot distribution building in Foothill Ranch, less than a mile from Oakley’s headquarters. Los Angeles-based Rexford Industrial Realty Inc., a real estate investment trust, sold the two-floor industrial building at 20 Icon, Foothill Ranch, to Lake Forest Reliability Read More
Orange County is one of JSX’s largest markets, says co-founder and CEO Alex Wilcox. That, along with the fact that the public charter service was founded in Irvine in 2016, helped drive the company’s recent decision to move to a new location at John Wayne Airport (JWA). After three years Read More
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s Sapien 3 platform has been approved for a new indication. The Food and Drug Administration recently cleared the line of catheter-based heart valves, which includes Sapien 3, Sapien 3 Ultra and Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia, for severe aortic stenosis in patients before they’ve begun to show symptoms. Read More
Illumination Health + Home, formerly Illumination Foundation, hosted its 12th Annual Chef’s Table: Sip, Savor and Sounds gala on April 6 at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. The sold-out event, chaired by Karen Jordan, development committee chair, Illumination Health + Home board of directors, and presented by the Bickerstaff Read More
Headcount for Orange County’s public relations firms remained steady in 2025 as the industry adapted to changing technologies. The region’s 24 largest agencies reported a 1.3% increase in employees to 379 full-time staff, up from last year when it fell 2.7%, according to this week’s Business Journal list. Artificial intelligence Read More
