New food and laser tags at Kaleidoscope in Mission Viejo – Orange County Register

Laser Land, Hana BBQ and Sana’s Curry Bowl joined the lineup at the Kaleidoscope in Mission Viejo.

Here’s a bit about each type:

Laser Land: This laser tagged location has 10 game modes, including “search and destroy” and “zombie”. It also has a virtual reality area and there are plans to open an escape room. Kids and adults alike can watch two interactive ski games with digital screens.

Hana Korean BBQ: Casual restaurant that sells a variety of Korean dishes for lunch and dinner including kalbi (marinated short ribs), bul go gi (marinated beef ribeye), grilled chicken, jun meat (marinated ribeye cooked with marinated ribeye). in flour and eggs), spicy pork and jun fish (pan-fried cod).

Sana’s Curry Bowl: This eatery serves Halal Indian dishes including samosas, aloo tikki, masala fries, assorted pakora, grilled chicken tikka, curry with chicken, beef, shrimp or lamb, plus tikka masala, biryani, saag, light chop masala and buttered chicken. The eatery also serves vegetarian and vegan dishes.

For more information, visit GoKaleidoscope.com

Urgent need for cleaning supplies at Rescue Mission facilities

The Orange County Rescue Mission desperately needs cleaning supplies for formerly homeless people living in their transition facilities in Orange County.

Jim Palmer, president of the nonprofit, said the need was “serious” for the 178 residents at the Village of Hope, Tustin Veterans Outpost and Double R Ranch.

These are the items that Rescue Mission is looking for soap/shampoo, women’s (all sizes) and children’s (all sizes) underwear, toothpaste, razors, shaving cream. , feminine hygiene products, laundry detergent and toilet paper rolls.

The organization said it also needed new double bed sheets, towels and pillows.

Donations can be deposited at the Hope Village at 1 Hope Drive in Tustin. The donation vault is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Sunday.

You can also purchase items online and send them to the Village of Hope, using the address above.

For more information on the donation wish list, visit Rescueemission.org/hygiene-needs.

Any contributor who owns cryptocurrency can donate to the organization using Engiven, a donation management platform for virtual currency.

Donors can choose from 39 supported cryptocurrencies, donate any amount. Engiven converts a donation into US dollars at the time it sends money to the Rescue Mission.

The sponsor will receive a valid receipt of the cryptocurrency from Engiven.

For more information about the cryptocurrency platform, visit platform.engiven.com/give/562/widget/368.

Anduril buys Dive Technologies

Irvine-based Anduril Industries has acquired Boston-based startup Dive Technologies, which makes autonomous underwater vehicles or AUVs. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Anduril’s team says the deal will help expand their suite of autonomous systems to the undersea regions, significantly boosting the company’s strategic growth.

Dive Technologies’ main product is called DIVE-LD, an autonomous, multi-mission AUV.

Anduril was founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. Defense contractor is in the process of moving to a large headquarters at the old Los Angeles Times printing facility in Costa Mesa (opposite IKEA).

The company says the Dive Technologies deal is its acquisition in less than a year. In April 2021, it acquired Area-I, and in September, Anduril acquired Copious Imaging. Following a Series D funding round in June, the company reached a valuation of $4.6 billion.

Anduril is also nearby received nearly 1 billion dollars in funding with a special response order from the Ministry of Defense.

Subsidize

The nonprofit Beyond Blindness received a $50,000 grant from the Marconi Auto Museum & Children’s Foundation. The money will help the organization’s Early Intervention, Education + Enrichment, and Family Support programs.

The Marconi Foundation is a Tustin-based nonprofit founded by Dick and John Marconi.

Beyond Blindness will host its fourth event at the Marconi Museum – their upcoming 60th anniversary gala – on February 26.

New CFO for Goodwill OC

Elizabeth “Liz” Jensen is the new chief financial officer of Goodwill of Orange County.

She joined the nonprofit as its longtime chief financial officer prepared to retire. Donald Voska has held the position with Goodwill OC for 22 years.

A certified public accountant with nearly 20 years of experience working for nonprofit and nonprofit organizations, she most recently served as the CFO for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. Code. There, she managed an operating budget of more than $100 million.

Voska on 1 February became Honorary CFO while Jensen began her new role.

Leadership Change at Roland DGA

Irvine-based Roland DGA has announced three changes to its leadership team.

Amado Lara, formerly Roland DGA’s sales manager, has been promoted to vice president of sales. Yadira Cepeda, the company’s sales development manager, will also now oversee the company’s customer service department as the director of sales development and customer service. Peter Chen was hired as service manager to manage field service and technical support functions.

The company manufactures large format inkjet printers and printers/cutters, tooth mills, CNC milling machines and other digital equipment.

On the train

The Mesa Water District has appointed Marwan Khalifa, chief financial officer, as chair of the Finance Committee. Stacy Taylor, director of Water Policy, will chair the Business Development Committee of the Association of California Water Agencies. As committee chairs, Khalifa and Taylor also serve on the ACWA board of directors. Their two-year terms begin January 1. The district includes most of Costa Mesa, parts of Newport Beach, and unincorporated Orange County including John Wayne Airport,

Milestones

Susan Natland, partner at the law firm Knobbe Martens in Irvine, has been nominated by US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to chair the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Public Advisory Committee on Trademarks.

This year will be Natland’s final year of her three-year tenure at TPAC, where she helps USPTO in creating policy, rules, regulations, and guidelines for trademark protection in the United States and abroad, while helping to support the USPTO’s vital mission of delivering predictable, reliable, and high-quality intellectual property rights.

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