The announcement that Richard Rush was going to retire next spring after a decade at the helm of CSU Channel Islands took a number of folks by surprise. And as Business Times writer Tony Biasotti pointed out in his article on the resignation in our Aug. 28 edition, his departure leaves a vision for the Read More →
By Glenn Rabinowitz / Friday, September 4th, 2015 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Bills to help veterans get jobs should become law
As Labor Day nears, California’s legislature is considering bills to help veterans returning home from active duty rejoin the workforce. California is home to a growing population of more than 1.8 million veterans. With overseas operations in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and more troops headed home, the number of veterans seeking jobs in California Read More →
Amgen, the giant biotech company based in Thousand Oaks, saw its shares drop 2 percent to $149.23 on Sept. 3 after its rival Novartis launched a drug similar to Amgen’s that costs 15 percent less. Novartis’ Zarxio and Amgen’s Neupogen both help chemotherapy patients battle infections by increasing the production of white blood cells. The Read More →
Thousand Oaks has hit a home run. Easton Baseball/Softball, a Van Nuys-based sporting goods company, announced Aug. 19 that it will move its global headquarters to Thousand Oaks when the lease on its current building expires in 2016. Easton will move into a new 90,000-square-foot headquarters at 3500 Willow Lane. It will also have a Read More →
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Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen won U.S. approval for its powerful cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha for certain patients, making it the second in a new class of treatments to come to market, Bloomberg News reported Aug. 27. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Repatha for people with hard-to-treat levels of bad cholesterol, according to a statement Read More →
John Madonna plans to transform 111 acres in San Luis Obispo into a $500 million mixed-use project that caters to the city’s aging population. The proposed Froom Ranch project includes a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that offers 350 residential units for seniors, 150,000-350,000 square feet of commercial retailers for its residents, 200 apartments and Read More →