Blog - Page 13 of 137 - Shannon Louis

August 20, 2024

Video shows police finding Irvine Spectrum shoplifting suspect hiding in a Tesla trunk

A 35-year-old San Marcos woman accused of shoplifting $600 from Sephora at the Irvine Spectrum was found hiding inside the trunk of her Tesla after she attempted to flee from loss prevention, police said. Around...

August 19, 2024

UCI students suspended after pro-Palestine protests sue UCI chancellor, UC regents

Five undergraduate students suspended indefinitely by UC Irvine after their participation in various pro-Palestinian protest activities on campus earlier this summer are suing the UC Regents and UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman in state court, alleging...

August 16, 2024

Caregiver accused of fatally stabbing disabled client in Irvine was fired 3 years ago

A caregiver fatally shot by Irvine police earlier this month after he was accused of stabbing to death his former client was fired in 2021 because he was a methamphetamine addict, a close friend of...

August 14, 2024

City of Irvine to build $100 million municipal gym on Red Hill Avenue

The city of Irvine is moving forward with plans to build a municipal gym for around $100 million. On Tuesday, the City Council authorized the purchase of a seven-plus acre property on Red Hill Avenue...

August 14, 2024

Taco Bell is reprising its tostada, Caramel Apple Empanada and more; find out where

Taco Bell is reprising some of its menu items from decades past, but they will only be available at three restaurants in Orange County, at least for now. Beginning Thursday, Aug. 15, the Irvine-based fast...

August 13, 2024

Starbucks taps Chipotle’s Brian Niccol in Newport Beach to lead coffee chain

By Max Zimmerman | Bloomberg Starbucks has named Chipotle Mexican Grill Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol as the coffee chain’s new CEO and chairman, replacing Laxman Narasimhan after just over a year in the role....

August 12, 2024

Status Update: 99 Ranch Market opens in Tustin

99 Ranch Market is open at Larwin Square in Tustin. The Buena Park-based company debuted in late July in the former Vons at 550 E 1st St. The store was briefly a Haggen supermarket before...

August 9, 2024

Irvine-based Golden State Foods sells majority stake to private equity firm

Irvine-based Golden State Foods, a behemoth distributor to fast-food chains, is selling a controlling interest in the longtime family-run business to Lindsay Goldberg, a private equity investment firm based in New York. Neither company disclosed...

August 9, 2024

Man shot by Irvine police after fatally stabbing his mother had violent past

Irvine police have identified a knife-wielding man shot by Irvine police after he stabbed his mother to death. Paul Parvea Montazer, 37, attacked his mother, Parvin Montazer, 72, on Green Tree Lane near Coral Tree...

August 9, 2024

White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders hosts economic summit at UCI

Small business owners gathered at The Cove at UC Irvine on Thursday, Aug. 8, along with local leaders, politicians and two members of President Joe Biden’s administration to talk about how to break through the...