Competitive cornhole clash finds a home in Ventura County
Ventura restaurateur John Karayan originally set out to throw an old-fashioned block party in 2009. It’s almost 15 years later, and Karayan’s idea is more than just a party — it’s a spectacle. His idea turned into The Throw Down Cornhole Festival, a 1,280-team cornhole tournament with $350,000 in prize money — the largest cornhole Read More →
Trash hauler expands service area in Ventura County
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors on July 11 awarded waste hauler Athens Services a service contract for a large unincorporated area of the county. Starting Jan. 1, 2024, Athens will serve about 6,700 residential customers in Oak Park and other communities outside the cities of Moorpark, Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks. The agreement is Read More →
New public biotech firm joins Conejo Valley cluster
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DOJ, health care orgs reach $68M settlement
The Department of Justice announced June 29 that three major health care providers and a Medi-Cal health plan on the Central Coast will pay $68 million to settle claims they submitted false information related to Medi-Cal and Medicaid reimbursements from 2014 to 2016. The Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority, better known as 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 →
UCSB leads the charge on AI cybersecurity
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Dubroff: As fed pauses, Latino workforce bolsters soft landing scenario
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