Tri-county region’s two gay bars serve up acceptance, drinks, karaoke
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Ventura County and ex-CEO Powers hit with lawsuit over harassment claim
The Ventura County employee who says former County Executive Officer Mike Powers sexually and racially harassed her filed suit against the county and Powers on June 2. The woman, identified in the lawsuit only as “Jane Roe,” claims in the lawsuit that Powers, her immediate supervisor, subjected her to sexual and racial harassment and discrimination Read More →
Santa Barbara Venture Partners closes $11M fund, focuses on established software companies
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Street Smarts: CSUCI to rename building for former president Rush
CSU Channel Islands will rename one of its most prominent buildings after Richard Rush, who was president of the campus for its first 15 years. Rush was president of the campus from June 2001, a year before it welcomed its first students, until he retired in 2016. Now the campus’ University Hall will become Richard Read More →
QAD to pay $2.45M in legal fees from dispute over acquisition
Santa Barbara-based QAD announced June 2 it will pay out $2.45 million in legal fees to shareholders who sued to stop the company’s acquisition by Thoma Bravo in 2021. QAD, which provides cloud software for the manufacturing industry, was purchased last year by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a transaction worth $2 billion. Read More →
French Hospital CEO Iftiniuk to retire
Alan Iftiniuk will retire at the start of next year as president and CEO of French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, after nearly 22 years with Dignity Health, the hospital system announced June 2. Iftiniuk’s official retirement date is Jan. 3, said Sara San Juan, director of marketing and communications for Dignity Health Read More →
Flood of IPOs has slowed to a trickle in 2022
After reaching new heights in 2021, including a $150 million capital raise that closed in July and surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue, Santa Barbara-based Impact Technologies was preparing to go public in 2022. But, with rising inflation and interest rates decimating the stock market, the IPO money that was available in 2021 has Read More →
