Orange County Visionaries 2024 – Trends, Updates and Visionaries
Irvine-headquartered Edwards Lifesciences has successfully completed the sale of its Critical Care product group to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) for $4.2 billion in an all-cash transaction.
Nov. 3, 2024
California
My choice to replace President Biden as the Democratic nominee is George Clooney. He’d whip the dangerous Donald Trump easily, probably by a landslide.
July 13, 2024
Updates
Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp. agreed to acquire Endotronix Inc. on July 24.
Aug. 1, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Elwood Edwards, the graphics guru and camera operator who voiced AOL’s iconic and once ubiquitous greeting, ‘You’ve got mail,’ has died at age 74.
Nov. 7, 2024
Letters to the Editor
A social worker who helped troubled teens defends George Gascón’s reluctance to charge juvenile offenders as adults.
Oct. 6, 2024
Opinion
The former aerospace executive and advocate on megafire protection and prevention is part of a group of “new Democrats” who believe in working across party lines to solve problems for Americans. We need more people like him in Congress.
Sept. 25, 2024
Clippers
Paul George was booed throughout by Clippers fans as L.A. defeated the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday.
Nov. 6, 2024
Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, who campaigned on restoring public safety in L.A. County defeated Dist. Atty. George Gascón by a wide margin.
Gascón has been unfairly cast as the cause of recent crime waves. He did in his first term exactly what he promised voters: Work to make the justice system more just.
Oct. 5, 2024
Sports
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards claims most old-school NBA players weren’t skilled. Magic Johnson declines to ‘respond to a guy that’s never won a championship.’
Aug. 27, 2024