Another activist investor is taking a closer look at El Pollo Loco. CapitalSpring Finance Company LLC, a middle-market private equity and debt investment firm focused on franchised and multi-location businesses, disclosed in a May 29 regulatory filing that it has 5.2% stake in the company with about 1.6 million shares. Read More
Caring in Capri On May 3, MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center Foundation hosted its annual Spring Gala at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach in Dana Point, drawing guests into the coastal charm of Capri with its La Dolce Vita theme. The event raised a record-breaking $862,000 to support Saddleback Medical Center’s Read More
Orange County’s largest private companies experienced continued growth last year, primarily driven by mergers and acquisitions. The 33 companies on the Business Journal’s annual list reported a 6% increase in revenue to $110.3 billion in 2024. That compares to a 4.5% increase in 2023 and a 1.4% increase in 2022. Read More
Orange County’s luxury homes market continues to be a magnet for high-net-worth buyers, with yet another big-ticket residence taken off the market at a record-setting price. A four-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 63 Monarch Bay Drive in Dana Point sold for $34 million on May 27. The sales price is a Read More
One of our most thrilling films at MacGillivray Freeman was “Everest,” which took us four years to make in the mid-1990s. The highest I got was the base camp at around 18,000 feet. At that altitude, your brain doesn’t work well. So, we organized the film shoot like a military Read More
Bruce Stuckman Patent Prosecution Bruce Stuckman, PhD, has prosecuted over 1,500 patents to issuance, built patent portfolios for three of the world’s top patent producing companies and managed patents for dozens of startups in fields including wireless and broadband communications, quantum computing, storage networks, database systems, and AI. Stuckman is Read More
Kelly Hale Patent Prosecution With 30+ years prosecuting patents and building patent portfolios for Rockwell Semiconductor, Conexant, Mindspeed Technologies, and Broadcom Corp., Kelly Hale has joined KRC as Of Counsel. Hale’s experience includes information technology, AI and machine learning, CMOS imaging, hyperspectral imaging, 3D projection holography, intelligent ocular technology, solid-state Read More
Kate Stuckman Patent Prosecution Kate Stuckman has been named Chair of KRC’s newly formed Patent Prosecution Group. Kate prosecutes patents in big data storage and analytics; AI and machine learning, medical imaging and devices, encryption and other high tech fields. She has an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, where Read More
Nonprofit Easterseals Southern California, the largest provider of essential disability and community services to children, adults, and their families, welcomes Sonia Moldovan and Chad Watson to its board of directors. Sonia Moldovan Moldovan leads the Conrad N. Hilton Program Department, where she provides thought leadership on strategy, evaluation, and oversight Read More
Orange County ranked seventh in the nation for office space to be converted or demolished into a residential development, according to a CBRE report published on June 9. The ranking is part of a larger national trend showing more office space is planned to be removed from U.S. markets than Read More
