Category: Top Stories

Can-Do: How Bored & Thirsty is Blending Art, Wellness, and Sustainability

Each can of Bored & Thirsty’s sparkling and still water features vibrant and eccentric designs from local artists, fashion designers, musicians, and more. The company has even created unique can artwork in collaboration with music festivals like Life is Beautiful, Darker Waves, and Wonderfront, offering a sustainable water option to Read More

The Secret Behind Foundation Building Material’s $8.8 Billion Sale to Lowe’s

Ruben Mendoza’s rise from teen entrepreneur in the San Gabriel Valley to building a national distribution company in Orange County—and potentially joining Lowe’s on an $8.8 billion deal—can be attributed to a simple philosophy. “You have to have the balls to take some risks,” Mendoza, CEO of Foundation Building Materials Read More

5 Questions With Lee Maen: Sushi Roku Founder on IDG’s Recipe for Success

IDG has opened a restaurant—sometimes three—every year since 1997, when the first Sushi Roku debuted in Hollywood. Now, Maen has restaurant concepts in Northern and Southern California, and in Las Vegas, Austin, and Cabo San Lucas. (Projects in Napa Valley and Scottsdale are in the works.) We caught up with Read More

On the Move: Second Harvest Announces Five New Board Directors

NONPROFIT Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County is pleased to announce the appointment of five dynamic individuals to its Board of Directors—Helena Ferrari, Michael McGee, Gordon Roth, Garett Sleichter, and An Tran. “Behind every great nonprofit is a great Board,” said Claudia Bonilla Keller, CEO, Second Harvest Food Bank Read More

Striking the Right Chord: Newport Beach’s José Hernández Brings Mariachi Legacy to a New Generation

Newport Beach resident José Hernández is the founder and director of eight-time Grammy-nominated Mariachi Sol de México, one of the premier mariachi groups in the United States. He also received two Grammy Award nominations for Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles, America’s first all-female mariachi, and he’s the founder of Mariachi Read More