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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 24th, 2015 / Latest news / Comments Off on Workers in Santa Barbara County sue Vons claiming overtime, lunch break violations
A $4 million workers’ rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of 500 former and present Vons employees against Vons locations in Santa Barbara County, the Santa Barbara-based law firm Anticouni & Associates announced on Sept. 24. The class-action lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara Superior Court alleges that Vons did not pay overtime compensation and required Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 24th, 2015 / Latest news / Comments Off on President of Antioch University Santa Barbara to retire in June
Nancy Leffert, president of Antioch University Santa Barbara, will retire in June 2016. “Nancy Leffert was the right person at the right time for AUSB,” said board chair Victoria Riskin in a news release. “She infused the institution with excitement, direction, purpose, and academic integrity. She increased enrollment and the endowment, and raised significant Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 24th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news / Comments Off on St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo building new tower
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 for a three-story, 75,000-square-foot tower. The $80 million addition, which will be attached to the emergency department, will occupy the plot of land where the old emergency department parking lot now sits. The first floor of the new Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Study shows Amgen’s new biosimilar cancer drug safe, effective
Pharmaceuticals Amgen and Allergan announced positive Phase 3 study results of their new drug ABP 215 on Sept. 23. The drug, used to treat lung cancer, is being developed as a biosimilar to Roche Holding AG’s Avastin. ABP 215 showed clinical safety and effectiveness compared to Avastin. “Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 18th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen cancer drug Kyprolis to get expedited review from FDA
An experimental multiple myeloma treatment using Amgen’s Kyprolis will get an expedited review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said it will use an expedited review process to review a multiple-myeloma treatment using Kyprolis and the genric drug dexamethasone. On July 23, Amgen submitted additional data to the FDA which compared this Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 18th, 2015 / Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Montecito Country Club renovation to begin in October
Renovation of the Montecito Country Club will begin the first week of October. Construction of the long-anticipated golf course renovation redesign, led by golf icon Jack Nicklaus and his team from Nicklaus Design, is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2017. Nicklaus Design is widely regarded as the world’s leading golf course Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 17th, 2015 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Latest news / Comments Off on Community West Bank opens loan office in San Luis Obispo
Goleta-based Community West Bank opened a new loan production office in San Luis Obispo, the company announced Sept. 17. The bank snatched up area expertise when it hired Bill Filippin in May as the executive vice president. Filippin previously worked with San Luis Obispo-based Heritage Oaks Bank (and Mission Community Bank until it was merged Read More →
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