AeroVironment’s drone launch on Mars delayed
Ingenuity, the helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, has had its first experimental flight on Mars delayed, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ingenuity, which landed on Mars on the Perseverance rover in February, was scheduled for its first takeoff on April 11. The flight has been rescheduled to no earlier than Read More →
PCH to open months ahead of schedule
Highway 1 through Big Sur will reopen by April 30, two months earlier than expected, Caltrans announced April 8. The section of the highway near Rat Creek closed after a Jan. 28 mudslide that washed about 150 feet of roadway into the sea. Caltrans expected the road to reopen in early summer, but good weather Read More →
How to borrow $4 billion: With financing secure, path is nearly clear for Teledyne/Flir deal
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Amgen announces $721M acquisition
Amgen reported its second major acquisition of the month, as the Thousand Oaks-based firm announced March 30 that it will acquire Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation, a privately held biotech company based in Seattle. The deal is worth more than $700 million, $55 million of which will be paid upfront, with up to $666 million more in Read More →
One year later, Santa Barbara teen still zooming in to help seniors
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Region’s unemployment down to 6.8% in February
The tri-county region’s unemployment rate dropped more than a half a percentage point between January and February as the region began to emerge from the deadly winter surge of COVID-19 cases. The region’s combined unemployment rate was 6.8% in February, according to Business Times analysis of data released March 26 by the California Employment Development Read More →
Ventura County’s farmworker resource program could go statewide
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