Starring role for GreenRock: Ramco turns recycled aggregate into profit center
Tough times force every business owner to rethink. For Recycled Aggregate Materials Co. of Simi Valley, it meant envisioning how the business it had been in for 30 years — recycling concrete and asphalt into the base for road beds — could meet new demands for greener building materials. The result is GreenRock, a new Read More →
Learning hard lessons: Meier regroups, writes again after selling Writers Conference
Marcia Meier has been knocked around by the publishing world enough times by now to know how to navigate it. That’s because the former owner of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference has learned about writing and publishing — and business — the hard way. Meier, who makes her living as a writing coach, recently released Read More →
Teledyne buys Optimum Optical
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies will acquire a Camarillo company called Optimum Optical Systems, Teledyne announced June 7. Optimum Optical makes custom lenses and optomechanical assemblies that are used primarily in tactical military imaging systems. The acquisition allows Teledyne to expand its business in infrared imaging systems, Teledyne said in a news release. Terms of the Read More →
Editorial: A gentleman passes
Stan Bartlett helped a regional CPA firm become a name with real brand value — not an easy thing to do. He was a founding member of Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf, one of the region’s oldest accounting firms. He was a genial fellow and a quiet community leader whose accomplishments were recognized by the Santa Read More →
Editorial: Region's voters happy with the status quo
It turns out that even a deep recession, severe county budget woes, gridlock in Sacramento and a housing meltdown have not changed the core character of voters on the Central Coast. We’re pragmatists who are relatively happy keeping things the way they are. That means supervisory races in the Conejo Valley and Santa Barbara’s 2nd Read More →
Editorial: Get thee to a polling place
There’s a lot at stake in this year’s June 8 primary. Because gerrymandering is still the name of the game, primary winners in several legislative districts will have a virtual lock on the November election. Key primaries include the Democratic side in the 35th Assembly District, which covers parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, Read More →
