Street Smarts: Another honor for Westlake Village BioPartners co-founder
Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, NonprofitsThe Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association has named Beth Seidenberg of Westlake Village BioPartners as its 2022 Woman of the Year. She will be feted live and virtually at the HBA’s annual conference in New York City on May 10. Seidenberg “has medicine in her blood,” a statement from the association says, noting that as a researcher Read More →
Energy Vault SPAC deal nearing completion
Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public CompaniesWestlake Village-based Energy Vault will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the coming weeks, if its merger with a special purpose acquisition company gets final approval at the SPAC’s shareholder meeting on Feb. 10. Energy Vault, which uses a gravity-based system to store energy generated by renewable sources, announced plans in September Read More →
Trucker, employer settle cases over 2020 Santa Maria oil spill
Energy, Latest news, Law & GovermentSanta Barbara County prosecutors have settled criminal and civil cases against the trucker and trucking company responsible for a March 2020 oil spill outside of Santa Maria. Jesse Villasana was driving an oil tanker truck for Golden Valley Transfer on March 21, 2020, on his way from Bakersfield to Santa Maria, when the tanker detached Read More →
January slump has many of region’s stocks near 52-week lows
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesThe stock market downturn that brought the Nasdaq close to correction territory has taken its toll on tri-county companies, with more than a dozen trading at or close to a 52-week low at the close of trading on Jan. 19. Among larger cap stocks of companies headquartered in the tri-county region, Olaplex, based in Montecito, Read More →
Street Smarts: After omicron nixes in-person event, EDC toasts virtually
Columns, Latest newsIn one of the more unique celebrations of the pandemic era, the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County or EDC as it is commonly known, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a virtual toast on Zoom. After omicron torpedoed what would have been a live event, EDC opted for a virtual meeting and a recommended wine Read More →
Trade Desk adds tech marketing pioneer to board
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County, Women Inc.Andrea “Andy” Cunningham, who early in her career helped launch the Apple Macintosh computer, has joined the board of directors of The Trade Desk, the Ventura-based internet advertising company announced Jan. 18. Cunningham worked closely with Steve Jobs at Apple, and managed marketing campaigns for his other companies, Pixar and NeXT. She is the founder Read More →
Street Smarts: Father-daughter team brings robotics tech to cannabis testing
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