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| Monday, August 18th, 2014

Ventura County Credit Union purchases former Affinity Group HQ

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, East Ventura County, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

Ventura County Credit Union has purchased the 73,000-square-foot office building at 2575 Vista Del Mar Drive in Ventura for its new headquarters. The property was previously the corporate home of Affinity Group. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property previously changed hands for $4.4 million in late 2012, property records show. The credit union Read More →

| Friday, August 15th, 2014

Santa Barbara Community Bank to open on Carrillo Street

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

OCB Bancorp has taken over the 1,600-square-foot space at 21 E. Carrillo St. in downtown Santa Barbara for its new Santa Barbara Community Bank division. The location is a new branch for Ojai-based OCB Bancorp, which announced last month that it had tapped veteran banker Eloy Ortega to lead its expansion into the South Coast. Read More →

| Thursday, August 14th, 2014

Santa Maria chamber names Citizen of the Year award for Bob Hatch

Central Coast, Tri-County Economy

The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce has renamed its Citizen of the Year Award for outgoing President Bob Hatch and given him the inaugural honor. The change was announced at the chamber’s annual dinner on Aug. 13. The award is now called the Robert P. Hatch Citizen of the Year award. In accepting the Read More →

| Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

CoastHills Credit Union expands to five counties

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

CoastHills Credit Union, the region’s largest credit union, has extended its reach from the southern edge of the Bay Area to the Los Angeles County line. The $750 million-asset financial institution said Aug. 13 that its July conversion from a federal to a state charter will allow it to set its service area as the Read More →

| Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Inogen raises 2014 guidance after beating on Q2 profits

Banking & Finance, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Shares of Goleta-based Inogen climbed 4.3 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday as the medical-device maker reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and profit. The company, which went public earlier this year, makes portable at-home oxygen concentrators. Its second-quarter revenue soared 50.8 percent to $30.4 million, beating the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate by $6.5 million. Product sales Read More →

| Monday, August 11th, 2014

80-acre home development in Orcutt sells

Central Coast, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy

An 80-acre residential development in Orcutt has been sold for an undisclosed amount. The project, called Bradley Village, was purchased by an area investment group called Bradley Ventures after listing for $8 million, according to Hayes Commercial Group, which represented the buyer in the deal negotiations. Also known as Key Site 30, the project is Read More →

| Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Vitesse loss narrows as new product sales overtake legacy offerings

Banking & Finance, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. continued its fight back to profitability in the third quarter, with new product revenues driving higher sales and its net loss narrowing to 7 cents per share. In the same quarter a year earlier, the Camarillo-based firm had recorded a net loss of 17 cents per share. Third-quarter revenue increased 3 percent Read More →