Regulators scrutinize Community West
Community West Bancshares faces a new order from regulators that limits its ability to pay out dividends, sell stock or incur new debts without the prior approval of the federal banking overseers. The parent of Community West Bank also agreed with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on April 23 that the Goleta firm Read More →
Amgen’s founding CEO dies
George Rathmann, the founding CEO of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, has died, the company said April 23. Born in 1927, Rathmann helmed what is now Ventura County’s largest private-sector employer from 1980 to 1988 and was the chairman of the board until 1990. He had been recruited by Bill Bowes, one of Amgen’s founders, to run Read More →
Heritage Oaks regulatory order removed
Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp has bucked a regulatory consent order placed on it two years ago. The news came on April 23, as the firm reported that it earned $1.6 million in the first quarter, a 204 percent increase over the same quarter a year earlier. The parent company of Heritage Oaks Bank and Read More →
101 One Hundred and Hall of Fame inductee Hank Lacayo
“There was an adversarial relationship with corporations, but I wasn’t just attacking all the time, trying to get a piece of the profit. I was also making sure they had their workers and that they could make their products.” — Hank Lacayo The 2012 edition of the Business Times 101 One Hundred special report inducts Read More →
Who will lead the tri-county corporate scene over the next decade?
The ranks of corporate leadership in the Tri-Counties are undergoing a bit of a shakeup.
La Purisima put up for sale after hitting rough patch; Ventura harbor project gets Coastal Commission OK
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Paso Robles celebrates zinfandel’s roots as a heritage grape
Many vintners on Paso’s west side prefer the Old World, head-training method for zinfandel.
