CONEJO VALLEY THOUSAND OAKS Outdoor television and digital signage manufacturer SunBriteTV of Thousand Oaks was acquired by SnapAV, a manufacturer and distributor of audio and video products. SnapAV, in Charlotte, N.C., is part of the investment portfolio of General Atlantic LLC, a New York growth equity firm. SunBriteTV, which was owned by Bunker Hill Capital, a private equity investor in Boston, produces high-definition televisions ranging from a 32-inch screen model to a 65-inch screen version, all designed to be watched outdoors on a deck, patio or balcony. In addition to residential sales, SunBriteTV screens are also used at sports stadiums, including Yankee Stadium, Gillette Stadium, Wrigley Field and Soldier Field. WESTLAKE VILLAGE CVB Financial Corp., parent company of Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank, has agreed to acquire County Commerce Bank in Ventura for $41.3 million. CVB will pay equally in cash and stock. County Commerce Bank had about $253 million in assets as of June 30. It has branch offices in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo and Westlake Village. “County Commerce Bank is a strong community bank and an excellent strategic and geographic fit for Citizens,” Citizens Business Bank Chief Executive Christopher Myers said in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming their associates, customers and shareholders.” Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc. announced it will permanently lay off 117 employees, effective Nov. 30. The Westlake Village drug developer was acquired by Dublin-based pharmaceutical company Allergan plc on Oct. 1 in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $2.1 billion. Allergan is in the midst of a series of layoffs to increase profit margins, and over the past year, has cut over 1,000 jobs at its offices in Irvine as well as nearly 200 jobs in Goleta and Carlsbad. As of June 30, Kythera had 212 full-time employees. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BURBANK Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment named David Haddad president of its video and mobile games division. Haddad has been with the interactive division of the Burbank studio since 2013, when he started as senior vice president of digital publishing. As president, Haddad will oversee the operations of publishing, sales, marketing, business development and game production. The interactive division has had a successful year with the release of game titles “Batman: Arkham Knight,” “Mortal Kombat X” and “LEGO Jurassic World.” International business leader David M. Steele-Figueredo will become the new president of Woodbury University on Nov. 16. Steele-Figueredo served as dean of San Jose State University’s Lucas College & Graduate School of Business for the past seven years, where he helped enhance academic quality and implemented new programs. Prior to his academic career, he was an executive at Chevron Corp. in San Ramon, serving as president of Chevron Latin America, where he led startup operations that grew annual revenues to $1.3 billion in three years. The university has campuses in Burbank and San Diego. CHATSWORTH Flagship Food Group is closing its Chatsworth plant effective Nov. 23 and laying off 123 employees. The company sells branded and private-label foods in more than 30,000 grocery, club and convenience stores as well as supplying food to restaurants. It was formed in 2012 from the food service industry investments of Creo Capital Partners, a Los Angeles private equity firm. Rob Holland, a partner at Creo, is the chief executive of Flagship. Last year, the firm announced it would open a new manufacturing and food distribution headquarters in Albuquerque, N.M. that would bring 300 jobs to that city. NORTHRIDGE Avita Medical Ltd.’s ReCell, a device that allows physicians to quickly regenerate skin, has been effective in treating burn victims from a disaster that occurred at a Taiwan music festival on June 27. The Northridge medical technology company sent a team equipped with 50 ReCell units to support Taiwanese doctors after an explosion left 12 dead and 498 with severe burns. The donated devices were distributed to a dozen hospitals, where physicians reported that by using them along with other treatments, the survival rates of grafted skin increased by 90 percent, saving patients from having to undergo additional grafts. SHERMAN OAKS A former securities broker at a defunct investment firm was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $360,000 in victim restitution for wire fraud associated with a real estate investment scam. Jonathan Greenfield, 50, of West Hills, pleaded guilty in December 2013 to two wire fraud counts, admitting that he provided clients at Sherman Oaks brokerage Morgan Peabody with false information about a fund created by David Williams, former chief executive at Morgan Peabody. Williams pleaded guilty in May and is awaiting sentencing. The Sherwood fund offered a 9 percent annual return on investments, but Williams admitted that he used the majority of investors’ money to pay for personal expenses. WOODLAND HILLS Mel Kohn, a San Fernando Valley accountant, died at age 74. Kohn was a name partner in the accounting firm Kirsch, Kohn and Bridge LLP in Woodland Hills. He served on the board of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association and as chairman of both the Valley Economic Development Center and FilmL.A. Kohn was also a member of the City of Los Angeles’ Business Tax Advisory Committee. A native of Los Angeles, Kohn graduated from UCLA and was a lifelong supporter of the university. He is survived by his wife, Wendy Kohn, two children and two grandchildren. Shareholders of Woodland Hills health insurer Health Net Inc. and St. Louis-based Centene Corp. have approved the two companies’ planned merger, which is scheduled to close early next year. Health Net stockholders convened at a special meeting where 97 percent of them voted to approve the merger. Almost all of Centene’s shareholders – 99 percent of those who cast votes, according to the company – also gave the transaction a thumbs up. After the merger, Centene shareholders will own 71 percent of the combined company and Health Net shareholders will own 29 percent. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SANTA CLARITA Two businesses purchased headquarters buildings in Santa Clarita’s Tourney Place office complex. Pacific Funding, a mortgage company currently headquartered in Valencia, purchased 27433 Tourney Road for $6.1 million from JSB Development Inc. of Valencia and McCombs Inc. of Ventura. Pacific plans to occupy more than half the building as its corporate headquarters, said Craig Peters, executive vice president of brokerage CBRE Group Inc. The second building, at 27413 Tourney Road, was purchased by Gothic Landscape Inc., a family-owned landscaping firm. The purchase price of $5.5 million equates to about $257 a square foot. The seller was 27413 Tourney Road LLC. SIMI VALLEY SIMI VALLEY Woodlands Plaza, a 61,373-square-foot retail center, changed hands for $15.9 million. The property, located at 530-660 East Los Angeles Ave., was sold to DP Grand Simi LLC by B/C Sinaloa Plaza LLC. The 6.7-acre property was 81 percent occupied at the time of the sale, anchored by a Vons grocery store. But Bellingham, Wash.-based Haggen Food & Pharmacy took over that store location while the center was in escrow. Haggen, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, subsequently closed the store before the sale was completed. – Compiled by Karen E. Klein