An honor well deserved
Running a Workforce Investment Board is not glamorous work. It means fulfilling the requirements of EDD on a local level and shepherding a rising number of unemployed through the system. But Cheryl Moore at the Ventura County WIB has found ways to innovate in a tradition-bound bureaucracy. She’s helped build a new alliance among Central Read More →
Amgen escapes lawsuit
Ariad Pharmaceuticals lost its appeals court bid to demand royalties from Amgen over the arthritis drug Enbrel, Bloomberg news reported. Enbrel is Thousand Oaks-based Amgen’s top-selling drug with sales of $758 million in the first quarter. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington said a lower-court judge was correct in his Read More →
Teledyne scores $18.8M
Thousand Oaks-based tech conglomerate Teledyne Technologies has scored an $18.8 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. Under the agency’s terahertz electronics program, a Teledyne subsidiary will work to advance transistor technology, circuit design and circuit packaging. The first phase of the deal is valued at $8.3 million over two years, and the Read More →
REC goes to Arizona
San Luis Obispo-based solar power installer REC Solar has expanded into Arizona. The company said it has opened an office in Phoenix and has started installing panels in the area. REC already has offices in California, Colorado, Oregon, Hawaii and New Jersey, and has won big contracts with firms such as Costco. Are you a Read More →
Bankruptcies put projects in King
By Stephen Nellis and Emily Rancer Central Coast hotel owner John King is gearing up for a long battle in bankruptcy court to launch Paso Robles as California’s next premier wine destination. Before last year’s credit crunch, King was on the verge of creating a resort that promised to forever change the Paso Robles tourism Read More →
Oxnard rolls out Mercedes
While the rest of the region’s car industry is hitting the skids, Oxnard is moving upscale. Along the city’s Auto Center Drive, stores selling new luxury models are taking root — perhaps anticipating a bigger recovery for the ailing industry in the coming months. The largest tri-county city’s gains stand in sharp contrast to the Read More →
