January 2024 - Shannon Louis

January 31, 2024

Scotty Peotter, AD-73 candidate, 2024 primary election questionnaire

Ahead of the March primary, The Orange County Register compiled a list of questions to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you. You can find the full questionnaire below. Questionnaires may have been...

January 31, 2024

Hengameh Abraham, AD-73 candidate, 2024 primary election questionnaire

Ahead of the March primary, The Orange County Register compiled a list of questions to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you. You can find the full questionnaire below. Questionnaires may have been...

January 25, 2024

73 alleged victims of a Newport Beach doctor who was arrested in September file lawsuit claiming sexual abuse

A Newport Beach doctor specializing in infectious diseases arrested late last year after he was accused of abusing nine patients may have abused dozens more men who were in his care, according to a lawsuit...

January 25, 2024

Blizzard and Activision hit with layoffs as Microsoft cuts 1,900 jobs

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Matt O’Brien | The Associated Press Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo, just over three months since the tech giant...

January 25, 2024

Trump adviser and ex-UCI professor Peter Navarro gets 4 months in prison for defying House Jan. 6 subpoena

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (— Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack...

January 24, 2024

Why Cheesecake Factory wage theft case in Orange County matters for California

By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters National restaurant chain The Cheesecake Factory and some of its contractors have paid $1 million to settle a major California wage theft case, in which state labor officials accused the...

January 23, 2024

$1 million settlement reached for Cheesecake Factory janitors

A $1 million settlement was announced today for 589 janitors who were underpaid while working at eight Cheesecake Factory restaurants in Orange and San Diego counties. The settlement stems from an investigation that began in...

January 22, 2024

Bravo! Yacht club helps kids, students get some help and more

Dana Point Yacht Club raises nearly $47,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley The Dana Point Yacht Club announced the results of its 25th annual Richard Henry Dana Charity Regatta by awarding a...

January 22, 2024

OCCF taps new president as it celebrates 35th anniversary, $1 billion milestone

Orange County Community Foundation in Irvine is restructuring its leadership as it celebrates two milestones: its 35th anniversary and surpassing $1 billion in community grant giving. Tammy Tumbling, who joined OCCF as executive vice president...

January 18, 2024

DA questions Irvine chamber’s use of special tax revenues for hotel promotions

Orange County prosecutors are looking into how the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars in tax money earmarked for promoting hotels and tourism. Local hoteliers, suspecting that too much of the money...

Month: January 2024