Biz News: New pet-care facility offers ‘play-cations’
Dr. Boyd’s Pet Resort, a grooming, day care, veterinary, training and boarding facility in Irvine, celebrated its grand opening Dec. 15.
Dr. Boyd’s is open around the clock every day at 8645 Research Drive, offering services ranging from “play-cations” for pets to recovery care for animals needing special medical attention. It also has a location in San Diego.
“Whether it’s just for a few hours or a few days, leaving your pet, particularly during the holidays, can be very stressful,” founder John Boyd said in a statement. “We are thrilled to bring our first-of-its-kind concept to a community that loves pets almost as much as we love caring for them.”
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Restaurant fundraiser will help homeless kids
Every Sunday in January, SOCIAL Costa Mesa, a restaurant at 512 W. 19th St., will donate $2.50 from each brunch entree sold to Project Hope Alliance, a Costa Mesa-based nonprofit, to help fund lunches for homeless children in Orange County.
For more information, visit socialcostamesa.com or https://www.projecthopealliance.org.
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Southwest extending flight schedule at JWA
Southwest Airlines has extended its flight schedule for travel through Aug. 7, including adding daily service between Orange County’s John Wayne Airport and Austin, Texas, beginning June 28.
Fares for once-daily nonstop flights between Orange County and Austin will start at $119 one way.
Nonstop once-daily service between Orange County and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, will begin June 7 with fares as low as $148 each way.
Southwest’s nonstop service between John Wayne Airport and San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos, Mexico, will increase with a second seasonal daily round trip between April 8 and Aug. 7.
The service is subject to approval from government agencies. Customers can book flights and make travel plans at https://www.Southwest.com.
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Productive year for fertility doctor
Reproductive medicine expert Dr. Lawrence Werlin, a fertility specialist at Coastal Fertility Medical Center in Irvine, recently won the 2014 Best Doctors in America Award from Castle Connolly Top Doctors and the 2013 Vitals Compassionate Doctor Award. He also was honored as an American Society for Reproductive Medicine Star Award winner for 2014.
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New spot to sweat
The Training Spot, with two gyms in Huntington Beach, will open its third location in February at Adams Avenue and Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa. For information about the facility, visit https://www.tspot.org.
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New Hoag facility coming to Irvine
Hoag Hospital will present a groundbreaking ceremony next month for a new facility in Irvine.
Once completed in spring 2016, Hoag Health Center Irvine will encompass 150,000 square feet of medical space to complement services currently provided by Hoag Hospital Irvine.
For more information, email HoagEvents@hoag.org or call (800) 400-HOAG.
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Deli opening on Balboa Peninsula
A new delicatessen is coming to Newport Beach’s Balboa Peninsula waterfront.
Dory Deli will open Jan. 19 at 2108 W. Oceanfront, near the Newport Pier.
The restaurant will offer sandwiches, salads, breakfast foods, local beers and espresso drinks. The coffee will come from Kéan in Newport Beach.
“I’m excited to open Dory Deli,” owner Mario Marovic said in a statement. “It’s been a passion project of mine and I’m happy to finally be able to share it with the neighborhood. I wanted it to be representative of the Newport Beach lifestyle: a relaxing atmosphere that offers the best in food and drink.”
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Newport therapist among ‘dynamic women’
Tina Sadri, founder of Newport Mental Wellness, which opened this year at 351 Hospital Road in Newport Coast, was featured as one of Orange County’s Dynamic Women of 2014 in Modern Luxury Riviera magazine.
Sadri is a licensed marriage and family therapist who attended University High School in Irvine and graduated from the UC Irvine psychology department with a degree in social ecology.