Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang holds the winning raffle ticket for the Irvine Public School Foundation's Dream Stakes grand prize, $250,000 in cash. The ticket was drawn outside of Woodbury Elementary School in Irvine Saturday. OC Register photo.
IRVINE –
Mimi Pham initially was hesitant to call back the stranger who left her a voicemail Saturday morning.
Good thing she decided to ring the lady back. Cheryl Van Camp, director of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s Dream Stakes raffle, had called to let her know that she had won the $250,000 grand prize.
“I’m so shocked right now,” Pham said. “I just couldn’t believe it in the first place. Is this real?”
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Steve Gilmore
, senior vice president for Shea Properties and a board member of the South Coast Apartment Association, recently was interviewed by the
Orange County Register about key issues facing the multi-family housing market for their popular
Insider Q & A column.
The 30-year-old Shea Properties Management Co. designs, builds, owns and manages more than 7,000 units in California from San Diego to the Bay Area. It’s now in the process of developing an additional 2,000 units in California and Colorado.
Click here to read the entire Q & A.
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Sam Cohen
Not many young kids would be too happy about giving up their birthday gifts, but
Sam Cohen was enthusiastic about the idea.
He was all aboard when his parents approached him about donating his gifts from his 8th birthday party last year to benefit homeless families. It struck him that there were kids living without the same resources he had. Click here to read the rest of an Orange County Register story about Sam. .
Click here to read a Daily Pilot story about United Way’s record year of fundraising.
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Neda Zaengle, CEO of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation, and Colleen Lambros of the Irvine Company draws the winner of a year's worth of free rent at The Park in Irvine
IRVINE – Friday is the last day to buy a chance to win $500,000 or a new condo at 3000 the Plaza and help budget-strapped Irvine schools.
The drawing for the condo prize will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at Woodbury Elementary School.
The prize is part of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s Irvine Dream Stakes raffle, which benefits the school district. Last week, a mom of two sons who attend schools in the district won a year’s worth of free rent at The Park at Irvine Spectrum Center.
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An Irvine family won a year of free rent at the Park at Irvine Spectrum Center today.
“Oh my God, are you kidding me,” said Marianne Perkins when she learned the news.
The drawing was covered by the Orange County Register and KCBS-TV.
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The chair starts spinning.
And as it spins, a little boy, Casey, age 3, wearing some very cool goggles, watches lights that seem to travel with him as he sits and twirls in a darkened chamber atop his mother’s lap.
Heidi Brandl has a routine to keep her son engaged during these 45-minute therapy sessions. When the “disco ball light” goes on, projecting hundreds of pinpoints of light on the wall, they name and “shoot” the stars.
“You’re like a space commander!” Brandl tells Casey.
The rotational chair may look an amusement-park ride, but it’s actually a sophisticated, $250,000 tool in the diagnosis and treatment of vertigo and other balance disorders.
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Capt. O'Connor and Lt. Sayers retire
Days after the city of Anaheim hosted Major League Baseball’s All-Star game, the police department bid farewell to two all-stars of its own.
Capt. Chuck O’Connor and Lt. Chris Sayers are retiring after serving the city for nearly 30 years each.
More than 150 people friends and family members last week jammed the department’s training auditorium and dozens more watched the retirement and promotion ceremony from closed-circuit television outside.
Police employees cheered as captain bars were pinned on a woman — Belinda Brewer — for the first time in department history.
And Police Chief John Welter presented new badges to seven other promoted employees, including APD’s third and fourth-ever female lieutenants.
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We’ve given away $10,000 cash, a new BMW and a vacation package at six of Orange County’s most exclusive oceanfront resorts.
But it’s still not too late for you to win a major 7th Annual Irvine Dream Stakes Home raffle prize, including the grand prize — $500,000 cash or a luxury home at 3000 the Plaza. Also still up for grabs are dozens of other big cash prizes.
The final day to buy a ticket is July 30. If you haven’t already bought one, please consider doing so before it’s too late.
To read the rest of Irvine Public Schools Foundation CEO Neda Zaengle’s Irvine World News-Orange County Register , click here.
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As the first residents moved in at gallery421, an art-inspired new luxury apartment community in downtown Long Beach, the media took note.
The Long Beach Press-Telegram profiled the property on the cover of its Business section.
The Long Beach Gazette wrote that the community is “designed so that residents don’t need to travel outside the complex’s gate to socialize, watch a movie, practice yoga, go to the gym, sunbathe or take a dip in a pool, play billiards or video games, or even grab a cup of coffee or bathe their dogs.”
And it’s not just Long Beach media showing an interest. Multi-Housing News and Multi-Family Biz also picked up the story.
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JSerra Catholic High School is featured on the cover of this week’s Capistrano Dispatch newspaper. the edition also features a column by CEO Frank Talarico.
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Our co-valedictorian summed it up best.
“It is true that no other class in this school’s history can match the range and depth of our accomplishments,” said Emily Storms.
Storms was one of two JSerra graduates to complete more than 20 honors and advanced-placement courses with straight A’s.
But she and co-valedictorian Victoria Manesh aren’t the only JSerra scholars worth celebrating.
Trevor Cutler earned our highest honor, the JSerra Award. The Eagle Scout finished with a 4.5 GPA and captained the cross country and track teams. But it was principal Tom Waszak’s announcement that Cutler would attend the Air Force Academy that drew a standing ovation at graduation.
“Your most impressive quality is your selfless desire to make a difference in your community and your country,” Waszak said.
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