Education for life (sciences): Ventura County colleges see value in offering biotech degrees
Two Ventura County higher education institutions recognize the need to prepare students for careers in the burgeoning biotech industry, including the Conejo Valley life sciences hub. Moorpark College will be launching a bachelor’s degree program in applied biomanufacturing in the fall 2024 semester. The school already offers an associate degree in biotechnology. Cal State University Read More →
Sonos sheds 7% of its workforce
In an effort to restructure its fiscal plan amid economic uncertainty, Santa Barbara-based Sonos announced it would be laying off 7% of its workforce, or roughly 130 employees, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchanges unit on June 14. In an October 2022 filing, Sonos employed 1,844 people globally, the last time the Read More →
One Ryde at a time: AngelCon winners look to reshape college traveling
June 12 update: A previous version of the article incorrectly stated Josh Wong’s last name in the photo caption. Additionally, corrections have been made to update the arrival of Emily Gavrilenko and Wong to the Ryde team as well as the make-up of the team. Ride-sharing applications are nothing new in the world of Uber Read More →
Black lesbian couple’s Apothecary provides wellness safe space
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Central Coast Best Places to Work is one way that Pacific Coast Business Times takes the pulse of the workplace across the region. We take a keen interest in knowing which organizations are performing best for their employees, and what those employers are doing that others can learn from. In 2023 we added a new Read More →
Bravery in early Santa Barbara banking
David Spainhour, who played a lead role in the rise of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust to become the region’s dominant banking institution in the 1990s and early 2000s, died in Santa Barbara on May 28. He was 91. Spainhour, a native of Los Angeles, took the biggest risk of his career in the 1960s Read More →
Semtech names new CEO, will officially take over in June
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