EPA fines Catalytic over reporting glitch
Oxnard-based Catalytic Solutions has been fined nearly $17,000 for failing to report details of its nitrate releases. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency levied the fine after Catalytic Solutions reported the violation. The company said it had cooperated with the agency on clearing up the reporting problem. The agency said Catalytic Solutions processed more than 120,000 Read More →
The art of investing: With stocks in crisis, art may add to portfolio
Stocks, real estate and oil prices have tumbled week by week, making any sort of investment look risky. But for those interested in putting their money into something that brings them daily happiness – regardless of how the financial market goes – art might be it. Like many of its portfolio friends, the art market Read More →
Data backup on fast track: Thousand Oaks firm signs deal with Baja Fresh
Thousand Oaks-based Casdex didn’t take long to jump off the blocks. The company launched its first product in February. It provides an online document archiving service that gives small and mid-sized firms the same kind of backups that large enterprises use to protect against lawsuits and audits. And after just a few months, Casdex inked Read More →
Pacificor, Michael Klein's estate sued for $30M
Santa Barbara hedge fund Pacificor – once headed by Michael Klein, who was killed in a plane crash in Panama nearly a year ago – has been sued for $30 million by the one-time owners of Quality Home Loans. The lawsuit joins hundreds of millions of dollars being sought in legal proceedings surrounding Pacificor and Read More →
Alum reflects on Westmont
As diverse as Los Angeles is, there is one thing all good Angelinos do. We wait. We wait in our cars, stuck in traffic on the 10, the 110 and the 405. We wait in line to get into a club, a bar, a concert venue. We wait for a table at one of our Read More →
Gov. issues executive order
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order Nov. 16 to enhance the state’s management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme weather events. The order should facilitate California’s first comprehensive climate adaptation strategy, the governor’s office said. This effort will improve coordination within state government so that authorities can Read More →
Haas leaves Lompoc prison
Gene Haas, the owner of Oxnard-based Haas Automation, was transferred to a Los Angeles halfway house Nov.12 from Lompoc prison. He is on track for early release from his federal sentence, according to published reports. Haas is expected to be released May 10 after serving 16 months of his 24-month sentence for conspiring to cheat Read More →
