Port of Hueneme cuts debt as revenue soars
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Santa Maria looks to revitalize downtown, spur development
Downtown Santa Maria is looking for a makeover and city officials and community members are Read More →
Companies drawn to Blue Sky Center in Cuyama Valley
Within the cool Cuyama Valley clay walls of the Blue Sky Center, an economic development Read More →
Tri-county professional women donate time to volunteer groups
The women of the Central Coast are in a league of their own when it Read More →
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Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for securities and elder fraud 
James Leroy Johnson, 71, formerly of Newbury Park and Westlake Village, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for securities and elder fraud, Ventura Read More →
Big Oil spends big to defeat Measure G in SLO County
Oil companies are spending heavily to oppose Measure G in San Luis Obispo County, which points to possible plans to expand into the county as Read More →
Wells Fargo gives $800,000 to Women’s Economic Ventures
A pledge from Wells Fargo earlier this year to give funds in support of disaster recovery efforts for businesses after the Thomas fire and debris Read More →
Wine Buzz: Harvest goes smoothly, but grape market faces oversupply
After coping with years of drought, a bad fruit set that lowered yields in 2015 and a brutal heat siege that disrupted the 2017 harvest, Read More →
Oxnard Plain farmland purchased for $7.3 million
Farmland investment Firm Olympic Sun LLC bought 109.5 acres of land off East Rice Road in Oxnard for $7.3 million. Daum Commercial Real Estate’s Mark Read More →
Our view: Union-only construction bad idea in Santa Barbara
Just when you thought the city of Santa Barbara had exhausted all of the ways to make construction more expensive and more time-consuming to build, Read More →
Grau and Wilson: Santa Paula headed toward bankruptcy
By David Grau and Bill Wilson The city of Santa Paula is in trouble and elected officials don’t appear concerned. For some years now, it Read More →
Dubroff: Merger underscores disruption reshaping region’s health care
Ventura County is becoming a test case for disruptive forces reshaping health care in the region. A recent transaction that combines a large physician practice Read More →
CSUCI gets $1.2 million grant for STEM program
CSU Channel Islands was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue its Project Pathways with Regional Outreach and Mathematics Read More →
Ex-CEO suing CoastHills Credit Union agrees to arbitration
Jeff York, former CEO of CoastHills Credit Union headquartered in Lompoc, will take his wrongful termination lawsuit against the credit union into arbitration, York’s attorney Read More →
Los Osos biotech firm announces four-company merger
Four privately held biotech firms across the U.S. announced Oct. 16 that they had merged under Los Osos name Discovery Life Sciences. The deal was Read More →
Amgen buys $66 million stake in genetics device company
Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen broadened its reach into genetics research Oct. 18 with a $66 million investment in handheld DNA sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Read More →
Interior Secretary Zinke renews wind energy bids near Morro Bay
Offshore wind projects on the Central Coast caught an updraft Oct. 18 when U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released a call for information and Read More →
Teledyne Technologies buys West Virginia firm
Thousand Oaks scientific and technical instruments company Teledyne Technologies announced that it had purchased West Virginia-based Falcon Analytical Systems & Technologies Oct. 16. The move Read More →
Amgen launches Humira biosimilar in Europe
Amgen’s biosimilar Amgevita, an alternative to the world’s best-selling drug Humira, launched in European markets, the company announced Oct. 16. The launch follows a timeline Read More →
MannKind stock soars after it closes $105 million deal
Westlake Village-based MannKind shares soared more than 16 percent Oct. 16 with the announcement that it had closed its $105 million deal with Maryland-based United Read More →
Silver Air expands operation to Teterboro Airport
Santa Barbara-based Silver Air, a private jet management and charter company, has opened its East Coast base of operations at Teterboro Airport with a Gulfstream Read More →
Identity Medical Group merges with Dignity Health
Identity Medical Group, which offers adult, pediatric and family medicine in Ventura County, is merging with Dignity Health and changing its name to Dignity Health Read More →
Chumash plan to build $32 million museum
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians announced plans for a $32 million Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center on Oct. 15. The new Read More →
Navy names ship after city of Santa Barbara
The Navy's next combat ship will be named USS Santa Barbara, in honor of the city of Santa Barbara, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer Read More →
Westerlay Orchids buys 39 acres in Oxnard for greenhouse
Carpinteria flower grower Westerlay Orchids announced Oct. 15 that it had purchased 39 acres in Oxnard for a new greenhouse facility. The 24-acre greenhouse plan Read More →
Rincon Venture Partners-backed Rentlytics acquired by RealPage
Rincon Venture Partners-backed Rentlytics announced its acquisition by Richardson, Texas software firm RealPage on Oct. 12, netting another exit for the Santa Barbara venture capital Read More →
Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara hires new executive director
Carrie Kelly has been selected as the new executive director of the Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara, according to a Business Times source who requested Read More →
Good Works: Toy drive benefits Ventura-based military families
RE/MAX Gold Coast Realtor Gillian Bartley is hosting a holiday toy drive through Nov. 15. The community can drop off toys in the $10-$25 range Read More →
Hub101 startup incubator expands to Ventura
Updated at 2:55 p.m. Oct. 12: The entrepreneurial engine of East Ventura County will expand its reach into Ventura when Hub101 launches in the former Read More →
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