Status Update: Tiny home show coming to Anaheim convention center

Want to add an ADU to the backyard? Or perhaps home prices are so high you’d prefer to plop a tiny home on a tiny lot somewhere in Southern California.

A tiny home expo will help answer some of your alternative housing questions in late April at the Anaheim Convention Center.

The Home, Garden & Tiny House Show takes place Friday through Sunday, April 29 through May 1, and will include tiny homes and mini-mansions, yoga retreats, ADUs (accessory dwelling units), granny flats, two-story tiny houses and even homes on wheels.

A tiny house show is taking place Friday through Sunday, April 29 through May 1 at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Courtesy of Anaheim Home Shows)

The Home, Garden & Tiny House Show in Anaheim will include space-efficient tiny homes and luxury mini-mansions, yoga retreats, ADUs, granny units, two-story tiny houses and even homes on wheels. (Courtesy of Anaheim Home Shows)

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The expo will also include decorating and remodeling ideas for kitchens and bathrooms, floors, doors, windows, hot tubs, BBQ islands, landscaping, solar panels and home décor.

It’s good for the whole family (leave Fido at home) with free Home Depot take-home projects for the kids and giveaways.

Tickets are $10 and $5 for seniors at the door and at Eventbrite.com (search “tiny home show”). Children under age 18 are free with a paying adult. Military personnel and first responders also attend for free.

The event is sponsored by Orange County Realtors and produced by Huntington Beach-resident Marlene Thorne of Specialty Shows & Events.

For more information, go to anaheimhomeshows.com. Address: 800 West Katella Ave. Hall D

Grants are available for independent restaurant owners through the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund, a $1.5 million fund created by California Restaurant Foundation. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Restaurants can apply for $3,000 grants

Independent restaurant owners can apply for $3,000 grants available from the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund, a $1.5 million fund created by California Restaurant Foundation.

The grants were funded by donations from SoCalGas, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Diego Gas and Electric.

The program, in its second year, provides $3,000 grants for equipment upgrades and employee retention bonuses to alleviate staffing issues and deferred maintenance caused by two years of incurring debt, losses and rising costs.

The application portal is open through April 30. Eligibility requirements can be found at restaurantscare.org/resilience.

OCCF seeks $1.6 million at upcoming giving day

The Orange County Community Foundation is looking to raise $1.6 million during a 24-hour fundraiser called Help Them Home on April 27.

The money raised will go to 24 nonprofits in Orange County that are working to combat homelessness and its impact on the community.

Participating nonprofits include American Family Housing, Casa Teresa, Charity On Wheels, City Net, Colette’s Children’s Home, The Eli Home, Families Forward, Family Assistance Ministries, Family Promise of Orange County, Friendship Shelter, Grandma’s House of Hope, HomeAid Orange County, Homeless Intervention Services of OC, Illumination Foundation, Mercy House Living Centers, Our Father’s Table, Pathways of Hope, Robyne’s Nest, Serving People in Need, Inc., South County Outreach, StandUp for Kids, Orange County, The Salvation Army Orange County, Thomas House Family Shelter, and WISEPlace.

To give online, go to help-them-home-giving-day.ocnonprofitcentral.org. For more information about OCCF’s Collaborative Giving Days, go to oc-cf.org/givingdays.

Mergers & acquisitions

Parentis Health, a healthcare company that specializes in senior care and based in Laguna Hills, has acquired Irvine-based Pop-in Care, a licensed home care company that also works with the elderly, people with disabilities and those recovering from surgeries or other acute illnesses.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Pop-in Care specializes in short visits and will help round out the care options from Parentis Health, according to the company. It will continue to operate under the Pop-in Care name, as a Parentis Health subsidiary company.

Parentis said Pop-in Care founder Teri Frianeza will continue to operate that division, reporting to Tarek A. El Nabli, CEO of Parentis Health.

For more information on Pop-in Care or Parentis Health, go to popin.care or parentishealth.com

Kevin Mayer is the new chief marketing officer at Pedego, an electric-bike maker in Irvine. He comes to the company with 30 years of marketing experience, working with brands such as BJs Restaurants, Volkswagen, Chevrolet Global and Subaru. Mayer was most recently at BJs. (Courtesy of Pedego)

Kevin Mayer is the new chief marketing officer at Pedego, an electric-bike maker in Irvine. He comes to the company with 30 years of marketing experience, working with brands such as BJ’s Restaurants, Volkswagen, Chevrolet Global and Subaru. Mayer was most recently at BJ’s. (Courtesy of Pedego)

Luis Vasquez is the new senior director of operations at the nonprofit Beyond Blindness in Santa Ana. (Courtesy of Beyond Blindness and Dillon Phommasa)

Harry Ollikainen is the new head of sales at Vincit USA. He brings 24 years of experience in account management, business development and sales across the IT industry. (Courtesy of Vincit USA)

Andrew Fahmy has been named the executive director for Orange County United Way’s United for Financial Security initiative. (Courtesy of OC United Way)

Xinran Wang is the new executive vice president of engineering at Newport Beach-based Obsidian Security. (Courtesy of Obsidian Security)

Christopher Beck has been appointed chief technology officer at Newport Beach-based Modere, a lifestyles brand. (Courtesy of Modere) and Jamie Saunders)

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On the move

Harry Ollikainen is the new head of sales at Vincit USA. He has 24 years of experience in account management, business development and sales in the IT industry. Ollikainen is relocating from Finland. Previously, he worked as sales director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for Finland and the Baltics.

Austen Parrish will be the third dean of the School of Law at the UC Irvine, assuming the post Aug. 3. He currently is the dean and James H. Rudy Professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and serves on the board of directors for AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of legal education, especially issues of access and affordability. Parrish grew up in Vancouver and is a first-generation college and law student.

Andrew Fahmy has been named the executive director for Orange County United Way’s United for Financial Security initiative. He will lead a team of program managers and project consultants to advance local programs and strategies for OC Free Tax Prep, Orange County Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Keeping it Real OC, Covered CA Outreach and Enrollment, SparkPoint OC, and UpSkill OC. Fahmy most recently served as education director at Pacific Clinics.

Xinran Wang is the new executive vice president of engineering at Newport Beach-based Obsidian Security. He will focus on innovation and scaling the company’s security platform. Xinran most recently served as the SVP of engineering for Shape Security and led the malware research team at Palo Alto Networks in the early 2010s.

Christopher Beck has been appointed chief technology officer at Newport Beach-based Modere, a lifestyles brand. He has 25 years of IT expertise and most recently worked at Harry’s. He also worked for Tapestry (Coach, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade brands) and Merrill Lynch.

Nate Fikse, a local Northwestern Mutual private wealth adviser, presents a $15,000 check to UCLA Health Operation Mend, a program that operates on and works with wounded soldiers. (Courtesy of Northwestern Mutual)

Milestones

Nate Fikse, a local Northwestern Mutual private wealth adviser, has been named a 2022 Community Service Award winner. He received a $15,000 grant that was given to UCLA Health Operation Mend, a program that operates on and works with wounded soldiers. “While our military and veteran participants have access to the VA system, their caregivers often do not have the means to receive basic healthcare,” said Fikse. “The funds from this award will go to the Caregiver Health Access program, which helps to provide funds for caregivers of veterans in need.”

Status Update is compiled from press releases by contributing writer Karen Levin and edited by Business Editor Samantha Gowen. Submit items and high-resolution photos to [email protected]. Allow at least one week for publication. Items are edited for length and clarity.

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