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Bankrupt Opus selling two sites in VC

By   /  Monday, July 27th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Bankrupt Opus selling two sites in VC

A Phoenix-based real estate developer facing foreclosure on a project in Camarillo has filed for bankruptcy protection while it completes ongoing financial restructuring that includes unloading some tri-county assets. As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, Opus West Corp. will auction off two Ventura County business parks: Camarillo Ranch Business Park and Westlake North Land in Read More →

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Amgen lays off 100

By   /  Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Amgen lays off 100

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen laid off about 100 employees on July 22, the company confirmed to the Business Times. The most recent round of cuts was among the company’s clinical manufacturing and quality-control workers. Previously, on May 1, Amgen laid off about 100 workers as part of an outsourcing of the company’s facilities services group, said Read More →

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Work Investment Board gets $1.1M

By   /  Monday, July 20th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Work Investment Board gets $1.1M

The Santa Barbara County Workforce Investment Board was slated for the public handoff of a $1.1 million check for youth job creation on July 15. A countywide youth jobs program funded by the federal stimulus bill is expected to create jobs for 125 youths. Santa Barbara County Supervisor Joe Centeno was scheduled to hand over Read More →

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Coastal Commission needs to get a grip

By   /  Monday, July 20th, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Coastal Commission needs to get a grip

Once again the California Coastal Commission has proven why the state’s balkanized power structure needs to be reordered and simplified. In the latest instance, the Coastal Commission denied a request by Santa Barbara County, the city of Goleta and a number of organizations to replenish the beach near Goleta pier. In doing so, it overrode Read More →

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California slips as others catch up

By   /  Monday, July 20th, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on California slips as others catch up

As July heads past the mid-point, California still does not have a budget. This inability to get simple things accomplished underscores how far the Golden State has slipped behind its chief political rival, Texas. The July 11 edition of the Economist elaborates on the California-Texas rivalry, pointing out that among other things, Texas seems to Read More →

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Moorpark film studio plot unfolds

By   /  Monday, July 20th, 2009  /  Features  /  Comments Off on Moorpark film studio plot unfolds

Bernie Weitzman has a grand script in the works for Moorpark. Step by step, Weitzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Commonwealth Studios and an independent film industry veteran, is bringing his massive film studio dream to fruition on the outskirts of the Ventura County city. And it is a big dream. Weitzman and Commonwealth Read More →

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Energy, layer by layer

By   /  Monday, July 20th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Energy, layer by layer

Spending $9.5 million is enough to make most business owners cry, but for Steve Gill, co-owner of Gills Onions, it meant the fulfillment of a longtime goal. Gills processes as many as a million pounds of onions a day at its Oxnard facility, which employs about 400 people and is the largest onion processor in Read More →