March 25, 2025

Real Estate

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Staff Report | 9 hours ago
Premium Content CRE: New CEO at VCCAR; Single-family home community opens in Nipomo
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Staff Report | 2 weeks ago
Premium Content CRE: Historic 350-acre parcel in Montecito purchased, will be protected as open space
By Staff Report Santa Barbara residents Eric Read More >
Mike Harris | 2 weeks ago
South Coast commercial real estate sales see strong 4Q
Economist Christopher Thornberg was the keynote speaker Read More >
Jorge Mercado | 2 weeks ago
Premium Content CRE: SLO design and engineering firm celebrates 40 years
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Technology

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Jorge Mercado | Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Atara lays off 31 employees from Ventura County research center

Atara Biotherapeutics Research Center in Thousand Oaks. (courtesy photo) A couple of months after Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics announced it would be laying off roughly 80 employees, the company confirmed nearly half of those jobs are coming from its Ventura County research center. In a WARN Act filing with the state of California, Atara said it would be cutting 31 employees from its 1280 Rancho Conejo Blvd research center by Read More >
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Premium Content Latigo raises $150M to advance pipeline through clinical trials
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Premium Content Latigo raises $150M to advance non-opioid therapeutics
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Premium Content Softec seeks to expand tech ‘ecosystem’
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QAD appoints new CEO, Chilton steps down after 7 years

Health Care & Life Science

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Jorge Mercado | Monday, March 24, 2025

Premium Content Camarillo nurse gives birth to newborn care business 

Camarillo post-partum nurse Danika Frandsen is looking to expand her Read More >
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Premium Content Tri-county Medi-Cal administrators alarmed by possible cuts
Jorge Mercado
Cottage Health names Scott Wester as new CEO
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Premium Content Doctors prescribe health tips during ‘quad-demic’ season
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Foothill Surgery Center acquires cutting-edge robotic surgical system

Agribusiness

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Mike Harris
Hub-Western Growers insurance partnership blooming
Three months after they joined forces, the Hub International Limited/Western Read More >
Mike Harris
Premium Content Trump policies impacting Ag in tri-county region
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Limoneira completes $1.7M water pumping rights transactions
Jorge Mercado
Premium Content Calavo ends fiscal year strong, maintains focus on ‘core avocado business’
Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers ended the year on a strong Read More >
Mike Harris
Premium Content Strong avocado sales drive revenue growth for ag companies
Avocado sales were up during 2024, helping the ag companies Read More >

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