NBVC service member charged with conspiracy
A United States Navy service member who was stationed at the Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme has been indicted and arrested for conspiracy and accepting bribes from China in exchange for giving private U.S. military information. The grand jury indictment was unsealed Thursday, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Read More →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Port of Hueneme remains focused on keeping a sustainable open sea
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Semtech shares rise in after-hours trading following earnings beat
Camarillo-based Semtech saw its shares rise nearly 15% in after-hours trading on June 7, hours following the company’s first-quarter earnings announcement in which it beat analyst expectations in both revenue and net income. Semtech, which specializes in the Internet of Things applications, generated revenue worth $236.5 million, an increase of 41.2% sequentially, which means from Read More →
