Blog - Page 8 of 148 - Shannon Louis

February 13, 2025

Irvine councilmembers indefinitely postpone proposal to bump their pay

Irvine councilmembers indefinitely postponed a vote on whether to up their base salaries from $880 a month to $3,308, which at $39,696 a year for each of the seven members would make it the highest-paid...

February 13, 2025

Disputed warehouse proposal likely to become housing in Irvine Business Complex

A disputed proposal for a massive warehouse in the Irvine Business Complex will likely instead lead to a 25-acre housing development. Real estate developers from Von Alton, LLC, hoped to demolish a corporate center to...

February 13, 2025

Families Forward creates The Community Market to better help families in need of food

Families Forward is seeing levels of needs not experienced since the height of the pandemic, but now it is addressing that need for help putting food on the table with an improved facility, its leaders...

February 10, 2025

Status Update: Walgreens shuttering 3 Orange County stores

Walgreens is closing three stores in Orange County and another two in Los Angeles County by March. At least 93 people could lose their jobs in the closures, according to a notification sent to California’s...

February 10, 2025

Rivian opens sales of plug-in vans once exclusive to Amazon

By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg Irvine-based Rivian Automotive said it will now sell its electric delivery van designed for Amazon.com to other customers, a move to boost revenue from fleet operators as consumer demand for...

February 7, 2025

Tammy Kim drops out of Irvine City Council race amid lawsuit about her residency

Irvine City Council candidate Tammy Kim is dropping out of the race in a special April election to represent District 5. Her doing so is the crux of a settlement she said she agreed to...

February 7, 2025

Irvine City Council to consider bump in pay to $3,308 a month

Irvine councilmembers are set to consider whether to nearly quadruple their base salaries from $880 a month to $3,308, which would work out to $39,696 per year for serving on the City Council. Serving on...

February 7, 2025

Real estate news: E-commerce company buys Buena Park complex for $18M

The e-commerce services company Products Go paid $18.1 million for a 55,362-square-feet industrial building in Buena Park, according to CBRE. The building at 8401 Page St. sits on nearly 3 acres near the 5 and...

February 5, 2025

Taco Bell’s Live Más LIVE moves from Hollywood to New York City

Taco Bell’s Live Más LIVE 2025 won’t be taking place in Los Angeles as originally announced. Instead the fan event will be held March 4 in a borough of New York City, according to a...

February 4, 2025

Irvine to invest millions of dollars in concert equipment for Great Park Live

The city of Irvine is investing millions of dollars to purchase and rent concert equipment for its 5,000-seat amphitheater, Great Park Live. Officials say purchasing $1.5 million of equipment this year will ultimately save the...