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By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Law & Goverment, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on State files suit against Santa Paula environmental cleanup firm
The California Water Resources Control Board has taken an environmental contracting firm in Santa Paula to court, claiming the company overcharged the public in collecting some $17 million in payments for petroleum cleanups during the past eight years.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dole Food investors shake the Murdock buyout money tree
The CEO of Westlake Village-based Dole Food David Murdock could be heading to trial after a Delaware Chancery Court judge refused to throw out a case against the executive’s 2013 deal to take the company private.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Shadow banks are coming out of the shadows — and gaining popularity
In attempting to crack down on bank excesses, Dodd-Frank has given birth to a whole new world of non-regulated finance.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Everything we know about recessions might be wrong
Economists are simply frightened of models where bad permanent things can happen by random chance — even if the data show that’s what really happens.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Towbes Group signals more Santa Maria Valley investment
Santa Barbara-based development and construction firm The Towbes Group plans on building housing in Santa Maria for a long time.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: A big gift for Gil Stork
On Feb. 6 Cuesta College took a big step toward securing its future.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: PUC brass shenanigans leave small businesses in the dark
Edison has suddenly found a few million dollars to patch together a solution, but really rebuilding the entire subsystem in Santa Barbara and parts of Ventura counties is probably the better solution.
