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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, November 15th, 2013 / Central Coast, Columns, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Shale Oak Winery turns heads with design and green focus
Shale Oak Winery’s tasting room in Paso Robles is one of the more eye-catching in the area with its colorful, angular facade of stained glass in a geometric pattern.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 15th, 2013 / Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura County leaders call for immigration reform
Business and agriculture leaders speaking at a Nov. 8 economic forecast hosted by the California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research and Forecasting put forth a vocal call for immigration reform amid a deepening farm-labor shortage.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 15th, 2013 / East Ventura County, Features, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on ValueClick reboots: Online advertising firm to sell assets, rename
The $1.6 billion Westlake Village-based digital advertising company has been under fire from investors — and trial attorneys — for its reliance acquisitions to produce revenue growth. It has also faced criticism of the steep losses it has taken on selling off business lines that didn’t work out.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, November 7th, 2013 / East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on ImmunGene raises $9M
Thousand Oaks-based ImmunGene, a cancer treatment firm led by a former Amgen scientist, has raised $9 million from Ally Bridge Group, an investment group with ties to Hong Kong.
ImmunGene’s so-called antibody-cytokine fusion technology could help improve the cancer-cell targeting in therapies. President and CEO Sanjay D. Khare was formerly the scientific director at Amgen, the biotech giant. Prior to the funding, ImmunGene had received several hundred thousand dollars in federal research grants.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 / Technology, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Port of Hueneme unveils marine test program
Called MAST, short for Marine Advanced Systems and Technology, the program will create an innovation hub of sorts for companies to test paint, products and devices for their ability to operate in marine environments.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on 2014 Amgen Tour set to cycle through four of region’s cities
The 2014 Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycling race in the U.S., will visit four cities in the Tri-Counties in May. The eight-day annual event will roll through Cambria, Pismo Beach and Santa Barbara before concluding at the finish line in Thousand Oaks.