Westlake Village card processing company agrees to $2 million-plus settlement with DA’s office
Latest news, Law & GovermentThe Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced July 9 that it has settled a civil law enforcement action against Westlake Village-based Leaders Merchant Services. The complaint alleged that Leaders violated California laws against unfair competition and misleading advertising when Leaders’ sales personnel didn’t fully disclose the company’s fees while signing customers up for payment card Read More →
Street Smarts: Central Coast trailblazer takes lead on engineering council
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Bank of the Sierra closes two branches
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Latest news, right, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomySierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, permanently closed five branches, including two in San Luis Obispo County, in mid-June. The Porterville-based bank’s branches in Atascadero and Arroyo Grande closed on June 18. In its April quarterly financial report, the bank said it planned to close branches that were located “outside of Read More →
Community Bank of Santa Maria continues anniversary charity giveaway
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County EconomyThe Community Bank of Santa Maria drew two more winners on July 8 for its $20,000 charity giveaway. The bank, which is celebrating 20 years this year, is drawing the names of two charities every month as part of a pledge to donate $20,000 to local non-profits. The bank’s customers submit the charities that go Read More →
Doctor from SLO County will join Team USA in Tokyo
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsA Central Coast doctor will be on hand to assist athletes when the Olympic games start in Tokyo. Dignity Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jonathon Fow is heading to Japan later this month as a Team USA physician at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, which begin July 23. Fow is a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, and Read More →
Procore expands into Middle East and North Africa
Banking & Finance, Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public CompaniesProcore Technologies, a Carpinteria-based company that provides software to the construction industry, announced an expansion into the Middle East and North Africa on July 6. The effort will be undertaken in partnership with Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign investor for the government of Abu Dhabi that owns shares in Procore. “The construction sector in the Read More →
Camarillo hospital puts ‘Camarillo’ in its name
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountySt. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital has changed its name to St. John’s Hospital Camarillo, the hospital’s nonprofit parent, Dignity Health, announced July 6. Dignity said the hospital is changing its name to “better identify the hospital with the community it serves.” Hospital leaders don’t expect the name change to impact hospital operations or patient care. Read More →
