CalAmp expands partnership in Latin America
Latest news, TechnologyCalAmp, the LoJack owner with operations in Oxnard, announced Sept. 12 that its licensee Car Security had expanded its contract, using the company’s full portfolio, including devices and risk management services. Car Security, based in Argentina, will use CalAmp’s CrashBoxx incident reporting service to manage claims and guard against fraud in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Read More →
Limoneira reports revenues up but net income down
Agribusiness, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura CountySanta Paula citrus producer and real estate investment company Limoneira reported on Sept. 11 a slight increase in revenues for its third quarter, ended July 31, but a drop in net income to $7.7 million, or 52 cents per share. Avocado production fell by nearly half, since the crop bears in alternate years, but declines Read More →
Cal Poly SLO gets funding to study strawberry plants, teach communications
Agribusiness, Higher Education, Latest newsCal Poly San Luis Obispo announced Sept. 8 that it received a grant to teach environmental science communications a day after the university’s strawberry center was included in a $4.5 million study to find disease resistance in strawberry plants. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded professors Yi-Wen Chiu and Jason Peters $140,000 over three years to pilot the new curriculum, Read More →
Central Coast accounting firms agree to merge
Central Coast, Latest newsGlenn Burdette, an accounting firm with offices in Santa Maria, Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, has announced plans to combine with Radakovich, Shaw & Blythe, an accounting firm headquartered in San Luis Obispo. Radakovich, Shaw & Blythe principals Mike Radakovich, Ed Shaw, Anne Blythe and Bonnie Blanchard will join Glenn Burdette as principals. Glenn Burdette Read More →
New job formation slowing down in California
East Ventura County, Latest news, Tri-County EconomyA long anticipated slowdown in new job formation occurred this year, California Economic Forecast Director Mark Schniepp said at the 2018 Los Angeles County and Ventura County Economic Outlook on Sept. 7 in Westlake Village. Schniepp attributes the slowdown mainly to an unemployment rate of less than 5 percent. He said a fully employed economy Read More →
Revenues up at Calavo Growers but net income down
Agribusiness, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura CountyCalavo Growers reported a 15 percent increase in its third quarter revenues but net income fell to $8.8 million, or 50 cents per share, down from $12.7 million and 73 cents per share for the previous third quarter. The Santa Paula company’s Renaissance Food Group saw a 24 percent increase in revenue, but cost of Read More →
Study finds Amgen asthma drug is effective
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsAn asthma drug being developed by Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and AstraZeneca showed significant yearly reduction for patients, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Sept. 6. Patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma using tezepelumab saw a drop in annual exacerbation compared with patients taking a placebo, Amgen said in a news Read More →
