State launches $500M relief program for small businesses
Latest news, Small BusinessThe first round of applications for California’s Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program opened Dec. 30, a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state was giving $500 million in grants to small businesses and nonprofits. “Small business owners and our nonprofits serve as the economic heart of every California community,” Newsom said in a Read More →
2020: The Year In Review
Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyThe Dec. 25 edition of the Pacific Coast Business Times was our annual Year In Review, featuring a look back at our biggest and most interesting stories from a year we won’t soon forget, as much as we all might like to. Here is a look at 2020 through our headlines, starting in January, when Read More →
Obituary: Lynn Hogan, Pleasant Holidays co-founder and Ventura County philanthropist
Destinations, Latest news, Nonprofits, TourismThe Hogan family has announced the death of Pleasant Holidays co-founder Lynn Hogan at age 92. According to a post from the magazine Travel Weekly, she died Nov. 24 in Thousand Oaks, and her death was announced in mid-December. With her husband, Ed Hogan, she founded a small travel agency in Point Pleasant, New Jersey Read More →
Good Works: Sherwood Cares gives grants, Viasat funds Cal Poly lab
Latest news, NonprofitsWhen Sherwood Cares Foundation, the charity arm of Sherwood Country Club, handed out a new round of community grants on Nov. 15, a portion of the funds came via an unexpected PGA Tour event that landed at the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in October.
InTouch founder Yulun Wang joins Cottage board
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Nonprofits, South Coast, Tri-County EconomyYulun Wang, the head of research and development at Teladoc Health and a pioneer in the field of remote and robotic surgery, has joined the volunteer Board of Directors for Cottage Health. Wang has deep roots in the area, having earned his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from UC Santa Barbara. He then spent Read More →
Pandemic has been unhealthy for the seafood industry, too
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Trade Desk CEO, CSUCI team up to help students stay in school during pandemic
Higher Education, Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyCSU Channel Islands is helping its student stay in school and graduate with $500,000 in funding for scholarships and peer mentors from Jeff Green, the CEO and co-founder of The Trade Desk. Earlier this year, after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Jeff Green Family Foundation gave $250,000 to CSUCI’s peer mentorship programs, which provide mentors Read More →
