Oxnard distillery’s vodka wins top award again
Founder and CEO of Oxnard-based Sespe Creek Distillery, Alfred English, alongside his team, had one goal in mind when they were setting out to make their own vodka — to be different. “At the time, everyone believed all vodkas tasted the same, and sadly for vodka, they weren’t wrong,” English told the Business Times via Read More →
Ojai Valley Inn owner dies in racetrack accident
James Crown, CEO and Chairman of the company that owns the Ojai Valley Inn, Aspen Skiing company and is a major shareholder in General Dynamics, died June 25 in a single-vehicle crash near Aspen. Crown, who apparently was celebrating his 70th birthday, was alone in the vehicle at Aspen Motorsports Park near the resort town. Read More →
Fresh coat of paint: Amgen’s new mural pays homage to diversity in biotech
Update: A previous version of this article mistakenly quoted Janet Franklin instead of Sarah Van Driesche. When Amgen scientist Sarah Van Driesche attended an awards program at Rockefeller University in New York prior to the pandemic, she took note of a mural depicting top scientists from the institute. A casual remark about “what’s with up the Read More →
Unemployment rate holds steady across the tri-counties in May
The unemployment rate along the Central Coast remained largely unchanged in May from April, as combined the tri-counties had the same unemployment rate of 3.4%, according to the data released on June 16 from the California Employment Development Department. Ventura County had the highest unemployment rate at 3.7% in May, which is actually up from Read More →
UCSB leads the charge on AI cybersecurity
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