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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, March 7th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Central Coast Health Watch, Features, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Belt tightening: Amid drought, food banks face bare cupboards
Demand is up at the region’s food banks, and supply is down. In the for-profit world, those two factors would mean higher prices, but since food banks give away their products, their cupboards are starting to look a bit bare.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, March 6th, 2014 / Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen to cut 252 jobs
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen plans to lay off 252 employees in Thousand Oaks by the end of April, bringing the total jobs cut since 2007 from Ventura County’s largest private-sector employer to about 1,150.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, March 6th, 2014 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Hotel Oceana sells to Philadelphia firm for $41.7M
Hersha Hospitality Trust said it purchased the 122-room Santa Barbara hotel as part of a strategy to get into one of the “highest-demand gateway markets in the United States.”
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 / Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, Top Stories / Comments Off on Widow wins $4M verdict against Sierra Vista
A San Luis Obispo jury has awarded $4 million to a woman who alleged that Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and an affiliated surgeon conspired to conceal the cause of a her husband’s death.
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By Stephen Nellis / Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 / Earnings, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Semtech meets Street expectations after layoffs
Camarillo-based Semtech Corp. delivered earnings on par with Wall Street expectations on March 5, holding its forecast steady as it deals with the costs of laying off 6 percent of its workforce and navigating a rough patch amid several years of growth.
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