
Cities weigh cost of hosting US cycling’s main attraction
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, March 6th, 2015 / Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Cities weigh cost of hosting US cycling’s main attraction

Host cities beef up for pay-to-play Amgen Tour

Camarillo skin care firm is Ventura County’s second B Corp.
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, February 27th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Camarillo skin care firm is Ventura County’s second B Corp.

Camarillo-based Wholly Hemp follows Patagonia model; donates 25 percent of profits to a microloan program serving small business owners in rural Africa

Startup investment platform takes root in Westlake Village
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 27th, 2015 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Startup investment platform takes root in Westlake Village

INVST hopes to stimulate investment activity by allowing giving institutional-grade funds an online presence.

Bren School students get grant for biochar project
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 20th, 2015 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on Bren School students get grant for biochar project

A startup spun out of UC Santa Barbara is seeking to use the ashes of forest burns to give new life to farmers’ fields.

RVPlusYou rides rental craze
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, February 20th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on RVPlusYou rides rental craze

The Nipomo group riffs off the highly successful short-term rental market tapped by sharing economy darling Airbnb.

State files suit against Santa Paula environmental cleanup firm
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Law & Goverment, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on State files suit against Santa Paula environmental cleanup firm
The California Water Resources Control Board has taken an environmental contracting firm in Santa Paula to court, claiming the company overcharged the public in collecting some $17 million in payments for petroleum cleanups during the past eight years.

Growing the logical way
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Growing the logical way

LogicMonitor now has about 1,000 customers, which means more like 10,000 companies are using the software since many of its clients are managed service providers, including Symquest and CIO Solutions.