Defense tech company Mach Industries’ valuation has soared to $3.7 billion in a push to counter rising national security risks, especially those from China.

Nano Banc was closed by California regulators on Sept. 25, with Sunwest Bank agreeing to assume substantially all of the Irvine-based bank’s deposits and acquire about $476 million of its assets.

A former Pacific Palisades resident was found guilty by a federal jury in Orange County on Thursday of running a Ponzi scheme that stole nearly $2 million from investors in smart ring technology. Michelle Bisnoff, 59, of Boca Raton, who previously lived in Pacific Palisades and Santa Barbara, was found guilty late Thursday of charges…

Orange County’s 20 largest insurance brokers generated a 10% revenue increase to $1.73 billion in 2025, up from $1.56 billion the previous year.

Soon, visitors along the city’s entertainment corridor on Beach Boulevard near Knott’s Berry Farm could be taking selfies inside the mouth of a nearly 50-foot, three-dimensional shark

A sprawling 2.2-acre “luxury compound” known for hosting galas has sold for $13.85 million, more than three times what the sellers paid for the property in 2020