Community Memorial CEO to retire
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura CountyGary Wilde, who led Community Memorial Health System through a $280 million, seven-year project to build a new hospital in Ventura, will retire later this year as president and CEO of the nonprofit health care provider. Wilde, 66, came to Community Memorial Hospital in 2004 from Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara. The next year, Read More →
In Thousand Oaks, biotech execs discuss industry’s ‘rising tide,’ lament area’s lack of housing
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura CountyIn a dark period for the Ventura County economy, immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biotechnology sector in the Conejo Valley has been a bright spot. The sector has grown in jobs, economic output and new businesses since 2019, even when the county as a whole has not, according to data presented on Read More →
In rare move for a community college, Ventura College could build campus housing for 320 students
Higher Education, Latest news, Real Estate, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura CountyCalifornia’s community colleges are the nation’s largest higher education system, with 116 campuses and 1.8 million students. Nearly all these students are missing out on one of the standard features of life at a four-year university: living on campus. That could be changing, though, and Ventura College is at the forefront of that change. A Read More →
Region’s unemployment rate reaches lowest level of pandemic
Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Ventura CountyThe unemployment rate in the tri-county region dropped just below 4% in February, its lowest point since before the pandemic began and down from 4.6% the previous month. The statewide unemployment rate declined, too, as the omicron wave of COVID-19 cases began to subside, dropping from 5.7% in January to 5.4% in February, according to Read More →
Oxnard Boys & Girls Clubs on MacKenzie Scott’s latest gift list
Latest news, left, Nonprofits, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura CountyAmazon billionaire MacKenzie Scott gave $3.2 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme in her latest round of philanthropy, the biggest gift in the organization’s history and one about equivalent to its budget for a year. Scott published a blog post on March 23 announcing that she’d given $3.86 Read More →
Ventura County supervisors appoint behavioral health director as interim CEO
Latest news, Law & Goverment, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura CountyThe Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on March 22 to appoint Sevet Johnson, the director of the county Behavioral Health Agency, as the interim replacement for retired County Executive Officer Mike Powers. Powers stepped down on March 10, two days after the board had voted in closed session to place him on paid Read More →
Ventura County CEO was accused of harassment before he abruptly retired
Latest news, Law & Goverment, left, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura CountyNOTE: This article was posted March 15, 2022 and updated March 16 to add information about allegations of misconduct by Mike Powers, originally reported by the Thousand Oaks Acorn. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors may have violated state open meetings law when it put County Executive Officer Mike Powers on administrative leave on March Read More →
