CoastHills Credit Union opens branch in Thousand Oaks
Lompoc-based CoastHills Credit Union recently opened its first Ventura County branch at 125 N. Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks. The 5,000-square-foot “branch of the future” features a virtual banking experience as well as a tech bar that offers tutorials for CoastHill’s digital products. CoastHills completed a renovation of the space that was formerly home to Read More →
NRG moves forward with Oxnard power plant site
Despite a recent setback from the California Coastal Commission, Houston-based NRG Energy is pressing ahead with plans to build a new power plant along the Oxnard coast. If built, the company claims construction of the facility could have an economic impact of at least $93 million on the region. But the California Coastal Commission handed Read More →
Direct Relief International rooted in Santa Barbara
In a region that takes pride in its philanthropic organizations, nothing stands out like Direct Relief International. Founded as a humanitarian organization by immigrants who fled the horrors of World War II, DRI is the nation’s ninth largest U.S. charity, according to Forbes, and by most measures one of the most cost-effective organizations of its Read More →
Try alternative ways to get to work during Ride Week
By Darren Kettle Communities across the Central Coast are gearing up for Ride Week, Oct. 3-7. The goal of the event is to make it fun and easy for all of us to try out alternative ways to commute to work. In Ventura County, the Ventura County Transportation Commission and the Ventura County Air Pollution Read More →
Tri-county voters must go to the polls
By Loredana Carson In November 2014, only 203,783 out of 433,064 registered voters cast a ballot, according to the Ventura County registrar. Voter participation in general throughout California has declined in the past decade, according to the California Civic Engagement Project. The project reports that over the past three elections, registered voter turnout was 54.9 Read More →
Oxnard planning downtown revitalization
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Kmart sued for violating UCSB patent on LED bulbs
A South Korean semiconductor company recently sued Kmart for allegedly violating a UC Santa Barbara professor’s patent on LED light bulbs. Seoul Semiconductor sued Kmart Corp. in federal court in Los Angeles Sept. 9 for allegedly violating several patents, including one owned by UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura. The lawsuit accuses Kmart of making, using, importing Read More →
