The Trade Desk Founder Jeff Green donates $8.5M to FoodShare
Hoping to make a dent in Ventura County’s chronic hunger woes, The Trade Desk Founder Jeff Green’s family foundation has made an $8.5 million gift to FoodShare, putting that nonprofit’s $50 million campaign for a new facility on firm footing. Oxnard-based FoodShare is the biggest food bank in the county. It announced the expansion after Read More →
California challenging Trump’s Morro Bay wind energy opposition
California officials are challenging what they say is an unlawful agreement between the U.S. Department of Interior and power producer Invenergy that would thwart California’s offshore wind energy development off the Central Coast. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild on July 16 sent the interior department a notice of intent Read More →
Business Times wins 5 awards at annual California Journalism Awards
The Pacific Coast Business Times took home a bit of hardware at the annual California Journalism Awards. Hosted by the California News Publishers Association, the Business Times won five awards across five different editorial categories for reporting done in 2025. The Business Times competes statewide against other weekly newspapers with a circulation of under 4,300. Read More →
Unemployment rate back on the rise on the Central Coast
After months of a descending tri-county unemployment rate, the Central Coast’s jobless rate was back on the rise in the latest report, rising to 4.3%, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released July 17. All three counties saw their unemployment rate increase in June. Ventura County’s rate was 4.4%, up from 3.9% Read More →
Energy Vault names new CFO
Westlake Village-based Energy Vault Holdings announced the appointment of Nitin Dahiya as its next CFO. Dahiya, who begins in his new role on July 27, succeeds Michael Beer, who will be transitioning from his role to pursue other opportunities. Dahiya joins Energy Vault from BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with over $15 trillion in Read More →
Guest commentary: AI fakery is the next reputation crisis
By Starr Hall I’ve spent more than three decades helping brands build credibility, navigate media scrutiny, and survive moments they never saw coming. This week, I found myself managing three separate reputation crises at the same time. Two of them had something in common that didn’t exist just a few years ago. Artificial intelligence. Not Read More →
Banking roundup
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