A black diamond-like carbon treatment and fabric NATO strap adds a dark and casual twist to the Tiffany CT60 chronograph.

This app lets users point their smartphone at various components to learn more about them.

Art dealer Serge Sorokko is offering a Bay Area lot plus plans for a modern 8,000-square-foot home.

New Zealand is hopeful a TPP11 – Trans Pacific Partnership without the US – will get the green light in November after it formally approved a negotiating mandate for the countries remaining in the deal.

In a move that will disappoint many textile manufacturers and exporters, the government of Pakistan has decided to abandon its plans to build a Pakistan Textile City near Karachi.

Asos, M&S and Adidas have joined a raft of brands and retailers supporting the Australian government’s crackdown on modern slavery in supply chains.

Brand loyalty is tumbling as consumers prioritise speed, innovation and convenience when they shop, a new study has found.

Gathered around a table in the Orange History Center, a group of history lovers passed around a horseshoe, a saddle frame and a spur – new artifacts in the center’s collection representing the days when much of modern Orange County was the sprawling Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.

It was owned by Juan Pablo Grijalva (There is dispute by others that he had a partner).

The three artifacts were donated to the History Center by Eddie Grijalva, a sixth-generation relative of Juan Pablo and a history researcher. Grijalva spent years fighting to have his ancestor’s role in Orange County history recognized, and he said the artifacts are part of cementing a legacy.

“I didn’t understand what legacy meant, I had no idea,” Eddie Grijalva said. “But I started to read more and thought, ‘Oh, you’re not going to live forever,’” Grijalva said. “It’d be nice if, when I’m gone, people can remember and say, ‘Hey, Eddie Grijalva wasn’t that bad. He left us something.’”

Juan Pablo Grijalva was a Spanish officer in California who retired from service to the Spanish Empire and founded Rancho Las Flores in 1795. A few years later, Grijalva’s first rancho was taken from him by the Mission San Luis Rey for agricultural use – today the land makes up Camp Pendleton.

Unperturbed, Grijalva traveled to modern Orange – just beyond the influence of nearby missions – and in 1801 established a new rancho, the 83,000-acre Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.

Building an adobe just north of El Modena, Grijalva lived on his massive rancho, which stretched from today’s Anaheim Hills all the way to Costa Mesa and into parts of Newport Beach.

Grijalva died in 1806, and his rancho was split up into thousands of parcels by 1869.

Grijalva’s legacy faded into obscurity behind the more recognized names of Yorba and Peralta – the families that took over the rancho after Grijalva’s death.

Eddie Grijalva wasn’t OK with that. He’s dug up material, both in print and in dirt, that proved his ancestor’s involvement in the county’s history – and people have taken notice.

Today, his family heritage is recognized with historic plaques and as the namesake of Orange’s Grijalva Park.

The three artifacts given to the History Center were found at the old sites of Rancho Las Flores and Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana after being left behind in the early 1800s. In particular, the spur was left behind at the original adobe site in what is now Orange.

Lizeth Ramirez, archivist and reference librarian at the History Center, said the artifacts “bring to life” the California Rancho era and will be on display for the public soon – likely in October.

The US and Korea are to meet in Seoul tomorrow (22 August) to discuss the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) – with the US expected to propose making “amendments” to the existing pact.

Long Beach lifeguards on Monday were trying to usher a juvenile gray whale back out to sea after it somehow found its way into Alamitos Bay overnight, according to authorities.

An onlooker posted video of a crowd watching the whale surface while it swam parallel to Bay Shore Avenue near Horny Corner. Community organizer Justin Rudd also shot video of the whale swimming in the ocean Sunday near Rosie’s Dog Beach.

The whale, which is about 18 to 20 feet long, has been working its way up the West Coast after it was somehow separated from its mother, Long Beach Marine Safety Chief Gonzalo Medina said.

It was first spotted in Baja California a few weeks ago, then in Dana Point, Newport Beach Harbor, Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, and over the weekend, it showed up at the Long Beach oceanfront, according to Medina.

The whale seemed to leave around Sunday afternoon, but overnight, it made its way into the marina area of Alamitos Bay, Medina said.

Crews were following the whale around Monday but keeping their distance while trying to encourage it to leave the harbor.

“We take a very kind of delicate approach with it,” Medina said. “We don’t want to scare it.”

Medina said people should keep their distance from the mammal.

“We’re really just trying to not agitate the whale and let it find its way out of the marina,” he said.

Local authorities are coordinating with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and marine mammal experts to try to get the whale out safely, Medina said.