Daily Business Report: June 18, 2026
By Caitlin Doornbos, Emily Goodin and Ronny Reyes | NY Times
Iran now has 60 days to prove it is willing to make peace and change its ways after signing a ceasefire deal with the US — and both sides have to hammer out the biggest problems at stake.
The aspirational 14-point US-Iran memorandum of understanding sets in motion two months of tough negotiations between Washington and Tehran on stopping Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon and shedding its stockpile of enriched uranium.
In return, the US could lift its crippling sanctions on the regime and give Iranians a shot at $300 billion to rebuild.
by San Diegoville
Just weeks after officially confirming its first San Diego County location at Carmel Valley’s One Paseo, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Kitchen is already preparing for a second local outpost. This time, the wellness-focused restaurant brand is headed to the heart of one of the largest and most ambitious development projects currently underway in San Diego.
Leasing materials obtained by SanDiegoVille indicate that Goop Kitchen has signed on as one of the first restaurant tenants at UC San Diego’s incoming Triton Center, a sprawling new $453 million campus village that university officials describe as the future “front door” of the La Jolla campus. The same leasing package also identifies Jeff’s Beach Burgers and Intermission Café as incoming tenants, with one final retail space still available for lease.
The tenant lineup provides one of the first public glimpses into the food and beverage component of Triton Center, a transformative four-building development designed to create a true urban core for a university that has long been criticized for lacking a centralized gathering place.
Kick off Summer by Donating Blood on July 1
by San Diego County Fair
San Diego County Credit Union® (SDCCU®), one of Southern California’s largest locally-owned financial institutions, is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at nine locations: seven in San Diego County, one in Orange County, and one in Riverside County. Historically, there is an extremely low inventory of blood during the busy summer season and hospital shelves have a constant need, potentially affecting thousands of patients. The community is encouraged to help. Every pint of blood has the potential to save up to three lives.
Register today as the San Diego Blood Bank will be at the following SDCCU locations on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: