Is the split between Bill Gross and Pimco—now going on 3 months old—just too juicy to quiet down in the financial press? Or was last week’s highly detailed account by Bloomberg of the run-up to the Bond King’s move to Janus an indicator that finger-pointing remains a favorite sport around Pimco these days? … Step back from the Gross-Pimco skirmish line and consider this coincidence: Gross studied psychology before becoming a bond trader; Kylie Schuyler is a former bond trader who has a doctorate in psychology. That would be awfully random, except the two have something else in common in Doug Hodge, husband of Schuyler and CEO of Pimco … Schuyler is on to a new challenge these days—a nonprofit called Global Girls Rising that’s next to the El Sol Academy in Santa Ana. Stories on both organizations and several others are part of this week’s coverage of nonprofits in OC, which starts on page 1 … The nonprofit community is no doubt sending condolences to the family of Judith Kjellberg Swayne, founder of the Orange County Community Foundation, who died of Alzheimer’s on Nov. 29. Swayne started OCCF in 1989. The group has granted more than $300 million since then and ranks No. 5 on this week’s list (page 20)… Spotted as separate arrivals at R+D Kitchen at Fashion Island: former Irvine Company CEO Mike McKee, now at Bentall Kennedy in Seattle, and Dan Young, widely viewed as Donald Bren’s top exec these days … Both Young and McKee likely have unique insights into Bren’s drive to build his company into a premium brand. Our Mark Mueller offers on page 1 a look into one way the premium factors into land deals … It’s no surprise that a ticket to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall would yield an excellent harp solo. It was an unexpected treat to hear one as part of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán’s recent performance there, a tour de force that showed the genre belongs anywhere folks love music … Worth noting in the wake of another tough stretch for Freedom Communications and its flagship Register, which announced more layoffs last week: Interim Publisher Richard Mirman gave everyone involved the courtesy of a clear accounting and straight story—the company is not profitable but hopes to be in 2015, based on the latest cutbacks and conservative revenue projections. Mirman told the Insider he believes the Register is up to the nitty-gritty challenge of getting its home delivery 100% fixed and dedicated to maintaining its newsroom operations at current levels as it seeks stability … What do Paul and Marybelle Musco, Regina Hunsaker, Dean Koontz and Carl St. Clair have in common? All were pictured in the most recent issue of the St. Michael Messenger, the quarterly publication of St. Michael’s Abbey of the Norbertine Fathers, who are building a new home in Silverado Canyon … How cool can an alarm clock get? Check the models in the newly remodeled rooms at Hotel Irvine for some simple retro chic. Cooler still—hard to spot any brands on the clocks (see related story, this page) … Speaking of cool: the ARTIC transportation hub in Anaheim expects to trim about 50% of standard energy costs, thanks to the 200,000 square feet of ETFE foil that covers the new behemoth in the
Platinum Triangle (see related Data Drill, page 49).
