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| Monday, July 20th, 2020

Sierra Bancorp Q2 earnings down

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings

Sierra Bancorp, a Porterville-based banking company with 11 branches in the Tri-Counties, announced July 20 that its quarterly earnings were slightly down compared to the same period in 2019, led by a lower consolidated net income and lower return on both average assets and average equity. The parent company of Bank of the Sierra declared Read More →

| Friday, July 17th, 2020

June unemployment drops in region, still historically high

Latest news, Tri-County Economy

Unemployment rates in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties all dropped in June, but all three remained in double digits, and worse than the nadir of the Great Recession a decade ago, according to data released July 17 by the California Employment Development Department. Ventura County’s unemployment rate was 12.6 percent in June, Read More →

| Monday, July 13th, 2020

Amgen puts $421M into BeiGene

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

Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen has upped its investment in Chinese oncology research firm BeiGene by $421 million. Amgen’s new investment, announced July 13, will allow the company maintain its ownership interest in BeiGene at 20.3 percent following a direct offering by the Chinese firm. Amgen shares rose more than 1 percent following the news Read More →

| Thursday, July 9th, 2020

Movegreen makes LA, Orange County acquisitions

Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Tri-County Economy

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| Wednesday, July 8th, 2020

Mindbody’s Stollmeyer to be executive chair of the board

Central Coast, Latest news, Technology

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| Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

Several tri-county companies got at least $5M in PPP funding

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Small Business, Tri-County Economy

At least a dozen companies in the Tri-Counties received more than $5 million each in Paycheck Protection Program funding since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released July 6 by the Trump administration. The companies’ names were listed because of the size of the loans they took out. All companies who took Read More →

| Monday, July 6th, 2020

Old Spanish Days names honorary presidentes and presidentas

Latest news, South Coast

Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara announced its 2020 honorary presidentes and presidentas. “One of the privileges of being El Presidente is getting the opportunity to recognize and thank those who have been a part of my Fiesta journey, many who have been an integral part of Fiesta over the years,” said El Presidente Read More →