Fienup: A long road to get economy out of ‘crisis mode’
Ventura County’s economy was in a rougher place than previously understood when the pandemic started, and rebuilding it in a way that benefits everyone is going to take a lot of careful work. That was the message from Matthew Fienup, the executive director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University, Read More →
United to fly to Santa Maria in October
United Airlines has begun booking flights for the fall out of Santa Maria Public Airport, after repeated delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. United had originally planned to open in Santa Maria in June 2020. That was changed to March 2021, and the later date was abandoned as well as the pandemic dragged on. The Read More →
Community West earnings nearly double in first quarter
Community West Bancshares saw its net income rise by almost 90% year-over-year as it decreased its provision for loan losses and increases its dividends. The Goleta-based parent company of Community West Bank released its first quarter earnings on May 3, including $3 million in net income for the quarter, or 35 cents per diluted share. Read More →
Dubroff: Saalex’s contributions to the modern space age are anything but hidden
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Amgen CEO again tops list of region’s highest paid execs
Robert Bradway remained the highest paid executive in the Tri-Counties in 2020, but stock options and new faces changed a lot of the names and positions on the list. Bradway, the CEO of Amgen, earned $20.13 million in total compensation in 2020 — 3% more than he earned in 2019, and 8.23% more than in Read More →
Real Estate: Apartments proposed for Kmart site in Thousand Oaks
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Good Works: CSUCI gets new art scholarship; Casa Pacifica funds vocational ed program
An Oxnard nonprofit that grew out of the city’s shuttered Carnegie Art Museum has endowed CSU Channel Islands with a $50,000 scholarship fund for art and art history students. The nonprofit, Carnegie Art Cornerstones, was founded when the museum closed in 2019 due to city budget cuts. Two CSUCI art students chosen each year will Read More →
