Behind the effort to get a presidential pardon for a manufacturing icon

Gene Haas and Haas Automation made headlines on Feb. 4 when the company confirmed to the Business Times that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is slated to make a recruiting trip to the Oxnard machine tool maker later this month. Whether or not Haas pulls the trigger and expands in Texas or North Carolina, the home Read More →

LightGabler takes a team approach to employee law practice

LAW-NEWIt’s been less than three years since three partners, Jon Light, Karen Gabler and Glenn Dickinson, left Oxnard’s Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton form a new firm, LightGabler.

Restaurateurs hope to launch chain with new State Street pizzeria

A world-renowned pizza chef promises to bring authentic Italian-style pizza at a relatively affordable price to the State Street corridor.

Tesco freezes Goleta Fresh & Easy plans amid talks of sale or closure

Fresh & Easy has put its plans for a 13,693-square-foot supermarket on Calle Real in Goleta on hold.

Power-One powers up its strategy for selling inverters in the U.S.

Power-One is bringing its some of its best-selling products back to America.

Why Fed policy is driving up the cost of farmland in California

Even California, where real estate is otherwise depressed, has not been immune from price spikes.
Ray Deutsch leaves a legacy that extends far beyond Santa Maria

HE was one of those rare people — a man comfortable enough in his own skin and in his values to speak the language of business but also recognize regional values.