Food Share makes interim CEO permanent
After a four-month search process, Food Share chose its interim CEO and past board member Monica White to be president and CEO of the organization. Food Share, Ventura County’s regional food bank, serves 74,500 people every month and distributes 11 million pounds of food, or 9 million meals, to residents every year. It is part Read More →

More housing key to health of tri-county economy
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Thornberg: Slower growing economy doesn’t mean recession near
The eight-year trend of economic growth in California and the Central Coast does not necessarily mean a recession is coming, according to economists who spoke at the Central Coast Economic Forecast on Nov. 3 in San Luis Obispo. A common belief is that the economy has a life cycle that inevitably switches back and forth Read More →
Amgen product sales slip but income stays steady
Net income at biotech giant Amgen stayed flat for the third quarter, despite a slight downtick in revenues to $5.8 billion, the company reported Oct. 25. Product sales saw a slight decline, including Neupogen, Epogen and its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, which fell 6 percent, but net income stayed steady at a little more Read More →
Forecast: Ventura County economy to contract further in 2017
Ventura County’s economy is expected to contract further in 2017, declining by nearly 1 percentage point. That is the prediction of the California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, which will present its forecast on Oct. 26. The CERF report says the dominant economic story to emerge in Ventura County over the past Read More →








