One city accounted for nearly half of all the new houses, condos and apartments built in Orange County over the past six years: Irvine.
And just six cities accounted for two-thirds of all residential construction in O.C.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Kroger is recalling bags of frozen green beans, peas and mixed vegetables sold at Ralphs and Food 4 Less, part of a huge, ongoing nationwide recall of frozen produce over possible Listeria contamination.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The low-end of Orange County’s housing market continues to struggle this spring, with limited inventory and affordability challenges making it tough for house hunters with thin budgets. In the 22 business days ending April 15, CoreLogic reported...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAn Irvine-based big-data startup raised $5.4 million in a Series A funding round which will help the company accelerate product development.
Founded in 2013, Levyx helps companies analyze data in real time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Tribune Publishing Co., the owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune facing a hostile takeover bid from Gannett Co., adopted a plan that will make it tougher for investors to acquire more than 20 percent of the company.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
MENLO PARK – Facebook’s No. 2 executive Sheryl Sandberg says she never realized how hard it is to be a single parent until her husband died a year ago.
In a touching Mother’s Day weekend post on Facebook, Sandberg says the odds are stacked...
A rent back is an agreement in which a home’s sellers stay in the house they no longer own for a few days or a few weeks after the close of escrow.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
One of the world’s most valuable coins – once owned by a 19th century sultan and now in the coin collection of a Corona del Mar resident – will be auctioned later this month in New York.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
There was no such animal as a credit score until about 1995. Well, it’s back to the future. Good going Fannie Mae.
On June 25, Fannie Mae will be rolling out the automation of a manual process for mortgage applicants without credit scores,...
The tourists are coming! They gorge on boysenberry-glazed meatballs at Knott’s Berry Farm. They ogle world-class surfers in Huntington Beach. They flock to South Coast Plaza from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Beijing, snapping up luxury watches...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareStudent entrepreneurs pitching an array of products and services – from embryo screening to a robot that supplements home therapies and a diagnostic tool – jockeyed for top prizes at a UC Irvine business competition.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThree of the world’s most influential bond investors say the Federal Reserve is still on course to raise interest rates this year, a view the head of the New York Fed signaled could happen twice -- even after April’s smaller-than-predicted gain...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLOS ANGELES – The lawsuit over the mental competency of ailing mogul Sumner M. Redstone was dismissed Monday, cutting short a trial that had drawn attention for its lurid details and the potential impact on Redstone’s $42 billion media empire....
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHuntington Beach wave watcher Surfline Wavetrak announced Thursday the acquisition of a similar service in the United Kingdom. Details on how much Surfline paid for Eyeball Surfcheck were not released.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Former NFL punter and Los Alamitos High School graduate Chris Kluwe has sold his four-bedroom Huntington Beach house for $1.84 million.
The home in The Peninsula, a guard-gated community, was listed at $1.995 million last year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With Orange County’s economic expansion entering its seventh year, the inevitable questions about the longevity of the expansion do crop up.
It’s not emotional baggage from the Great Recession. It’s not economic policy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Shares of Herbalife surged more than 9 percent Friday after disclosing that it is in advanced talks to settle a federal investigation into claims it essentially operates as a pyramid scheme.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
LOS ANGELES – Lawyers on both sides agree that ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone was being manipulated in the months before he expelled a longtime companion from his life late last year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A Linda Isle house featured in Architectural Digest 42 years ago and recently rebuilt on speculation landed on the market this week at just under $25 million.
The 6,788-square-foot house by architect Carlton Graham and Gallo Builders in the...
Orange County residents are apparently having less fun, according to an index of entertainment trends that’s part of the Big Orange Index. The Big O – a compilation of three dozen barometers of the local business climate – contains a Fun Index...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIrvine-based California Republic Bancorp has been acquired by Mechanics Bank in Walnut Creek for $330 million in April.
California Republic shareholders will receive $37.19 a share.
“It’s an incredible combination of two great banks, one in...
Here’s a roundup of restaurant and retail news from across Orange County. Take a look at the slideshow for more details on each.
Grocery Outlet: The newest grocer to enter Orange is delaying its debut two months to Aug.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Orange County’s real estate market has slipped for two consecutive quarters, according to property data with the Big Orange Index.
The Big Orange Index, a compilation of three dozen measures of local economic patterns, contains a Property Owner...
Krispy Kreme shareholders got a caffeine boost after coffee giant JAB Beech said Monday it is acquiring the doughnut chain. The Luxembourg-based investment firm, which owns Keurig Green Mountain, Peet’s Coffee & Tea and Caribou Coffee, said it is...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSouthern California is the nation’s hot spot for pay raises, according to one salary benchmark. The federal government’s Employment Cost Index shows private employers in the five-county Los Angeles region upping wages and salaries at a 3.7...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWith the deadline less than four years away to start building homes that produce all their own power, California’s housing industry faces tough options and daunting technical obstacles.
Should walls be thicker?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
FULLERTON – Fullerton-based Pulmuone Foods USA on Friday voluntarily recalled three of its noodle products because they may contain milk as an undeclared allergen. People who are allergic or have a severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of serious...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says working with Google convinced him that self-driving technology is closer than he thought and could be on the road in five years. “I don’t find it that unsettling,” Marchionne said Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers pulled back slightly on hiring in April after a streak of robust monthly gains, adding 160,000 jobs, the fewest in seven months. The unemployment rate remained at a low of 5 percent, roughly where it has been since the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSouthern California bankruptcy filings fell 14 percent in the first quarter to the slowest pace in eight years.
The American Bankruptcy Institute reports that U.S. Bankruptcy Court's Central District – comprised of Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside,...