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By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Citizens Business Bank acquiring County Commerce Bank
Ontario-based Citizens Business Bank will acquire Oxnard-based County Commerce Bank in a cash and stock deal announced Oct. 14. The deal will strengthen Citizens’ commercial banking presence in Ventura County and CCB will have more lending power, the companies said in a news release. In exchange for all of CCB’s common stock and options, Citizens Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Appfolio expanding in Goleta
Appfolio is expanding in Goleta. Appfolio will lease an additional 7,855 square feet of space at its office at 50 Castilian Drive in Goleta, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 14. The new space will increase the amount of space Appfolio leases from Nassau Land Company to 26,490 square Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Kythera laying off 117 employees in Westlake Village
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals is permanently laying off 117 employees at its Westlake Village offices, according to a filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The layoffs come as no surprise and appear to be part of Kythera’s merger with Dublin-based Allergan. On June 17, Allergan announced that it would buy Kythera for $2.1 billion. The Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, October 12th, 2015 / Latest news, Tourism / Comments Off on Cochran resigns from Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta
Kathleen Cochran is resigning her position at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta. The general manager is leaving the coastal hotel after more than four years at the helm for family reasons. Shashi Poudyal, who previously headed the Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa, is Bacara’s new general manager. “It was probably one of Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, October 12th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen bone density drug shows positive results
Thousand Oaks-based pharmaceutical giant Amgen announced results Oct. 12 showing its bone density drug Prolia reduced the incidences of bone fractures in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis over 10 years. Prolia is designed to raise bone density in people with a history of osteoporosis. Amgen released the data during the annual conference of the American Society Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, October 8th, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Gov. Jerry Brown signs oil pipeline safety bills
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Oct. 8 that requires the California Fire Marshal to review oil pipeline conditions every year, rather than every two years or more. Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline performed an inspection of its Line 901 about two weeks before May 19’s Refugio oil spill. But it was too Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Brown signs bill to establish Isla Vista community services district
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Oct. 7 that seeks to establish a local government for the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County known as Isla Vista. The bill would establish a community services district. AB 3 requires the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to submit an application to the Local Agency Formation Read More →
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