The war in Iran has economists downshifting their outlook for the rest of the year, with the consensus in The Wall Street Journal’s latest quarterly survey pointing to higher inflation, slower near-term growth and weaker job creation.
On any given evening inside High Street Arts Center, rehearsals for Footloose look less like a traditional production and more like a cross-section of the community, and Cal Lutheran students are among the actors in the play.
The gym at Cal Lutheran filled with cheers March 27 as Conejo Oaks Academy students took the court, dribbling, passing and celebrating alongside their teammates at the school’s first Unified Basketball Showcase.
Dr. Laureen Hill has been named California Lutheran University’s chief strategy and growth officer, a newly created position, the Thousand Oaks-based university announced.
Hub 101, California Lutheran University’s startup incubator, is seeking a new location as the university closes the Westlake Center, which houses it, in a cost-saving measure.
As the housing crisis deepens across states nationwide, California’s housing market remains among the worst, speakers said at a Feb. 19 conference addressing the topic at Cal Lutheran University.
California Lutheran University scholar-athlete Camden Hyde, who graduated from Mountain View High School, has been named to the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Winter).
Labor leader Dolores Huerta, 95, spoke to high school students in Oxnard at a National TRIO Day event organized by Oxnard College and California Lutheran University. Huerta talked about her late colleague Cesar Chavez, who spent some of his childhood in Oxnard.
Cal Lutheran University’s Fifty and Better program has announced its spring session of classes and activities. The session, for those 50 and older, begins March 2.
During a recent conference exploring the worsening housing crisis in California, one panelist wondered why the situation is repeatedly referred to as a crisis, “but we’re not acting like it.”
Ventura County will continue to see anemic economic growth for the foreseeable future. That’s according to the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting’s 2026 Ventura County outlook unveiled Feb. 24 at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks.
Ventura County’s population is getting smaller and older, housing keeps getting more expensive and job growth is slow in most industries. Despite that, economists at California Lutheran University are predicting the local economy to continue to grow, though more slowly.
Matthew Fienup of California Lutheran University's Center for Economic Research and Forecasting speaks at its annual Ventura County Economic Forecast event in Thousand Oaks on Feb. 24, 2026.
A new economic forecast shows continued problems for Ventura County’s economy. Hundreds of community leaders were on hand Tuesday as California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting released its annual report.
What does it take to transform a moment of personal loss into a lifelong mission? For JD Slajchert, it was the friendship with a 10-year-old boy named Luc Bodden that drove him to his lifelong advocacy work.
Obstacles to building more housing in California include regulatory and legal barriers, economic and financial risks and production costs; tougher rent controls and increased public investment in homes are solutions, according to a study by Cal Lutheran's Jamshid Damooei.
The fact that it’s expensive to live here is one of the first things people learn about Ventura County. At California Lutheran University, Jamshid Damooei has devoted much of his recent study to why this is, how it affects people who live here and what can be done about it.
The Five07 Turkey Day Dash has given the Conejo Valley something extra to be thankful for. The 2025 Thanksgiving morning run and walk held at Cal Lutheran set a new fundraising record, generating more than $81,000 for local nonprofits.
The growth and creation of Latino businesses helped bolster the U.S. economy even amid adversity, according to a new report by the Latino GDP team at UCLA and California Lutheran University.
The growth and creation of Latino businesses helped bolster the U.S. economy even amid adversity, according to a new report by the Latino GDP team at UCLA and California Lutheran University.
About $3.5 million has been raised thus far in California Lutheran University’s $25 million fundraising campaign, school officials say. The campaign was one of a variety of topics discussed at the Jan. 22 state of the university program titled “Where Dreams Take Flight.”
