November 16, 2025

		

Mike Harris


| Thursday, November 13th, 2025

Limoneira closes sale of its Chilean ranches for $15M

Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

Santa Paula-based citrus grower Limoneira announced Nov. 13 that it has sold its Chilean ranches, Pan de Azucar and San Pablo, for about $15 million. “This transaction represents the continued execution of our two-part value creation strategy,” Harold Edwards, Limoneira’s president/CEO, said in a press release. The sale closed Nov. 7. Edwards said $6.8 million Read More →

| Monday, November 10th, 2025

State of Ventura County report has pluses, minuses

Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

The latest State of the Region report for Ventura County paints a mixed picture. On the plus side, in 2024 there was a record high of non-farm jobs in the county, housing starts rebounded and homelessness decreased for the second straight year, the report, released Nov. 10, shows. On the other hand, GDP is stagnant, Read More →

| Friday, November 7th, 2025

11K housing units on tap; advocates want more

Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

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| Friday, November 7th, 2025

Health watch: St. John’s new CEO, Sutter Health’s recent acquisiton

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| Sunday, November 2nd, 2025

805 law: Apeel sues Fla. company for alleged smear campaign

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| Sunday, November 2nd, 2025

Gold Coast Health Plan Appoints New COO

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Ventura County

Gold Coast Health Plan, which administers Medi-Cal in Ventura County, has a new COO, it announced Oct. 30. Suma Simcoe was appointed to the position effective Oct. 15. She brings to Camarillo-based Gold Coast nearly 25 years of leadership experience in health care operations and system implementation. It includes tenures as deputy COO at L.A. Care Health Read More →

| Friday, October 31st, 2025

Amgen holds virtual groundbreaking for planned $600M science center

Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Hard hats on, shovels in hand, Amgen executives and elected officials held an Oct. 30 virtual groundbreaking for a planned $600 million science and innovation center on the biotech giant’s sprawling Thousand Oaks campus. Announced in September, the proposed structure hasn’t yet been green-lighted by the city. It has just started to make its way Read More →