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August 4, 2022

Review: These are the 10 best bakeries in Orange County

Bread bakers are a strange lot, always waking hours before the roosters start cock-a-doodle-doing to slide their jiggly, sweetly sour loaves into ovens that have been warming all night. Baking is a career of passion,...

August 3, 2022

Three possible candidates to be the next CIF Southern Section commissioner

Rob Wigod announced Tuesday that the 2022-23 school year will be his last as CIF Southern Section commissioner. Who will replace him? Here are three possible candidates to be the section’s next commissioner … Monica...

August 2, 2022

Mexican Pizza is returning to Taco Bell in September

Fans of Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza have some time to wait before the Irvine-based chain returns the popular item to its menu on Sept. 15. Taco Bell made the announcement on Twitter Tuesday morning, ending...

August 1, 2022

UCI to get $4 million matching pledge for Jewish studies

In the single largest donation pledge that UC Irvine has received for studies on Jewish history and culture, the university has been promised a $4 million matching gift to benefit its growing Center for Jewish...

August 1, 2022

Status Update: Lugano Diamonds moving to Fashion Island, replacing Atomic Creamery

Lugano Diamonds is bringing its bling to the mall. The purveyor of precious gemstones is working with Irvine Company to relocate its Grand Salon to Fashion Island in Newport Beach. The jeweler currently operates from...

August 1, 2022

Irvine leaders went back to drawing, have now approved new concepts for Great Park’s future

Botanic gardens with specialty themes surrounding a veteran’s memorial park. A working farm that could supply food to local retailers. A spacious meadow abutting flowing lakes with a wetland garden. These are some of the...

July 30, 2022

Meet Nam Loc Nguyen, Orange County’s inaugural immigration ambassador

As the former director of the Immigration and Refugee Department of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Nam Loc Nguyen visited more than 15 refugee camps around the world. But the 78-year-old Huntington...

July 29, 2022

Real estate news: Anaheim firm buys 10 retail buildings in La Quinta for $35 million

Ten buildings at One Eleven La Quinta Center have sold for $35 million to Milan Capital Management in Anaheim, according to SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group. The retail center built in La Quinta...

July 28, 2022

Work to widen congested 55 Freeway kicks off

They’ve drawn up the plans. They’ve got the funding. Now it’s time for the work. Transportation officials on Thursday officially kicked off what will be a four-year construction project aimed at alleviating congestion and preparing...

July 27, 2022

Rivian cutting 6% of workforce as CEO cites volatile economy

By Ed Ludlow | Bloomberg Rivian Automotive Inc. is cutting about 6% of its workforce and simplifying product plans, saying the economy has made it harder for the electric-vehicle maker to raise money to build...