Thousand Oaks real estate firm manager arrested on charges of stealing $1M from business
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department arrested the former operations manager of Aviara Real Estate in Thousand Oaks on July 26, on suspicion of stealing more than $1 million from the business, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department announced July 26. Dana Hiscock Vines was arrested in Malibu and faces 18 felony counts of grand theft, the Read More →
Santa Barbara County business owners bend Carbajal’s ear on inflation, economy
With rising prices and subsequent disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in the Tri-Counties are facing a tsunami of challenges. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, hosted in-person roundtables with business owners and chamber of commerce leaders in San Luis Obispo on July 22 and in Santa Barbara on July 25, to discuss Read More →
New slide in Pismo Beach brings more than a dozen lawsuits against city, contractors
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House approves funding for Highway 101 widening from Goleta to Ventura
A massive project to expand lanes on Highway 101 between Santa Barbara and Ventura received a slice of federal funding recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, after lobbying by Congressman Salud Carbajal. Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, announced on July 21 that he had secured more than $16.6 million in federal money for projects in his district Read More →
Fillmore taxpayers will end up paying twice for dog park
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Prosecutors say Thousand Oaks fraud suspect may have gambled with investor funds
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Federal rule change could make it easier to keep Diablo Canyon open
A tweak in U.S. Department of Energy rules for receiving some of the proposed $6 billion in funds to give nuclear plants extra running time could help give the Diablo Canyon plant near San Luis Obispo some additional years of power generation. Bloomberg News has reported that the DOE is “proposing changes requested by California Read More →
