Orange County Business Journal - October 12, 2026

Newport Beach Weighs 78-Home Golf Course Project

Anduril Lands $4.7B in New Military Contracts

Skyworks Forms $22B Chip Titan with Qorvo

Lugano Keeps OC Roots Following Sale

Kelley Blue Book Looks Beyond Cars

Starbucks Reportedly Seeks Takeover of Newport Beach-based Chipotle

Palmer Luckey gets Defense Department marching orders.

Lugano bought by New York-based Middle West Partners.

Skyworks takes over Qorvo for $22B business.

Landlocked Disneyland Adds 25 Acres to Support Expansion

Starbucks Eyes Chipotle Takeover

Celebrations, Honors and Remembrances

Close to 200 people braved the heat on Oct. 4 to attend a Celebration of Life in Newport Beach for Bob Alter, founder of hotel REIT Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE: SHO).

Former USC and NFL star Fred Hill and his wife, Fran,

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Five OC Innovators Honored for Breakthrough Work

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Iteris Plans to Move Operations to Two Irvine Sites

Iteris

Westwood Adds Huntington Beach Shopping Center

WESTWOOD FINANCIAL

Biosense Webster Leases Nearly 100K SF in Irvine

Cordis

Grand Californian Makes Room For More Exclusive Guests

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

Kelley Blue Book Looks Beyond Cars

Kelley Blue Book

Kelley Blue Book Looks Beyond Cars

OC Automakers Employ 4,200 Locally

Lugano

Lugano Jewelry

Chipotle

Chipotle

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Beyond the Boardroom: A New Kind of Meeting Space in Orange County

Gather by the Sea

Disneyland

Disney’s Cypress Acquisition Provides Much-Needed Space

The Walt Disney Co.

Skyworks

Eagle Four

Jim Cramer Bullish on Skyworks

Eagle Four Partners

Anduril

Anduril Buys Firm to Expand Undersea Drone Network

Luckey Gets Defense Department Marching Orders

Anduril Industries

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