Ventura County hit with lawsuits over General Plan
More than half a dozen groups have sued Ventura County in response to the county’s recently adopted 2040 General Plan. The plan went into effect Oct. 15, 30 days after it was passed by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. Several of the groups that filed suit against the county are oil and energy interests Read More →
Dubroff: Dive boat fire an avoidable tragedy, and a double standard
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Teledyne reports earnings dip
Despite a dip in earnings and sales compared to last year, Teledyne Technologies beat analysts’ expectations with net income of $93.9 million in the third quarter, the company announced Oct. 21. Analysts estimated that Teledyne’s diluted earnings per share would be $2.36 in the third quarter, according to estimates compiled by the Wall Street Journal. Read More →
Trio of developers to bring 300 new homes to San Luis Obispo
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UCSB experts see an industrial revolution for the seas
UC Santa Barbara researchers are gearing up for a second industrial revolution, this time in the world’s oceans. The period of rapid change that began on land in the 1700s “is really just beginning now in the oceans, the other 70 percent of our planet,” Douglas McCauley, Director of the Benioff Ocean Initiative at UCSB, Read More →
NTSB: Night watch could have saved dive boat passengers
The sinking of the dive boat Conception in the Santa Barbara Channel last year and the death of 34 people on board was caused by the failure of Truth Aquatics, the boat’s owner, to properly oversee its vessel and crew, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled on Oct. 20. The boat, a 75-foot recreational diving Read More →
