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2018
Several businesses that have anchored Anaheim’s Downtown Disney since it opened in 2001 will be demolished this summer, including the popular ESPN Zone, Rainforest Cafe and AMC 12 Theatres, to make room for a new 700-room hotel that will expand lodging at the Disneyland Resort. This is the large...
03/27/2018
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, March 27 to join a Trump administration lawsuit against California’s controversial sanctuary law.Following a discussion during closed session, the board announced its unanimous decision to join a lawsuit filed earlier this month by U.S. Attorn...
03/27/2018
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a $2 million donation today to Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico to help fund construction of homes on the hurricane-ravaged island. Dodger utility player Kike Hernandez, a native of Puerto Rico, and his fiancee Mariana Vicente added $225,000 they collected in...
03/27/2018
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a $2 million donation today to Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico to help fund construction of homes on the hurricane-ravaged island. Dodger utility player Kike Hernandez, a native of Puerto Rico, and his fiancee Mariana Vicente added $225,000 they collected in...
03/27/2018
Remington, a company that began making flintlock rifles when there were only 19 United States, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Mounting debts at the arms manufacturer have snowballed, ironically, since the election of Donald Trump, who has called himself a “true friend” to the gun industry. ...
03/26/2018
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook’s privacy practices following a week of privacy scandals including whether the company engaged in “unfair acts” that cause “substantial injury” to consumers. Facebook’s stock, which already took a big hit last week, plunged as a result.Faceb...
03/26/2018
High-end Orange County real estate continues to be a hot property.February’s overall homebuying patterns showed Orange County’s median selling price for all residences was $710,000 — up 10.1 percent compared with the median a year ago, CoreLogic reported. And 2,296 Orange County residences sold i...
03/26/2018
With Clipboards in hand, signature-gatherers are fanning out across four Southern California cities this month, turning up at supermarkets and metro stops and apartment complexes to pitch a measure for the November ballot that they say will be salvation for renters. But for landlords, their pitch...
03/26/2018
The 60th annual Swallows Day Parade on Saturday, March 24, was the capstone to a week of celebrations in San Juan Capistrano honoring the community’s most famous regular visitors. A few of the famed birds, which have stopped visiting in the droves they once did, have even been spotted around town...
03/26/2018
Sometimes eateries find their footing and sometimes they’ve just got to make way for new concepts. When restaurateurs need to pivot, it’s easier if they’re in food halls. It seems in Irvine and Santa Ana, burgers and sandwiches are on the upswing.At 4th StreetMarket, Supernatural Sandwiches and G...
03/20/2018