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By Editorial Board / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Get Ventura County on a faster transit track
Ventura County is taking a few baby steps toward developing a comprehensive transportation plan. It’s an effort that’s probably a few decades overdue but one that’s well worth the effort. The initiative is being led by Darren Kettle, executive director of the Ventura County Transportation Commission and a person who’s not afraid to jump on Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Features, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Ojai Oil Co. goes from black gold to organic olives
Ojai Oil Co.’s 110-year history is as rich as the black gold bubbling up into the Ojai Valley, but the fourth generation of the company is moving away from crude oil to find new fortunes in olive oil. Ojai Oil, headquartered in Camarillo, was started in 1900 by the late Charles Off and 25 original Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Business pressure could kill 1099 rule
Among the many political casualties of mid-term elections this year may be an obscure tax-reporting rule that it seems no one — even people within the IRS itself — will miss. The 1099 rule, as it has come to be known, was a little-noticed part of the health-care legislation passed earlier this year. It requires Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Columns, Green Coast, Real Estate / Comments Off on Santa Barbara gets a bit greener with new City Ventures project
Santa Barbara is now home to the largest green development of single-family homes in the country. Santa Ana-based developer City Ventures broke ground Nov. 10 on a 48-townhome project in Santa Barbara’s East Beach area. Dubbed the Santa Barbara East Beach Collection, the project is striving for LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Eco-devo back in fashion on South Coast
It took the worst recession in decades to get there, but all of a sudden, “economic development” is a politically acceptable term in South Santa Barbara County. In fact, momentum is building behind a countywide economic development effort to help existing businesses expand and recruit new companies to the area. First, a little disclosure. A Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Standing guard: InfoGard gets federal records certification
The nation’s move to electronic health records promises to be a technological shift on a scale not seen since computers hit banking or plastic cards took the place of the paper checkbook. San Luis Obispo-based information technology security firm InfoGard will be right in the middle of it. In September, the federal government named InfoGard Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, November 11th, 2010 / Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Inphi shares climb on first day
Shares of Inphi Corp., the Santa Clara-based chipmaker with big operations in Westlake Village, shot up nearly 28 percent to close at $15.30 after they hit the market Nov. 11. Shares of the initial public offering made their debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IPHI. The 6.8 million shares hit the Read More →
