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Built recession-proof: PODS franchises are profitable, CEO says
The big white storage containers built by PODS Enterprises are sturdy enough to have withstood the crushing economic pressures of the Great Recession.
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Puzder: CKE won’t leave before 2015
Andy Puzder, CEO of Carl’s Jr. parent CKE Restaurants, has for the first time publicly put a hard date on the fast-food firm’s possible move to Texas.
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Aiming high: Hugh O’Brian nonprofit teaches youth leadership
Actor Hugh O’Brian, who portrayed frontier lawman Wyatt Earp on television in the 1950s, has a youth leadership organized based in Ventura County.
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Channel Islands Harbor developments stall
The sagging economy kept several planned projects at Channel Islands Harbor on the shelf.
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A century of chugging along: Santa Maria Valley Railroad turns 100
The Santa Maria Valley Railroad owns only 14 miles of mainline track, but that is enough to turn a profit.
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