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| Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Cal Amp’s second quarter earnings beat analyst estimates

Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Oxnard-based Cal Amp, which makes products for the wireless sector, beat analyst estimates on Oct. 1 when it reported second quarter 2016 results. Cal Amp posted earnings of 27 cents per share, beating analyst estimates of 26 cents per share. Analysts expected Cal Amp’s revenues to be around $68 million, but the company beat those Read More →

| Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Goodland Hotel in Goleta sold for $41 million

Latest news, Real Estate, Tourism

The Goodland Hotel in Goleta was sold to KHP Capital Partners for $40.9 million in September, property records show. The 158-room lodge was developed by Makar Properties, a privately owned real estate development company based in Newport Beach. Makar acquired the former Holiday Inn in June 2013 for $24 million and opened as The Goodland in Read More →

| Monday, September 28th, 2015

Firestone Walker wins ‘Brewer of the Year’ trophy, again

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Firestone Walker has moved a step closer to retiring the “Brewer of the Year” trophy for mid-sized companies in the craft beer segment. The Paso Robles-based maker of popular brands such as “805” took home “Mid-Sized Brewing Company and Brewer of the Year” honors for the fourth time in less than a decade at the Read More →

| Monday, September 28th, 2015

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital finds buyer for outpatient surgery center

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast

Cottage Health Systems and Sansum Clinic moved a step closer to their proposed merger as Cottage found a potential buyer for its Santa Barbara Outpatient Surgery Center, Cottage announced Sept. 28. Cottage tasked New York-based investment banking firm Cain Brothers & Co. to find a possible suitor and they came up with United Surgical Partners International, a Read More →

| Friday, September 25th, 2015

European regulators have good news for Amgen on cancer drugs

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

One of the world’s most expensive cancer drugs got conditional approval from European regulators on Sept. 25. Europeans granted Thousand Oaks-based Amgen conditional approval of its rare blood cancer drug Blincyto and gave a positive evaluation of Amgen’s multiple-myeloma drug Kyprolis. Blincyto is an immunotherapy that is designed to treat a rare form of leukemia Read More →

| Thursday, September 24th, 2015

Workers in Santa Barbara County sue Vons claiming overtime, lunch break violations

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A $4 million workers’ rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of 500 former and present Vons employees against Vons locations in Santa Barbara County, the Santa Barbara-based law firm Anticouni & Associates announced on Sept. 24. The class-action lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara Superior Court alleges that Vons did not pay overtime compensation and required Read More →

| Thursday, September 24th, 2015

President of Antioch University Santa Barbara to retire in June

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Nancy Leffert, president of Antioch University Santa Barbara, will retire in June 2016.   “Nancy Leffert was the right person at the right time for AUSB,” said board chair Victoria Riskin in a news release. “She infused the institution with excitement, direction, purpose, and academic integrity. She increased enrollment and the endowment, and raised significant Read More →