Unemployment continues rising on the Central Coast
The Central Coast jobless rate is on the rise for the second consecutive month, jumping to 4.56% in July from 4.3% in June, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released Aug. 21. All three counties saw their unemployment rate increase in July. Ventura County’s rate was 4.7%, up from 4.5% in June. Read More →
Women and wealth panel
For our August Women & Wealth panel, we asked our experts to weigh in on longevity planning and some of the non-financial considerations for retirement. Our Q&A was conducted via email in mid-August and the responses were lightly edited. Our panelists are: Austyn Shepherd Abbas, senior vice president and private client manager at Bank of America, Nicole Read More →
Street smarts: Cottage’s latest hire expands access to specialized breast care
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805 law: Law firm sues its former operations director for fraud
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CRE: Windfall farms neets $15M in sale
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How Charter, Cox merger affects the region
Charter and Cox Communications announced the closing of their mammoth merger, putting most but not all of the Tri-Counties under the Spectrum brand for broadband internet and entertainment services. The merger will put Spectrum in some 70 million homes nationwide, adding South Santa Barbara County’s Cox operation to its operations in much of Ventura County Read More →
Former Trade Desk employee arrested in alleged insider trading scheme
A former Trade Desk employee was arrested Aug. 20 on a federal indictment charging him with an insider trading scheme while he still worked at the Ventura-based advertising tech firm. Jesse Mitchell, 48, of Ventura allegedly generated more than $338,000 in profits in the scheme, according to the indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Read More →
