Tuesday, April 22, 2025 In honor of Earth Month, the City of Irvine and the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) are teaming up with Ware Disposal, WM, and SEMCO to host Drive to Recycle Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. to noon at the Great Park Parking Lot 2. This high-energy, family-friendly Read More
New Crean Lutheran High School boys basketball coach Austin Loeb. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran High School). It’s been a goal of Austin Loeb to be a head high school varsity boys basketball coach. Loeb, 32, will get his chance as the new boys basketball coach at Crean Lutheran High School, Read More
Steven Gardner, a hockey-loving MBA dropout, in 2000 took over a small bank on the brink of failure that was for a long time considered an underdog. He renamed it Pacific Premier Bank, moved it to Irvine, acquired other banks and built it to the biggest bank with headquarters in Read More
Fast-charging battery developer Enevate is aiming to see its technology worked into Formula 1 (F1) cars, the glamorous speedsters that have attracted generations of motor sports fans. CEO Bob Kruse says he’s looking to next season when new rules will favor Enevate’s batteries. F1 cars have adopted a hybrid mode Read More
A local food service company that makes dressings, frying oils and sauces for dozens of restaurant chains is relocating its headquarters to Irvine’s Spectrum Terrace, more than doubling its current space in Brea. Ventura Foods, whose portfolio includes brands such as LouAna Cooking Oil and Hidden Valley Ranch, told the Read More
Two skilled nursing facilities and an assisted living property, all in North Orange County, were sold in a pair of separate transactions on April 1. A 130-bed licensed skilled nursing facility and neighboring 73-bed, 77-unit assisted living and memory care property in Los Alamitos—Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation and Katella Read More
Mark IV Capital, a Newport Beach-based private equity firm specializing in real estate, sold 300 acres of open land to software giant Microsoft Corp. for about $71 million. The property is in Fernley, Nevada, about 35 miles east of Reno, Nevada, and could be used as a data center. Apple Read More
Dickies’ relocation from Fort Worth, Texas, to Orange County this year points to its parent company VF Corp.’s ongoing attempts to recapture sales at a time when three of its four core brands need a reset. The work apparel company, founded in 1922, will join their sister brand Vans at Read More
