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 | Friday, March 21st, 2014

								
Developer’s vision for upscale Shoppes at Westlake takes hold

								Columns, East Ventura County, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy								
The 243,500-square-foot Shoppes at Westlake Village center is now 75 percent pre-leased, four months ahead of a ribbon-cutting.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 21st, 2014

								
Cashing out: Bank of America consolidates Simi operations

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Real Estate, Top Stories								
Bank of America has shed a 1 million-square-foot portfolio of former Countrywide Financial Corp. office buildings for $200 million and plans to consolidate its Simi Valley campus.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

								
Oxnard sues ex-officials over retirement perk

								Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Oxnard’s city attorney is trying to claw back $101,400 from seven city officials who benefited from an allegedly illegal retirement perk set up by Ed Sotelo, the former city manager at the heart of a corruption probe that began in 2010.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 14th, 2014

								
Artificial pancreas trials move forward with $2.3M grant

								Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
With $2.3 million in recent federal funding, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute is moving forward with clinical trials of its artificial pancreas, a device that researchers hope will substantially improve the lives of people living with Type 1 diabetes. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 14th, 2014

								
As big-box firms slash stores, uncertainty for Tri-Counties

								Central Coast, East Ventura County, Green Coast, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Radio Shack plans to close up 1,100 stores around the U.S. and Staples, the largest office-supplies company in the U.S., said it would shutter 225 stores nationwide in a plan to cut costs by $500 million.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
								The 122-room Hotel Oceana on Santa Barbara’s waterfront has been purchased for $41.7 million by a Philadelphia investment trust that wants to expand on the West Coast. (Alex Drysdale / Business Times photo)								
								
 | Friday, March 14th, 2014

								
Big firms check in to Santa Barbara hotel boom

								Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy								
A Philadelphia company’s $41.7 million purchase of Hotel Oceana in Santa Barbara signals that large out-of-town investors are betting on a major boom in South Coast tourism.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
								Deckers Outdoor Corp. has opened retail stores for its footwear brands at its new campus headquarters in Goleta. The Ugg boot parent's stock spiraled on Feb. 28, after the company predicted a first-quarter loss stemming from costs to build out company-owned Ugg stores around the world. (courtesy photo)								
								
 | Friday, March 7th, 2014

								
Deckers’ global push takes toll on stock price

								Banking & Finance, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Deckers warned investors to expect a loss of 16 cents per share — compared to the 10-cent-per-share profit expected by Wall Street analysts — in the first quarter despite projected revenue growth. The company said that the reason was its aggressive build-out of its own branded retail stores around the world.