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By Tony Biasotti / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Eight vie to chart future of Harbor District
Whatever the outcome in November, this is a history-making election for the Port of Hueneme. The Oxnard Harbor District, the public agency that owns and operates the deep-water commercial port, is in the midst of its most competitive campaign in decades. Two of the three incumbents who are up for re-election are retiring, throwing the Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 30th, 2010 / Green Coast, Latest news / Comments Off on SolarWorld announces new schools program
SolarWorld, a German company with a plant in Camarillo, unveiled a program Sept. 30 that could put solar panels on schools without charging the schools for any of the up-front costs. The move comes a few weeks after the Oxnard Union School District passed over SolarWorld and picked SunPower, a San Jose-based company, to put Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on CSUCI to offer business classes in Santa Barbara
CSU Channel Islands will offer undergraduate classes in business through the Santa Barbara City College Campus, under an agreement that officials from both colleges signed during a Sept. 29 news conference. The program will begin in fall 2011 with up to 30 students, who will take one or two courses per 12-week term at SBCC, Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Santa Barbara County finds its CEO
Santa Barbara County will get its first woman CEO when Chandra Wallar replaces Mike Brown on Nov. 1. Wallar comes from San Diego County, where she has been deputy chief administrative officer and general manager over the Land Use and Environment Group since 1999 — experience that will come in handy in Santa Barbara County, where Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, September 27th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Level Studios acquired by bigger firm
Level Studios, the biggest all-digital marketing firm in the Tri-Counties and a major tech employer with 140 people in San Luis Obispo, has been acquired by a New Jersey firm. The acquisition by Princeton, N.J.-based Rosetta will put Level Studios — which works with clients as large as BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and as Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 27th, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Kavli sues former employee of real estate firm
International science icon and real estate mogul Fred Kavli is suing a much smaller competitor. In a lawsuit filed in Ventura County Superior Court in late August, Kavli alleges that a former employee of his Oxnard-based real estate firm Sunbelt Enterprises misappropriated trade secrets, breached fiduciary duties and is unfairly competing with him. Defendant David Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 27th, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on A greener cleaner: eLabor.com founder now heads Camarillo startup
Michael Edell has gone from software to soap. He is hoping the touch that helped him expand and sell his firms to the likes of Microsoft and ADP will make GrabGreen, a Camarillo-based line of eco-friendly cleaning products, into a household name. Founded by Patricia Spencer, a mother who was concerned about the chemicals in Read More →
