Former Thousand Oaks man arrested on fraud charges
A former Thousand Oaks resident who wrote a pamphlet warning of the dangers of drunken driving has been charged with numerous felonies including grand theft and money laundering, related to investments he solicited in his book project. George Ronald Russell, 65, was arrested in Nevada on April 1 by deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Read More →
Community Memorial CEO to retire
Gary Wilde, who led Community Memorial Health System through a $280 million, seven-year project to build a new hospital in Ventura, will retire later this year as president and CEO of the nonprofit health care provider. Wilde, 66, came to Community Memorial Hospital in 2004 from Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara. The next year, Read More →
Opinion: Market turmoil is personal for Ukranian American financial advisor
By Regina Korossy Ever since Russia invaded my native Ukraine in February, I’ve been working to both calm my clients’ emotions over the market fluctuations, and my own distress about the destruction in my homeland. It hasn’t been easy. The last few weeks, being Ukrainian American and a financial advisor is like wearing two hats. Read More →
In Thousand Oaks, biotech execs discuss industry’s ‘rising tide,’ lament area’s lack of housing
In a dark period for the Ventura County economy, immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biotechnology sector in the Conejo Valley has been a bright spot. The sector has grown in jobs, economic output and new businesses since 2019, even when the county as a whole has not, according to data presented on Read More →
In rare move for a community college, Ventura College could build campus housing for 320 students
California’s community colleges are the nation’s largest higher education system, with 116 campuses and 1.8 million students. Nearly all these students are missing out on one of the standard features of life at a four-year university: living on campus. That could be changing, though, and Ventura College is at the forefront of that change. A Read More →
Ventura County’s EDC chosen for one of state’s 10 innovation hubs
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Atara closes $100M sale of Thousand Oaks facility
Atara Biotherapeutics, a drugmaker based in South San Francisco with a large presence in Thousand Oaks, announced April 4 that its cell therapy manufacturing facility in Thousand Oaks was purchased by Fujifilm Corp. for $100 million. The deal was first announced in January and is part of a long-term strategic supply agreement between Atara and Read More →
