Fillmore City Manager David Rowlands is leaving to become Santa Maria’s city manager. The Santa Maria City Council on Oct. 1 approved an employment agreement with Rowlands effective Nov. 30. Rowlands, who has been Fillmore’s city manager for 11 years, will start his new position Dec. 2. His last day with Fillmore will be Nov. Read More →
An unidentified man is in custody in connection with the intentional detonation of an improvised explosive device at the Santa Maria Courthouse Sept. 25, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office reported. Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries in the explosion, the office’s spokesperson, Raquel Zick, posted on social media. The explosion was reported about 9:20 Read More →
The Ventura County Taxpayers Association is alleging that the city of Oxnard had no legal justification to give its street sweepers an enormous pay raise to almost $200,000 annually in salary and benefits. “We’re at a loss as to why the city of Oxnard would so dramatically increase the cost of this service for apparently Read More →
The Federal Reserve began its historic pivot on Sept. 18 moving to unwind interest rates and stave off recession. The 50-basis point move on Sept. 18 met Wall Street expectations for bold action and was greeted with relief and rising stock prices. In remarks after the meeting Chair Jay Powell talked about the Fed’s confidence Read More →
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Sept. 19. A judge ruled Sept. 17 that there is a contractual basis for the establishment of a replica of former Congressman Elton Gallegly’s office on the California Lutheran University campus in Thousand Oaks. “The court has been asked to determine if there is a contractual basis for Read More →
This story was updated on July 31 to include new details. The updated piece was written by Mike Harris. CSU Channel Islands nursing student Jazmin Guajardo has become the university’s first student to be appointed to the CSU Board of Trustees. As the sole student trustee for 2024-26, Guajardo will represent all 450,000 students in the 23-campus Read More →
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