Irvine, CA, hospital to close Jan. 15

Irvine (CA) Regional Hospital and Medical Center will close Jan. 15, about a month earlier than originally scheduled. Tenet Healthcare Corp., which operates the hospital through a subsidiary, said it would work to find jobs for Irvine Regional employees at other Tenet hospitals in the area. The hospital had been leasing space from a real estate investment firm, which wanted the hospital closed before the lease expires in mid-February.