CEC aims to utilize the community in new State St. home

By Holly Rusch Special to the Business Times At 1219 State Street, the Community Environmental Council is putting the finishing touches on a new building space — one with high, spacious ceilings, sustainable wood features and a large ficus growing in the middle of the room. The organization, founded in 1970 as one of the Read More →
Additional approval bolsters Amgen cancer treatment

Correction: The headline on this article has been updated. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Amgen’s supplemental biologics license for Blincyto, which treats adults and pediatric patients with CD19-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the Thousand Oaks-based life sciences giant announced on June 20. The patients have the leukemia in first or second Read More →

New public biotech firm joins Conejo Valley cluster
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Artera keeps beating to its own drum in healthcare

Artera has seen a lot of change in the past two years — including its name — but for the employees and CEO Guillaume de Zeirek, the goal hasn’t changed one bit. Based in Santa Barbara, Artera is a telehealth platform aimed at bridging the gap between patients and hospital staff in the healthcare industry. Read More →
Dubroff: A mid-year update from the Business Times newsroom

With the calendar rolling over to the second half of the year, I thought I’d take the editor’s prerogative and provide an update from the Business Times newsroom. Up next for us are the 20th anniversary edition of our Spirit of Small Business awards which is coming up at the end of this month. Simultaneously, Read More →
Omega Financial launches new stock index that factors ESG elements

Omega Financial Group did something not many private wealth management groups tend to do on June 12, announcing the launch of its own financial index — Argos AlphaEsg Index. A Santa Barbara-based firm, Omega was founded in 2010 by Dylan Minor, who at the time was completing his Master’s at UC Berkeley. Minor, in addition Read More →