Author: OCCLIPPER Editorial Team

California’s economy may be outperforming the nation in 2026, but those same results look subpar compared with the Golden State’s track record.

Fountain Valley-based Kei Concepts launched a virtual restaurant this week called Holy Heat, operating out of the group’s existing QUA restaurant in Fountain Valley.  

Have you adopted a shelter animal because of Voice of OC’s weekly Pets of the Week article? We’d love to hear from you. Contact Angelina Hicks at ahicks@voiceofoc.org or admin@voiceofoc.org to share your experience.

Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced the sale of Empire Apartments, a 29-unit multifamily property in Anaheim, California. The property sold for $8.5 million, or $293,103 per unit.

A lawsuit that accused an Orange County Board of Education trustee of choking and attacking a neighbor during a road rage incident has been dismissed, court records show. The lawsuit claimed Ken Williams Jr., who currently serves in District 3, in March 2023 threw his then-20-year-old neighbor to the ground and put his hands around…

The blistering heat that has baked Southern California for days is coming to an end, with rain on tap for the weekend and early next week, along with a risk of potentially damaging coastal flooding. Tropical Storm Rachel, which has been moving northwest across the Pacific Ocean, is expected to make a sharp right turn…

Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 games starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in bargaining with players on Thursday

A longtime Santa Monica restaurant and nightclub announced it will close permanently at the end of the month. The Victorian announced on Instagram Monday that it would close after 20 years. Its final weekend will be its annual Halloween party on Oct. 31. Located a block away from the Santa Monica Beach, the Victorian operates…

The FlyDubai co-pilot whose alleged violent attempt to crash a flight to Israel last week and kill everyone onboard has a history of writing and sharing misogynistic remarks on social media using the rhetoric of the so-called manosphere, CBS News has found.

Michael Kearns, a trailblazing AIDS activist and author credited as the first out gay actor, has died. He was 76. Filmmaker and professor Roland Palencia confirmed the actor’s death on social media, writing that Kearns had died Monday evening after feeling unwell and calling the paramedics on Sunday. Palencia said that the actor had been…