Business

The pandemic is taking a toll on Ventura County’s largest private employer. Biotech giant Amgen will lay off around 530 employees from its U.S. workforce by April 2, including 100 or so who work out of the company’s headquarters in Newbury Park, according to a Jan. 28 letter sent to the City of Thousand Oaks. The job cuts are primarily […]

Time will tell if their complaints will be acted upon, but Southern California Edison customers at least had the chance last week to publicly vent about the recurring power shut-offs that have left many of them in the dark for hours on end in recent months. During a marathon 4½-hour meeting Jan. 26 hosted virtually by the California Public Utilities […]

One might say that Brian May has stepped on the gas and is headed down the road to success. The family man with two young daughters, ages 3 and 5, plus their “gigantic bulldog.” May, 35, is the proud owner of Four Rings Performance, a new automotive repair shop in Agoura Hills that specializes in modern Audi and Volkswagen vehicles. […]

With more people working from home and school being taught online, residential toilets are getting a workout. For many users, more water means more hard water deposits. Worse, cleaning schedules may not be keeping up. Many people fortunate enough to employ professional cleaners prior to the pandemic no longer have these helpers coming into the home. Meanwhile, a build-up of […]