Dive boat captain indicted on 34 manslaughter charges
The captain of the dive boat Conception, which was destroyed last year in a fire in the Santa Barbara Channel that killed 34 people, was indicted Dec. 1 by a federal grand jury on manslaughter charges. Jerry Nehl Boylan, 67, of Santa Barbara, faces 34 charges of “seaman’s manslaughter,” and each charge carries a maximum Read More →
Changing of the guard: Totten nears final month as Ventura County District Attorney
After 18 years serving as Ventura County District Attorney, Greg Totten will transition to his new post as CEO for the California District Attorneys Association; Cheryl Temple will serve as a temporary replacement
Amgen joins new cooperative trials for COVID treatment
With COVID-19 continuing to surge across the globe, a coalition of pharmaceutical companies including Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has announced a joint trial for new coronavirus treatments. Amgen, along with Takeda and UCB, are now collaborating to study methods of treatment for patients who are hospitalized due to COVID-19, the three companies announced. The trial enrolled Read More →
Guitar Center declares debt in the billions
Guitar Center, one of the largest privately owned companies in the region, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Nov. 21.
Trade Desk CEO, CSUCI team up to help students stay in school during pandemic
CSU 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 →
Inmates may have taken state for $1B in fraudulent unemployment benefits
California’s unemployment benefits system has been rife with fraud since the pandemic began and may have handed out upwards of $1 billion to jail and prison inmates, a coalition of local, state and federal prosecutors announced at a Sacramento news conference on Nov. 24. Tens of thousands of inmates at county, state and federal prisons Read More →
QAD reports slight revenue dip, big earnings jump
Profits at Santa Barbara-based software firm QAD hit $3.2 million in the third quarter of 2020, up from $125,000 in the same quarter of 2019, the company announced Nov. 24. QAD had earnings of 16 cents per share, up from just 1 cent per share a year earlier. “We made significant progress toward our long-term Read More →
