An Atara employee in the lab at its Thousand Oaks facility. (courtesy photo) Atara Biotherapeutics, a South San Francisco-based immunotherapy company with its major operations in Thousand Oaks, will be laying off nearly 100 workers, including 48 from its Ventura County locations, before the end of the year. In a filing with the state, Atara’s
The Rubicon Theatre Company, Ventura’s not-for-profit professional theatre company, was presented with a $1.5 million check on Dec. 9, the Theatre Company’s largest investment from a government entity in the company’s 25-year history. California State Senator Monique Limón and Assemblymember Steve Bennett presented the check to Ventura County Supervisor Matt Levere, Ventura City Councilmember Doug
Bureo's net warehouse in Chlile where it stores its nylon material. (courtesy photo) Bureo, an Oxnard-based company setting its sights on helping keep the world’s oceans clean, closed a Series B funding round on Dec. 8. The company’s co-founder and CEO David Stover declined to tell the Business Times the value of the round but
A Limoneira packing facility. (courtesy photo) Santa Paula-based Limoneira is unlikely to leave the area if it sells some or all of the company as part of its strategic review, CEO Harold Edwards told the Business Times. “I just don’t see it,” he said during a Dec. 11 interview. “This isn’t about us leaving. This
Goleta’s new battery storage facility, located at 6864 Cortana Drive, was dedicated Dec. 1. (courtesy photo) GridStor, an Oregon-based developer and operator of grid-scale battery energy storage systems, dedicated its new Goleta facility on Dec. 1. It’s the newest such facility in California and the largest power source in Santa Barbara County. The 60 MW/160