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 | Sunday, January 26th, 2014

								
Dry weather plagues Ventura County strawberries

								Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Oxnard strawberry growers lost an average $10,000 to $15,000 per acre worth of crop last year because the berries died off prematurely in dry weather, and farmers could be in for a repeat of that scenario this year.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 17th, 2014

								
Dry farming in Paso Robles: vintners’ tough love for the vines

								Columns, Top Stories, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture								
With so much attention focused lately on water issues in Paso Robles, I was curious about the vintners who direct a kind of tough love to their vines known as dry farming. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 20th, 2013

								
Showcasing some wines seldom heard of on the grapevine

								Columns, Wine & Viticulture								
It’s a lot easier to drink than pronounce the names of the lesser-known Italian varietal wines poured at the Sunland Vintage Winery tasting room in Thousand Oaks.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, November 22nd, 2013

								
Defense leaders say industry faces skilled worker shortage

								Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
Some of the nation’s top defense industry executives said at a forum at the Reagan Presidential Library on Nov. 16 that they have grave concerns about the nation’s ability to supply the workers needed to maintain the nation’s technological superiority. 


Shaky job security at defense firms, competition for talent from non-defense companies and a shortage of science and math graduates are making it hard to hire and retain the kind of skilled people who have made the United States a world leader in technology for decades, panelists said.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, November 22nd, 2013

								
Dry spell: Ventura County struggles to refill from Santa Clara River

								Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Farms, industries and municipalities in Ventura County could see a severe reduction in the amount of water they receive from the Santa Clara River watershed and sharply higher prices if a pair of environmental challenges are successful, a top groundwater manager said Nov. 16.


Tony Morgan, groundwater department manager for the United Water Conservation District, said at a symposium in Santa Paula that the district is unlikely to be able to supply anywhere near the water this year that it has in the past because of prolonged dry weather. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, November 15th, 2013

								
Shale Oak Winery turns heads with design and green focus

								Central Coast, Columns, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture								
Shale Oak Winery’s tasting room in Paso Robles is one of the more eye-catching in the area with its colorful, angular facade of stained glass in a geometric pattern.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, November 1st, 2013

								
On a 40-year roll: P&G paper plants set to mark milestone in Oxnard

								Features, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Procter & Gamble will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Family Care Plant in Oxnard this month, a remarkable milestone when viewed against the decline in manufacturing jobs in California and across the nation.  The Oxnard plant makes Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet tissue in huge quantities that supply California and parts of the western U.S.