Katherine Ellison

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Katherine Ellison

Could you use some discreet help with birth control from a $14.99-a-month period-tracking app? How about a hands-free, wearable breast pump, for $549; a $299 wristband to soothe hot flashes; or an extra-slim, temperature-neutral, LED-lit speculum to bring to gynecologists’ appointments — part of a $125 kit including “comfy socks”?

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Katherine Ellison

‘Femtech’ takes on the women’s health-care marketplace (washingtonpost.com) ‘Femtech’ takes on the women’s health-care marketplace By Katherine Ellison 2025060112004100 Could you use some discreet help with birth control from a $14.99-a-month period-tracking app?

1 month ago | irvinestandard.com | Katherine Ellison

In the 50 years that “Saturday Night Live” has poked fun at society, the city of Irvine has gotten special – and sometimes hilarious – attention. One sketch features a satirical experimental theater performance by students at Woodbridge High School. Another skit teases with awkward attempts by police to offer safety tips to kids at the make-believe Astoria Elementary School. Fictional UC Irvine students made an appearance in a bit just last year.

1 month ago | irvinestandard.com | Katherine Ellison

RJ Scaringe was 26 years old and just one day out of graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) when he founded the company he would later call Rivian. That was in 2009 – at the height of a historic recession. Eleven years later, Scaringe moved the company to Irvine – and then took it public amid a global pandemic.

1 month ago | irvinestandard.com | Katherine Ellison

Neighbors and Spectrum Center guests are flocking to the new Rivian space, which opened at the center this spring. Anyone curious about the Irvine-based electric vehicle brand is welcome to stop by to get a closer look at accessories, colors, interiors, tires and merchandise. Rivian is looking to extend its roots in Irvine and chose Spectrum Center as the perfect place because of its central location and convenience.