Fire rips into Fillmore, north Moorpark areas
UncategorizedA nearly 10,000-acre fire was 20 percent contained and had moved from the Fillmore area into northern Moorpark by early Sept. 23, according to the Ventura County Star. About 600 firefighters had assembled to fight the so-called Guiberson Fire, which started Sept. 22 near Fillmore at East Guiberson and Calumet Canyon roads. Two outbuildings have Read More →
A CSU turf war over an MBA program
ColumnsDick Rush is not a fan of Cal Poly’s plan to study the possibility of setting up an MBA program in or around Santa Barbara. Rush, president of California State University Channel Islands, has put a lot of time and fundraising muscle behind the Martin V. Smith School of Business. He’s been wooing donors and Read More →
Duvall escapades spotlight Sacramento
OpinionTruly it is a strange bunch of creatures who inhabit the area in and around the state capitol in Sacramento. One day they are passing bogus laws designed to punish those who believe in the free enterprise system. The next day they are squabbling over issues that have nothing to do with our state’s urgent Read More →
Vote for commerce
OpinionHaving just taken our state Legislature to task over incompetence, negligence and malfeasance, we must turn to our readers with a simple request. Find the least worst miscreant in the bunch and vote for him or her. There’s no presidential election this year, which means turnout will be low. But we are voting on city Read More →
Scripps regroups
Personal FinanceIn response to plummeting advertising sales, the Ventura County Star’s parent company has completely overhauled its newspaper division, shuffling top management in an effort to cut costs. The Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps Co. said the reorganization will affect all of its 13 newspapers, which will now report to an operating committee on sales and content. Read More →
Wellness for workaholics
FeaturesExecutive and upper-management positions may earn bigger paychecks than the average man on the street, but the stress associated with those jobs also mean that the people who hold them average shorter lifespans and job terms. Institutes such as the California Health and Longevity Institute in Thousand Oaks hope to reverse that trend by focusing Read More →
