August 2025 - Shannon Petluck

August 29, 2025

Real estate news: Investor Manny Khoshbin buys Orange office campus for $19M

Manny Khoshbin, collector of supercars and commercial real estate, recently bought another Orange County property, this time the two-building Orangewood Corporate Plaza in Orange. The eponymous Khoshbin Co. paid $18.9 million for the 109,644-square-foot office...

August 28, 2025

Week 1 football: Tustin vs. Foothill a rivalry where ‘anything can happen’

In this new era of competitive equity and using computer rankings to determine league placement, some long-standing local rivalries have fallen by the wayside. One of the best ones that has survived this new system...

August 26, 2025

Randy’s Donuts offers a ‘Hot Ones’ doughnut; can you take it?

“Hot Ones,” the popular YouTube show that dares celebrities to taste diabolical hot sauces on camera, is marking its 10th anniversary with a couple of unexpected partnerships. Randy’s Donuts and Wanderlust Creamery will be serving...

August 25, 2025

Deadly home invasion in upscale Irvine residence used for illicit marijuana operation at center of murder trial

Two Florida men, including a former Jamaican police officer, who more than five years ago broke into in an upscale Irvine residence that was being used for a marijuana-selling operation, are now on trial for...

August 25, 2025

Orange County football Top 25: Mater Dei at No. 1; Orange Lutheran rises

ORANGE COUNTY FOOTBALL TOP 25 POLL Notable this week: Mater Dei supported its No. 1 national ranking early by taking a huge first-half lead over St. Thomas Aquinas of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and hung on...

August 25, 2025

OC History: Lion Country Safari in Irvine was an accident waiting to happen

For a brief period of time in the 1970s, Orange County was home to a drive-thru safari. And if that sounds like an accident just waiting to happen, it’s because it was. For more than...

August 25, 2025

Three In-N-Out Burger locations are ‘opening soon’ in Tennessee

In-N-Out Burger has post three new locations in Tennessee on the “opening soon” page of its website, starting the countdown to the Southern California chain’s entry to the state. Proposed In-N-Out restaurants can spend years...

August 23, 2025

Football roundup: Edison starts strong; Los Alamitos, CdM also win in Week 0

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Edison’s reigning state champion football team opened the season Friday by extending its success against foes from Fresno. The Chargers scored the first...

August 22, 2025

Melahat Rafiei sentenced to 6 months, prosecutors supported probation after she helped in Anaheim investigation

Melahat Rafiei, a former political consultant and Democratic Party of Orange County executive who became a key witness in the FBI’s corruption investigation in Anaheim, was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday. Prosecutors...

August 21, 2025

Orange County football: Week 0 storylines a mix of oldest and youngest

The oldest rivalry in Orange County football will be renewed Thursday night when Fullerton plays Anaheim at Glover Stadium. The teams first met in 1900 and have played each other 66 times with Fullerton leading...

Month: August 2025