UCSB No. 8 on ‘Best U.S. Colleges for Business Majors’ list
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on UCSB No. 8 on ‘Best U.S. Colleges for Business Majors’ list
UC Santa Barbara has a familiarity with Top 10 lists that rivals David Letterman’s. U.S. News & World Report routinely ranks UCSB’s engineering and materials programs in the top 10 and this year ranked UCSB overall as No. 10 among public universities in the U.S. But the top-10 ranking that came out a few weeks Read More →
Santa Barbara office building for lease until $2M renovation starts
By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara office building for lease until $2M renovation starts
Radius Commercial Real Estate Group recently listed two industrial/office buildings totaling 27,200 square feet at 749 and 759 Ward Drive in Santa Barbara. One 17,200-square-foot building is available for a 58 cent-per-square-foot lease until October 2016 when the owner will begin a $2 million-plus renovation. Both buildings will be ready in early 2017, according to Read More →
Amgen shares drop as Novartis launches cheaper drug
By Staff Report / Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen shares drop as Novartis launches cheaper drug
Amgen, the giant biotech company based in Thousand Oaks, saw its shares drop 2 percent to $149.23 on Sept. 3 after its rival Novartis launched a drug similar to Amgen’s that costs 15 percent less. Novartis’ Zarxio and Amgen’s Neupogen both help chemotherapy patients battle infections by increasing the production of white blood cells. The Read More →
Goleta-based Sientra to offer additional $75 million worth of stock
By Staff Report / Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Goleta-based Sientra to offer additional $75 million worth of stock
Sientra, a Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer, submitted documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer an additional $75 million worth of stock on Sept. 3. Sientra raised about $77 million after paying underwriting expenses when it started trading on the Nasdaq on Oct. 29, 2014. At the time, the company said it sold 5.75 Read More →
Tri-county grocer Haggen suing Albertsons for $1 billion
By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county grocer Haggen suing Albertsons for $1 billion
Regional grocer Haggen filed a lawsuit against Albertsons that seeks $1 billion in damages, the company announced Sept. 1. Haggen, the chain based in Bellingham, Wash., that recently expanded into the Tri-Counties, alleged that Idaho-based Albertsons hamstrung its expansion by using confidential scheduling information to sabotage grand openings through aggressive marketing campaigns, misleading the company Read More →
40 Under 40: Class of 2015
By Staff Report / Friday, August 28th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on 40 Under 40: Class of 2015

The Pacific Coast Business Times would like to congratulate the 40 Under 40 Class of 2015. These 40 young men and women, all under the age of 40, are apart of a new generation of dynamic leaders who are reshaping the leadership ranks and the economy of the Tri-Counties. 40 Under 40: Read More →
Thousand Oaks scores by landing Easton Baseball/Softball
By Philip Joens / Friday, August 28th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Thousand Oaks scores by landing Easton Baseball/Softball

Thousand Oaks has hit a home run. Easton Baseball/Softball, a Van Nuys-based sporting goods company, announced Aug. 19 that it will move its global headquarters to Thousand Oaks when the lease on its current building expires in 2016. Easton will move into a new 90,000-square-foot headquarters at 3500 Willow Lane. It will also have a Read More →