Oil company wants to expand Orcutt drilling despite pipe closures
By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Central Coast, Energy, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Oil company wants to expand Orcutt drilling despite pipe closures
Since Plains All American Pipeline shut down Lines 901 and 903 in May after the Refugio oil spill, Pacific Coast Energy is one of only a few oil producers in the county able to get its product to market. The Orcutt-based business, which operates under its Los Angeles-based parent company Breitburn Energy, is trying to Read More →
Lawmakers push ‘Make it in America’ bills to increase manufacturing jobs
By Philip Joens / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Lawmakers push ‘Make it in America’ bills to increase manufacturing jobs
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Commission tasked with siting Oxnard power plant gets earful
By Philip Joens / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Commission tasked with siting Oxnard power plant gets earful
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Girls Inc. helps Carpinteria girls prepare for college, careers
By Marissa Nall / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Features, Latest news, Nonprofits, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Girls Inc. helps Carpinteria girls prepare for college, careers
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Dubroff: West Ventura County needs to attract more capital
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Columns, Opinion, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Dubroff: West Ventura County needs to attract more capital
The announcement that Richard Rush was going to retire next spring after a decade at the helm of CSU Channel Islands took a number of folks by surprise. And as Business Times writer Tony Biasotti pointed out in his article on the resignation in our Aug. 28 edition, his departure leaves a vision for the Read More →
Santa Barbara office building for lease until $2M renovation starts
By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara office building for lease until $2M renovation starts
Radius Commercial Real Estate Group recently listed two industrial/office buildings totaling 27,200 square feet at 749 and 759 Ward Drive in Santa Barbara. One 17,200-square-foot building is available for a 58 cent-per-square-foot lease until October 2016 when the owner will begin a $2 million-plus renovation. Both buildings will be ready in early 2017, according to Read More →
Amgen shares drop as Novartis launches cheaper drug
By Staff Report / Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen shares drop as Novartis launches cheaper drug
Amgen, the giant biotech company based in Thousand Oaks, saw its shares drop 2 percent to $149.23 on Sept. 3 after its rival Novartis launched a drug similar to Amgen’s that costs 15 percent less. Novartis’ Zarxio and Amgen’s Neupogen both help chemotherapy patients battle infections by increasing the production of white blood cells. The Read More →