Editorial: Highway 101 upgrades a big boost for business
Up next is a series of multi-year projects that will create a bigger and better 101 for decades to come.
Editorial: McGrath State Beach escapes chopping block
A key federal grant secured the support of private donors and kept the park alive.
Watkins warns of shrinking Ventura County work force
Bill Watkins’ usually dour outlook for California and the local economy is only getting gloomier. The chief economist at California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting said March 29 that his outlook a year ago — already pessimistic compared to that of his fellow forecasters — was “wrong, way wrong.” Ventura County lost Read More →
Sientra funding rises to $151M
Sientra, the Santa Barbara breast implant company that recently received the first FDA approval in several decades for new implants for the U.S. market, has closed a $65 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $151 million. The lead investor on the private equity deal was London-based life sciences fund Abingworth. Sientra’s existing Read More →
Ojai Community Bank out from regulatory order
Ojai Community Bank is out from under a regulatory consent order imposed on it last year and reported a profitable 2011, swinging back from a loss the year earlier. The small Ojai-based bank said March 27 that regulators had lifted a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. order placed on it on March 31, 2011. The announcement Read More →
With awards and promotions, our 13th year is off to a strong start
I’d like to exercise my editor’s prerogative and talk about two promotions that have taken place in our newsroom, two big awards and the way forward for the Business Times.
Gov. Brown talks high-speed rail, energy
During Gov. Jerry Brown’s first term as head of the state, he green-lighted a plan for a high-speed rail. Thirty years later, the statewide rail project remains a priority for Brown — and it’s one way the California government is working to make the state green. “What’s really interesting right now is to look back Read More →
