Not drilling leaves money on the table
Opinionke for the state Land Board to spurn a hard-fought agreement between South Coast environmentalists and PXP over the future of the so-called Tranquillon Ridge project. To refresh, the agreement would have allowed PXP to drill new wells on an existing platform and drain the field in return for abandonment of the platform and an Read More →
SB County pushes for green energy district
UncategorizedSanta Barbara County is taking the first steps toward developing a new kind of special district that would allow property owners to finance insulation, solar and other energy efficiency projects that would be paid for on their property tax bills. After a feasibility study was completed in November and submitted to the Board of Supervisors, Read More →
Former homestore CEO signs plea
UncategorizedThe former chief executive officer of Homestore.com — the predecessor to Westlake Village-based realty Web site Move.com — signed a plea agreement admitting to securities fraud for his alleged role in a scheme designed to artificially inflate the company’s profits. Westlake Village resident Stuart Wolff admitted to conspiring to artificially inflate Homestore’s public advertising revenue, Read More →
Follow Direct Relief
OpinionHaitian officials are hearing reports that scores of thousands may have died in the powerful earthquake that struck the country. Many more may have been injured and made homeless. News reports tell of survivors without food and water digging the dead and injured from the rubble with their bare hands. As governments were readying responses, Read More →
