Region’s clinics get almost $60M in federal COVID funds
Several Central Coast health centers are getting nearly $60 million in total federal funds to help expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, testing and treatment because of the American Rescue Plan. Of the six centers, Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, which is based in Nipomo, received the most money, with $18.7 million. Three organizations Read More →
Revenues and losses both grew at Cure in 2020
Cure Pharmaceutical, an Oxnard company with a CBD products subsidiary, reported steep revenue growth but rising net losses in the fourth quarter and full year of 2020. In an annual statement released April 1, Cure reported revenue of $2.1 million in the final quarter of 2020, up 229% from the same quarter a year before. Read More →
Buildings in Calabasas, Camarillo sell in busy week for commercial real estate
Back-to-back multi-million commercial real estate sales on the Highway 101 corridor are showing that the market is moving again. The Park Calabasas, an office campus that has been home to Lockheed Martin and Countrywide Financial, sold for $79 million on April 1, and an industrial building in Camarillo sold for $6.5 million the day before. Read More →
Amgen announces $721M acquisition
Amgen reported its second major acquisition of the month, as the Thousand Oaks-based firm announced March 30 that it will acquire Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation, a privately held biotech company based in Seattle. The deal is worth more than $700 million, $55 million of which will be paid upfront, with up to $666 million more in Read More →
UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang named to Business Times Hall of Fame
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang will become the 22nd member of the Pacific Coast Business Times Hall of Fame. Yang is the fifth chancellor in UCSB’s history, and by far its longest serving, having led the campus since 1994. He will be inducted at a virtual event on May 20 and will be Read More →
Dubroff: The seven layers of e-commerce hell
1. Supplier stiletto: The descent begins with an innocuous email from a supplier indicating your account has been sold and a new vendor will require a switch of e-commerce processing. Before you finish your polite reply, your blood begins to drip on to the floor. 2. Authorize auto-da-fe: You set up a new account with the Read More →
Dubroff: Measuring time by massacres, from Columbine to Boulder
When you count the decades by the mass shootings you’ve covered, something is very, very wrong. But that’s the way it is in America, and the shootings are coming so fast and furious right now, I’m afraid we’re becoming numb to the onslaught. We’re a big country with a history of protecting gun rights and Read More →
