Grand jury says $500k under-reported in Lompoc tourism pact
Annual reporting by Visit Lompoc LLC shows hundreds of thousands of dollars in unaccounted-for funds, according to a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report. Released March 22, the report says that over the first five years of the current agreement between Visit Lompoc and the City of Lompoc, the cumulative value of those under-reported funds Read More →
805 law: Santa Barbara law firm partners with scholarship foundation
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UC Santa Barbara, Goleta reach settlement agreement on student housing
Goleta and the UC Regents have reached a settlement on the 2021 lawsuit in which the city alleged UC Santa Barbara was not building student and faculty housing as provided for in the university’s 2010 long range development plan. Announced March 22, the city alleged that the lack of long range housing plans negatively impacted Read More →
Man gets prison for bilking $1M from Thousand Oaks psychiatrist
A Whittier man was sentenced March 21 to 7 years, 8 months in state prison for bilking a Thousand Oaks psychiatrist out of more than $1 million. David Syner, 62, was also ordered to pay $987,250 plus interest, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said. Syner pled guilty in Ventura County Superior Court on June Read More →
Fishing groups file suit over wind farms
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SCE Pays $80 Million Over Damages from Thomas Fire
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SCE agrees to $80M payout over Thomas Fire lawsuit
Southern California Edison will be paying the United States $80 million on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service to recoup costs and damages associated with the 2017 Thomas Fire in the Los Padres National Forest that affected both Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The settlement was finalized on Feb. 23 and announced by the U.S. Read More →
