Cities move toward permanent outdoor dining
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Ventura County, Palmdale water districts team up
As the need for water increases in drought-battered California, one water district in the region is looking at pooling resources as the best strategy to meet those needs. The United Water Conservation District, which oversees groundwater and other water resources in western Ventura County, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Palmdale Water District Read More →
Health care providers deal with yet another COVID wave
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Tri-county unemployment rate ticks down in December
The unemployment rate in California dropped a half a percentage point between November and December, while the tri-county job picture improved by a much smaller margin, according to data released Jan. 21 by the California Employment Development Department. The statewide unemployment rate was 6.5% in December, down from 7% in November, the biggest month-to-month improvement Read More →
Santa Maria cannabis farm hit with environmental lawsuit
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New CEO, new board chair, new funding for ImmPact Bio
Camarillo-based ImmPact Bio made multiple headlines with one announcement on Jan. 20: the a new CEO, a new board chair, and the closing of a $111 million Series B funding round. ImmPact, a biotechnology company developing cancer treatments based on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies, named Sumant Ramachandra as its new president and CEO. Read More →
Flying Embers pours a $20M funding round
Many alcoholic beverage brands have made their names through beer, wine and spirits, but Flying Embers has capitalized on the two trendiest items in the industry the last few years: hard kombucha and hard seltzer. Flying Embers, founded in Ojai and now based in Ventura, has grown a lot since it started in 2017 in Read More →
