The Citadel Outlets is jumping onto Swiftie bandwagon, offering up a pair of floor seat tickets to Taylor Swift’s Aug. 7 show at SoFi Stadium.

Here’s the fine print: You have to join a horde of fans at the outlet mall in Commerce and you have to be there to win. Consider it an opportunity to do some back-to-school shopping at the outlet mall.

In order to play this Swiftie lottery, of sorts, participants must check-in at a table near the Michael Kors and Calvin Klein stores between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. The lucky winner will be announced later that day at 6:45 p.m.

The winner also gets a free ride to the show in a “Getaway Car” to and from the event and a $500 gift card to the outlets.

For more contest information, go to citadeloutlets.com/event

Balboa Gold, a locally-owned jewelry shop, opened July 8 at The OC Mix at SoCo Collection in Costa Mesa. (Photo courtesy of The OC Mix)

2 tenants join The OC Mix in Costa Mesa

When one door closes, sometimes two new ones open.

At least, that’s the case in Costa Mesa, where Taco Maria exited The OC Mix at SoCo Collection in search of a larger home.

This week we’ve learned two new tenants are joining the Costa Mesa retail center.

Balboa Gold, a locally-owned jewelry shop, debuted July 8, and Kratom Kava Bar, a plant-based medicine shop, opened July 18.

For Balboa Gold, the storefront inside The OC Mix is the company’s first brick-and-mortar location.

Kratom Kava Bar uses botanicals from Southeast Asia for sleep aids and stress relief.

Address: 1731 Sunflower Ave.

The Walmart Supercenter in Foothill Ranch has re-opened with a fresh look. Updates include a new grab-and-go snack section near the checkout lines; new self-check stations; and expanded electronics and grocery departments. (Photo courtesy of Walmart)

Walmart gets a makeover in Foothill Ranch

The Walmart Supercenter in Foothill Ranch has re-opened with a fresh look and a local mural.

Updates include a new grab-and-go snack section near the checkout lines; new self-check stations; and expanded electronics and grocery departments.

. pick-up, to in-store shopping; the Foothill Ranch Supercenter remodel solidifies Walmart’s commitment to providing customers with a seamless, effortless, high-quality shopping experience

Address: 26502 Towne Centre Drive.

To celebrate the new look, store manager Shabnam Ighani gave out $5,400 in grants to local nonprofits including $1,300 to Laguna Beach Police Foundation, $900 to Infinite Hero Foundation, $2,500 to OC Fire Service Association and $700 to South County Outreach.

The Foothill Ranch Supercenter also offers a pickup option and Walmart+, a membership program that includes free delivery.

Anaheim Hills-based WaBa Grill renovated and reopened its corporately owned Yorba Linda restaurant as the brand’s flagship location. (Photo courtesy of WaBa Grill)

Yorba Linda WaBa Grill now a test kitchen for chain

Anaheim Hills-based WaBa Grill renovated and reopened its corporately owned Yorba Linda restaurant as the brand’s flagship location.

The top-to-bottom remodel in Yorba Linda included an expansion of the kitchen, all-new dining room furniture and beverage dispensers.

It also will serve as the chain’s new product-testing restaurant, with new menu items rotating throughout the year.

Address: 21480 Yorba Linda Blvd.; phone: 714-701-6433.

PNC Foundation presented a $75,000 grant to Pretend City in Irvine. The money will go toward monthly early childhood development classes for low-income families. (Photo courtesy of Pretend City)

Pretend City grant will help low-income children

Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine received a $75,000 grant from the PNC Foundation, which the nonprofit will use to offer monthly early childhood development classes to low-income families.

The classes will help families learn about communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving and personal-social skills.

Pretend City will host the two-hour monthly classes for six months with local nonprofits including MOMS OC, Orangewood Foundation and Inland Empire Families.

Participating families will also receive free meals during the classes, gas cards or complimentary Uber rides to help with transportation to the program. They’ll also get to play at Pretend City Children’s Museum.

Sri Divel has launched The Culinary CMO, a hospitality agency in San Juan Capistrano. (Photo courtesy of The Culinary CMO)

New ventures

Sri Divel, a longtime hospitality veteran, has founded The Culinary CMO, a hospitality agency in San Juan Capistrano. Some of her clients include Pokeworks and Nekter Juice Bar, Mama’s Hospitality Group and Salt Creek Grille and David Wilhelm’s new Tavern at the Mission and Tavern House Kitchen + Bar.

On the move

Dr. William Adelman has joined Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange as the new medical director of the CHOC Primary Care Network. With 20 years of experience in adolescent medicine, he most recently served as the executive director of student health and counseling at the University of Pennsylvania.

Owen Lee, the accountant for Orange County Power Authority in Irvine, has been promoted from controller to director of finance and data analytics.

Trial lawyer Wylie A. Aitken has joined the board of trustees at the American Film Institute. (Photo courtesy of Aitken Aitken Cohn)

On board

Trial lawyer Wylie A. Aitken has joined the board of trustees at the American Film Institute. Aitken is a partner at Aitken*Aitken*Cohn in Santa Ana and previously was the youngest president of the State Trial Bar Association.

Milestones

The Flora May Foundation, a female-owned and run nonprofit in San Clemente, was named the 2023 Outstanding Nonprofit of the Year by The American Business Awards organization. Founder and CEO Debbie Hansen-Bosse also won a Bronze Stevie as 2023’s Thought Leader of The Year.  She created a women’s workforce development program called Working Women Winning, which is seeking grants to fund its programs.

Percy Lee, medical director of Orange County & Coastal Regional Oncology at City of Hope and an expert in radiation oncology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Lee practices at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center.

Good works

Casa Youth Shelter raised $317,500 at Sapphire Nights Gala while celebrating the nonprofit’s 45 years of service. The organization provides emergency housing, counseling and support services and helps break generational cycles of poverty, abuse and neglect for area residents.

The Bruery in Placentia helped raise $25,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast at its 15th anniversary Invitational Festival. Since 2013, The Bruery has helped raise money for the nonprofit’s programs that provide youth with resources and guidance.

The annual Carnival for Kids hosted by Illumination Foundation at St. Anthony Mary Claret Catholic Church in Anaheim raised $86,000 to support housing and healthcare services for families experiencing homelessness. With help from 17 corporate partners and community organizations, the event treated nearly 500 children and adults to free carnival rides, activities, games, a petting zoo, pony rides, a DJ, stilt walkers and more.

Unlimited Possibilities held its bike camp at Samueli Academy from July 10-14. Sponsored by Westcliff University, the event helped 40 attendees from the age of 8 and up learn how to ride on two wheels for the first time.

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