Port of Hueneme holds annual World Trade Week event
Two months after the Trump Administration announced 25% tariffs on passenger vehicles, the taxes’ impact on the Port of Hueneme remains to be seen, speakers said at the port’s May 16 World Trade Week event. “Today we’re looking at world trade and resiliency given all the developments in trade policy with tariffs and the like,” Read More →
Summit addresses need for affordable farmworkers housing
The lack of affordable housing for Ventura County’s farmworkers was the focus of panel discussions at a May 8 program in Santa Paula. “We’re trying to bring awareness to local developers to keep their minds open to serving farmworkers in their projects,” Ken Trigueiro, who sits on the board of House Farm Workers, which put Read More →
FDA lifts clinical hold on Atara’s lead treatment
Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics received a bit of good news on May 5, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has lifted its hold on Atara’s active Investigational New Drug application for the Ebvallo program. Ebvallo, which is already approved in Europe and is used for transplant-related blood cancer, was placed on Read More →
Teledyne delivers Q1 earnings beat, announces new CEO
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has had an interesting end to the month of April, beating analysts’ expectations when it released its earnings on April 23 and announcing its new CEO a few days later on April 28. George C. Bobb III, who most recently served as the company’s president and COO, was elevated to president Read More →
Teledyne appoints new CEO
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has a new chief executive, the company announced April 28. George C. Bobb III, who most recently served as the company’s president and COO, was elevated to president and CEO effective immediately, the company said after the markets closed April 28. Bobb takes over for Edwin Roks, who retired from the Read More →
Forecast sees slow Ventura County economy in 2025
Apart from trade volumes through the Port of Hueneme, there is little evidence of accelerating momentum in any Ventura County sector, according to a new 2025 economic forecast. Even so, as interest rates decline in 2025, the outlook for new development in the county appears quite favorable in 2025 and 2026, according to the report Read More →
Ventura College invests in vet tech program for the community
By Uma Mazar Special to the Business Times A few years ago, the leadership at Ventura College sat down with local veterinarians — including Dr. Janis Shinkawa and Dr. Jill Muraoka Lim, who founded both the Ohana Pet Hospital and the Lokahi Foundation. What came out of that meeting wasn’t just an idea. It was a gap, Read More →
