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Smell of success – Newbury Park firm

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Sorry, analytical chemists, but Electronic Sensor Technology wants you out of the picture. The Newbury Park-based company makes the zNose, a tool that uses gas chromatography to analyze vapors and fragrances much faster than conventional machines. Though the 13-employee firm has been around since 1995, it is making a new push to get easy-to-use devices Read More →

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Old-school newspaper man learns new media tricks

By   /  Monday, February 9th, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Old-school newspaper man learns new media tricks

George Cogswell III would appear to be an unlikely figurehead for the daily newspaper industry in the Tri-Counties. The publisher of the Ventura County Star has been on the job for just one year.  He’s had to bite the bullet and make sweeping job cuts. He’s not a newsman by training. He doesn’t even sit Read More →

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Forecast XIII: Region

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The Ventura County office of CB Richard Ellis hosted its 13th annual Commercial Real Estate Symposium on Jan. 30, where speakers reported that the county’s commercial real estate vacancy rates skyrocketed during the fourth quarter. Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast Project, joined a panel of three CB Richard Ellis brokers to present Read More →

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UCSB stem-cell research looks for gains

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During the presidential campaign, we heard a lot about hope and change. So much so, in fact, that the words nearly got ground into meaninglessness. That’s politics. But scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, are optimistic about the prospect of an actual change in federal policy: lifting the Bush administration’s limitations on federal Read More →

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Oil field rejection shows state

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Politics being politics and California being California, it was not totally surprising to see a perfectly sensible deal between environmentalists and the oil industry go down the tubes late last month. The State Land Board’s decision to reject a proposal by Plains Petroleum to abandon four offshore platforms and an unsightly refinery in return for Read More →

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Economy uproots hotel plans

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Just a few months ago, the future of the hotel industry in the Tri-Counties looked clear. Smaller, nimbler, niche-oriented hotels were going to be the wave of the future. But the credit crunch has put a number of these plans on hold. Construction at Fess Parker’s Waterfront Hotel has been stalled; the restoration of the Read More →

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Prison plans may be scrapped

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Just as opposition to the proposed prison hospital in Camarillo was about to reach a boiling point, Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso said he would slam the brakes before the project gets rolling. After an onslaught of criticism, Kelso said Feb. 3 he would modify his $8 billion prison hospital plans by eliminating mental health Read More →