What began as a daughter’s idea to help her ailing mother after 12-hour workdays has turned into a cameo on primetime television and a partnership with a billionaire businessman.
On average, craft brewers use between six and eight gallons of water to produce just one gallon of beer. And while the drought has set back some breweries in the northern half of the state, tri-county brewers say they’re upping annual barrel production with little trepidation of future water issues.
Greenbelt Resources Corp., which counts Diversified Ethanol Corp. as a subsidiary, reported a loss of $217,469 for the third quarter compared to an $18,144 profit a year earlier amid a steep decline in revenue.
The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District has upped the ante in its battle with the State Water Resources Control Board over a $1.1 million fine the district received for a sewer spill in 2010.
SCE started notifying authorities of the undisclosed facilities after discovering it had not submitted reports for many of its Ventura County facilities through a self-audit.
Following a 30-year career with the chamber, Nixon will be moving to Sumerlin, Nevada, with her husband. The organization’s board of directors will be conducting a search for her replacement over the next five months.
The deal is touted as a move to accelerate growth of the new company’s brands in the U.S., particularly in Europe and Asia, where demand for boutique brands is on the rise.
