Nepal quake doesn’t stop area dentist
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, May 8th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Nepal quake doesn’t stop area dentist
It was around noontime and Camarillo dentist Dr. Mark Lisagor was 8,000 miles from Ventura County, lying on his back receiving acupuncture treatments at a clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal. “I was on the ground floor in an old building. Everything was shaking and people started to just run out the door,” he said. A few Read More →

Chinese pharma firm snags former Amgen site
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 8th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Chinese pharma firm snags former Amgen site
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ERG Resources files bankruptcy, business for sale
By Staff Report / Thursday, May 7th, 2015 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on ERG Resources files bankruptcy, business for sale
ERG Resources, a Houston-based independent oil and gas with major operation in northern Santa Barbara County recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Dallas. The company plans to sell the business. A Business Times previous report found that the company owed nearly $400 million on a loan with CLMG Corp., an agent holding lien on Read More →
Discovery expands north: Twins tap SLO to expand entertainment business
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Discovery expands north: Twins tap SLO to expand entertainment business

Twin brothers Josh and Jeremy Pemberton are planning to expand their Ventura-based food and entertainment business to San Luis Obispo. The two own and operate Discovery Venues, and in late March, they submitted plans to redevelop the 24,500-square-foot former Sports Authority building at 1144 Chorro St. in San Luis Obispo into a 14-lane Read More →
CalAmp bumps up offering to $150M
By Staff Report / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on CalAmp bumps up offering to $150M
Taking advantage of record low interest rates, CalAmp, based in Oxnard, has priced an offering of $150 million in convertible notes due in 2020. The company, which posted record revenues of $250.6 million on strong demand for its wireless products and services, said it increased the offer from $125 million announced initially; the interest rate Read More →

Citibank agent, Texas oil firm tangle over debt
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Citibank agent, Texas oil firm tangle over debt
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Announcing Melissa Stafford Jones as keynote speaker for the 2015 Champions in Health Care.
By Staff Report / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Announcing Melissa Stafford Jones as keynote speaker for the 2015 Champions in Health Care.

Melissa Stafford Jones, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region IX, will keynote the Pacific Coast Business Times’ 2015 Champions in Health Care Summit. Prior to her appointment as Regional Director in 2014, Stafford Jones was President & CEO of the Read More →