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Staff Report | Monday, January 6th, 2014

Westlake Village founder’s trust gives $540M to cancer research

Ludwig Cancer Research, started by Westlake Village founding developer Daniel K. Ludwig, has donated $540 million to six U.S. Ludwig Centers on behalf of the late philanthropist’s trust, the organization announced Jan. 6.

Staff Report | Friday, January 3rd, 2014

Raytheon wins $70M radar jammer contract

Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Raytheon said Dec. 30 that it won a $70 million contract to produce radar jammers at one of its Goleta facilities to support foreign military sales to Morocco, Egypt and Iraq.

Staff Report | Monday, December 30th, 2013

Ventura County won’t host drone tests

Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Ventura County’s hopes to be designated a Federal Aviation Administration test site for drones were dealt a setback on Dec. 30 when the FAA picked six winners in the first round of a nationwide competition.

Staff Report | Friday, December 27th, 2013

CalAmp shares slide as Q4 outlook misses

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Shares of Oxnard-based CalAmp plunged 9 percent on Christmas Eve, after the company delivered a fourth-quarter outlook that missed analyst expectations. The wireless products company said it expects fourth-quarter profits of between 19 and 23 cents per share, lower than the 24 cents per share analysts were expecting, on average, according to FactSet.

Staff Report | Friday, December 27th, 2013

Port of Hueneme gets $3M in federal funds

Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

The Port of Hueneme announced Dec. 26 that it has secured more than $3 million in federal funds to reduce air emissions, improve its infrastructure and facilitate food distribution and education in Ventura County.

Staff Report | Monday, December 23rd, 2013

Thomas Aquinas prevails in suit over birth-control mandate

East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories

Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, a Catholic four-year liberal arts college, has prevailed in a lawsuit challenging the birth-control mandate of the Affordable Care Act, the school said Dec. 23.

The U.S. District Court judge, however, ruled against Thomas Aquinas’ co-plaintiffs, including the Catholic University of America and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, in the suit over the new health-care law.

Staff Report | Monday, December 23rd, 2013

California Energy Commission awards grants to two regional research projects

East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology

Ron Pretlac of GreenTech Motors Corp. in Westlake Village and Peter Jardine of Shape Change Technologies in Thousand Oaks will receive almost $95K each from the Energy Innovations Small Grant Program.