EPA fines two Ventura County auto parts companies for emission control violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced settlements with four California automotive parts distributors, including two based in Ventura County, for violations of the Clean Air Act. No Limit Enterprises in Moorpark, while doing business as No Limit Fabrication and No Limit Diesel, made and sold tuner-related products and other parts designed to bypass, defeat or Read More →
805 Law Roundup: Santa Barbara firm disbands
The Santa Barbara law firm of Fell, Marking, Abkin, Montgomery, Granet & Raney closed effective Feb. 28. It was a “natural winding down,” according to a news release from Frederick “Rick” Montgomery, one of the firm’s co-founders. Montgomery, a family law specialist, opened his own firm in Santa Barbara after Fell Marking closed. Other attorneys Read More →
H-1B freeze lifted, but most foreign workers still locked out
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Fight over Ventura County COVID records headed to court
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Bookkeeper sentenced in embezzlement cases
Laura Leonard, a Simi Valley office manager and bookkeeper who was convicted of grand theft and embezzlement, was sentenced April 28 to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to pay restitution. Leonard was an office manager for Simi Valley-based Protek CNC Sales. The company discovered she was embezzling funds in 2019, and Read More →
Dispute between Biltmore hotel, furloughed employees headed to mediation
At the end of the month, the executives and furloughed employees from Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara will sit down for a mediation, the latest step in a conflict between the two parties over whether the workers are owed severance from the Biltmore’s closure. The hotel closed in March 2020 and has remained Read More →
Orcutt wine bar owner faces criminal charges
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