Fashion Island

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Lolita Harper FASHION ISLAND -- More than 200 demonstrators marched down Newport Center Drive on Friday to protest the use of nonunion janitors in some Fashion Island offices. Busloads of demonstrators marched about two blocks before stopping in front of an office building in the 600 block -- one of the buildings that contracts with A&D Building Maintenance. The marchers' purple union shirts and faded bluejeans were a stark contrast to the suited people of the Newport Beach business community who were also on the street for their lunch hour.

Suzie Harrison Enjoying live music, stars, atmosphere and fun, all packaged together for free summer entertainment mid-week, is a tradition Newport Beach residents have had since 1967 at Fashion Island's annual summer concert series. Creating memories is the foundation behind the music they choose for the concerts, marketing director Shayne Voorheis said. "When we start planning each concert series, it's important to pick music that will create memories," Voorheis said.

GREER WYLDER Fashion Island offers terrific gift-buying ideas perfectly tailored for everyone on your list. There are more than 200 retailers and restaurants to choose from. For those that like to be pampered, there are wonderful skin and aromatherapy products from L'Occitane, the Body Shop, Bath & Body Works and Caswell-Massey. For chocolate connoisseurs, there's Teuscher Chocolates & Cafe. Many consider Teuscher the finest in the world, freshly made in Zurich, Switzerland.

Shawbong Fok Since opening in 1967, Fashion Island, the Newport Beach shopping center with views of the glittering Pacific, has undergone change in its infrastructure, reflecting the need to adapt to a dynamic business climate. The rationale behind such change was to remain competitive in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, one of the world's great shopping destinations akin to London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. Fashion Island, faced with stiff competition, has transformed from a conventional, relatively homogenous mall in 1967 to become a vibrant shopping mecca.

Deepa Bharath FASHION ISLAND -- The ubiquitous Nike squiggle will take on a whole new dimension come October. The company that manufactures and sells sports gear all over the world is set to open its first-ever NIKEgoddess store at the shopping center in mid-October. The 6,000-square-foot store, the first of its kind in the country, will focus exclusively on female consumers and will sell an array of sports gear. The store will be a welcome addition to Fashion Island, said Jennifer Smith, the center's spokeswoman.

A teenager suspected by Newport Beach police of being the lone gunman that got away during a search last month near Fashion Island was killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, authorities confirmed. Dalton Rahman, 18, was shot by Los Angeles County Sheriffs SWAT team members when he wrested a gun away from one of them as they tried to arrest him, according to a statement released by the sheriff’s department Nov. 6. Newport Beach police said Rahman was the man who eluded capture in early October, when officers went to a parking lot near Fashion Island where three men were reported acting suspiciously.

Philadelphia-based Anthropologie, a popular upscale sister store to Urban Outfitters, just re-opened after a fabulous expansion and remodel at Fashion Island. Anthropologie offers one-stop shopping for stylish apparel, home decor and gifts. It's easy to forget that it's a national chain retailer; it's more like a Parisian flea market. Skylights bathe the store with natural light, and a 30-foot antique cabinet from Europe gorgeously displays bedding. This double-height cabinet was a major find.

S.J. Cahn FASHION ISLAND -- Officials at Newport Beach's premier shopping center on Monday announced plans for new restaurants as part of almost 70,000 square feet of expansion to be finished by next spring. The construction, which will include 35,000 square feet of new buildings and the 33,000-square-foot addition of a third floor to Neiman Marcus, won't demand a Greenlight vote because it was approved in a 1994 agreement made before the slow-growth law took effect.

Jasmine Lee FASHION ISLAND -- Three masked men shot a security guard and then fled late Tuesday when a foiled robbery attempt at a jewelry store turned into a fierce gun battle, police said. At about 7:30 p.m., security guards for Traditional Jewelers, located near Robinsons-May in the shopping center, spotted the attempted robbers -- clothed in olive green jackets and black masks -- crouched and headed for the store, said Lt. Mike Jackson of the Newport Beach Police Department.