Venoco’s board agrees to CEO buyout
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies[Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Jan. 18] Venoco CEO Tim Marquez has agreed to pay $12.50 per share to take his Denver and Carpinteria-based oil and gas company private. In a deal announced shortly before the markets opened on Jan. 17, Venoco said the company had agreed to accept an offer that Marquez, Read More →
Letter to the editor: Capps, let business get back to business
Letters to the Editor, OpinionIt is time to let customers, not the government, select winners and losers.
Op/ed: Putting water wars to rest means all Californians win
Op/Eds, OpinionHopefully, the water wars of the past will fade in memory with the realization that the California water system sustains our state’s economy and quality of life.
California Republic buys Westlake bank branch
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest newsNewport Beach-based California Republic Bank has purchased the Westlake Village branch of National Bank of California, saying it wants to use the new location as a foothold for expanding into the Ventura County market. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the two banks previously said the deal would include the branch and $16.2 Read More →
DenMat buys brands
Latest newsLess than two months after changing hands, Santa Maria-based DenMat Holdings has acquired some of the assets of its new CEO’s old company. DenMat, a major employer with several hundred workers at its Skyway Drive facility, said on Jan. 6 that it has acquired a portfolio of dentistry products from Discus Dental. Steve Semmelmayer was Read More →
Limoneira leases Sheldon Ranches property
Latest newsSanta Paula-based Limoneira Co. entered into a series of leases with the Sheldon Ranches, which consists of 1,000 acres of agricultural property in the San Joaquin Valley. With the leases, Limoneira, an agribusiness that owns farm land and water rights throughout California and produces lemons, avocados, oranges and other crops, will take over operations of Read More →
Savor announces $3M economic impact
Latest newsThe San Luis Obispo County Visitors and Conference Bureau said Savor the Central Coast boosted the region’s economy by almost $3 million this year, but organizers of the food and wine event told the Business Times it fell about $47,000 short of turning a profit. The visitor’s bureau also announced the dates of the third Read More →
