We had a flash of inspiration reading a story in the Wall Street Journal about a woman who was not in the C-Suite but was considered indispensable to her organization. We all have one or more. Someone who is the glue that holds it all together, the go-to person on Read More
CONSTRUCTION BNBuilders is pleased to announce the promotion of Ross Brown, LEED AP, DBIA to Vice President of Operations for California. Over the past 14 years with BNBuilders, Brown has helped deliver some of the company’s most technically complex projects while building strong relationships with clients, partners, and employees. As Read More
CONSTRUCTION Bobby Eagar, a 30-year construction veteran, has joined Suffolk as Senior Vice President, Orange County Division Manager and Healthcare Operations Leader for Southern California. Based in Suffolk’s Newport Beach office, Eagar will lead operations across multiple sectors in Orange County and healthcare operations throughout Southern California, overseeing business development, Read More
NONPROFIT Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast (the Club) is strengthening its philanthropy leadership team as the organization builds upon two mergers in 2025 that expanded its footprint from five to eight Orange County cities. After 14 years as Chief Philanthropy Officer, Travis Whitten transitions to Executive Director Read More
CONSTRUCTION Kevin Crider, DBIA, has been named Project Executive/Director of Healthcare for Cannon Building. In this role, he leads the firm’s healthcare portfolio, providing strategic leadership and oversight for a wide range of projects, including acute care, outpatient, medical office, behavioral health, and skilled nursing facilities. Drawing on his engineering Read More
After more than 10 years of planning, fundraising and construction, the Library Foundation of Newport Beach, the Newport Beach Public Library and the City of Newport Beach celebrated the Grand Opening of Witte Hall July 9 through 12. On Thursday, July 9, Mayor Lauren Kleiman and the Newport Beach City Read More
If you smell savory barbecue mixed with fried twinkies and grilled turkey legs, that can mean only one thing: it’s time for the 2026 OC Fair and all of the fair’s outrageous, sensational, and often over-the-top culinary offerings. Yes the OC Fair has daily musical acts, exhibits, wine tastings and Read More
It’s summer, so calories don’t count, right? Well, even if they do count, it’s worth it if you take advantage of special limited time offers from Salt & Straw ice cream and SusieCakes, located near each other on Westcliff Drive in Newport Beach. Salt & Straw Salt & Straw is Read More
While everybody around him was “freaking out,” then 16-year-old Ryan Agzour maintained an almost unnatural calm, a seemingly impossible responsibility when having to apply CPR to one’s father suffering what sadly became a fatal heart attack. While learning Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the third session of the high school version Read More
The Samueli Foundation, based in Corona del Mar, has announced its 2026 class of Breakaway and Build OC Fund grants, awarding $15 million to 89 Orange County-serving nonprofit organizations. While the grants reach into every corner of the County and cover a wide range of requests (some wildly creative, some Read More
