CEC aims to utilize the community in new State St. home
By Holly Rusch Special to the Business Times At 1219 State Street, the Community Environmental Council is putting the finishing touches on a new building space — one with high, spacious ceilings, sustainable wood features and a large ficus growing in the middle of the room. The organization, founded in 1970 as one of the Read More →
Omega Financial launches new stock index that factors ESG elements
Omega Financial Group did something not many private wealth management groups tend to do on June 12, announcing the launch of its own financial index — Argos AlphaEsg Index. A Santa Barbara-based firm, Omega was founded in 2010 by Dylan Minor, who at the time was completing his Master’s at UC Berkeley. Minor, in addition Read More →
Oxnard distillery’s vodka wins top award again
Founder and CEO of Oxnard-based Sespe Creek Distillery, Alfred English, alongside his team, had one goal in mind when they were setting out to make their own vodka — to be different. “At the time, everyone believed all vodkas tasted the same, and sadly for vodka, they weren’t wrong,” English told the Business Times via Read More →
Ojai Valley Inn owner dies in racetrack accident
James Crown, CEO and Chairman of the company that owns the Ojai Valley Inn, Aspen Skiing company and is a major shareholder in General Dynamics, died June 25 in a single-vehicle crash near Aspen. Crown, who apparently was celebrating his 70th birthday, was alone in the vehicle at Aspen Motorsports Park near the resort town. Read More →
Longtime Navy veteran purchases Ventura County defense company
After several decades in the Navy and the defense sector, longtime Camarillo resident Scott Kolsow, in 2021, felt the time was right to take his career to the next level. “Loved my 20 years in the Navy,” Koslow, 52, told the Business Times on June 20. “But I always had an entrepreneurial drive, so that Read More →
SLO Aiport connects growing business scene to the world
San Luis Obispo’s airport being able to offer direct flights to Vegas is a huge bump for tourism, but it’s an even bigger boost for the business community across the county and another opportunity to show the world how much that business scene has changed over the years. On June 15, Alaska Airlines announced it Read More →
Fresh coat of paint: Amgen’s new mural pays homage to diversity in biotech
Update: A previous version of this article mistakenly quoted Janet Franklin instead of Sarah Van Driesche. When Amgen scientist Sarah Van Driesche attended an awards program at Rockefeller University in New York prior to the pandemic, she took note of a mural depicting top scientists from the institute. A casual remark about “what’s with up the Read More →
