Category: Top Stories

On the Move: Karen Costello, Vice President of Integrated Strategy & Design at Boulder Associates

ARCHITECTURE Karen Costello has joined Boulder Associates as Vice President of Integrated Strategy and Design, based in the firm’s Orange County office. A strategic creative with extensive owner-side healthcare experience, she specializes in enterprise and facility master planning, real estate strategy, and capital development for major health systems. The post Read More

On the Move: Choreo, LLC Is Excited to Announce That Tony Luppi and Dean McCormick Have Joined the Firm in Its Irvine, California Office

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Dean McCormick joins the firm as Managing Director, Wealth Management, and has more than 40 years of financial and accounting experience. He advises successful entrepreneurs and multigenerational families on complex financial decisions, including business growth, liquidity events, tax planning, and long-term wealth preservation. Prior to the acquisition, McCormick Read More

On the Move: Pankow Builders Launches Pankow Wood Structures, Expanding Mid-Rise Multifamily Capabilities Across California

CONSTRUCTION Sean Mishlof Carl Vizcarra           Pankow Builders announced the launch of Pankow Wood Structures, a new business unit created to expand the company’s capabilities and support a broader range of mid-rise multifamily projects across California. The group adds dedicated expertise in wood-framed construction to meet Read More

Newport-Based OC Women2Women Sweetheart Luncheon Supports Mary’s Path Mission for Parenting Foster Youth

Newport Beach-based OC Women2Women held its Sweetheart Luncheon & Fashion Show on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at The Promenade & Garden in Costa Mesa. The fundraiser brought together 75 women in support of the nonprofit organization Mary’s Path, which serves parenting foster youth and their babies through housing, therapeutic services, and Read More

Citizens Private Bank Opens First Orange County Location in Newport Center

Citizens Private Bank celebrated the grand opening of its Newport Beach office with a ribbon cutting and reception on Thursday, February 12. The event marked the firm’s continued expansion across Southern California and its investment in one of the region’s most relationship-driven private banking markets. The new office – its Read More

Salt & Straw in Newport Beach Unveils ‘Cereal-sly Delicious’ Ice Cream Flavors Based on Popular Cereals

Every month Salt & Straw, the uber-popular ice cream purveyors with a store in Newport Beach, release a limited time edition of crazy concoctions that are often surprising in their ability to combine unique flavors into satisfying frozen treats. Their current monthly flavor series is dubbed “Cereal-sly Delicious” which takes Read More

Beatles Tribute ‘Classical Mystery Tour’ Returns to Segerstrom Center for 30th Anniversary Celebration with Pacific Symphony

By Sandra M. Borges | Special to the NB Indy Thirty years ago, Segerstrom Center for the Arts served as the launchpad for what has been called the best show The Beatles never did. Classical Mystery Tour stands in a league of its own as both an acclaimed Beatles tribute Read More

PHOTOS: See the Businesses Representing Orange County at Expo West

Natural Products Expo West has more than 3,000 exhibitors stationed across the Anaheim Convention Center during the four-day trade show each year. In March, several Orange County businesses – such as Irvine-based Orgain and Cypress-based ECOS – attended the convention with new products to launch and samples to hand out Read More

Gallery Sonder in Corona del Mar Hosts “After the Dust Settles” Exhibition by Artists Ruben Benjamin

Gallery Sonder is hosting “After the Dust Settles” March 20 through May 10, the first solo exhibition in the United States by German artist Ruben Benjamin. Exploring painting and sculpture as enmeshed disciplines, Benjamin presents a body of work shaped by pressure, movement, and accretion, where material processes cultivate shifting Read More