Public-sector manager pay adds up: We reveal comp of region's top execs
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 30th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Public-sector manager pay adds up: We reveal comp of region's top execs
Lompoc City Administrator Laurel Barcelona and Moorpark City Manager Steve Kueny run cities of about the same size, but their paychecks are in different weight classes. Barcelona took home $166,557 in pay and benefits last year, while Kueny’s compensation was 73 percent higher, at $288,583. Lompoc and Moorpark are both bedroom communities with roughly 40,000 Read More →
Headquarter hunting: Ventura covets a big corporate employer
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Headquarter hunting: Ventura covets a big corporate employer
The city of Ventura seems to have it all: beaches, a burgeoning arts scene, a revitalized downtown, some of the region’s largest retail centers and relatively affordable housing. But if there’s one thing the city lacks, it’s corporate headquarters. The Camarillo-Oxnard corridor hosts publicly traded firms such as Semtech, Power-One and CalAmp. From Carpinteria to Read More →
Ruling on Chumash property key to Santa Ynez Valley future
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Ruling on Chumash property key to Santa Ynez Valley future
The fate of a 6.9-acre plot near the Chumash Casino could determine the future shape of the Santa Ynez Valley, one of the top tourist destinations in the Tri-Counties. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is working to annex the parcel to build a cultural center, museum and 27,600-square-foot, two-story commercial building. Whether the Read More →
Pay disupte breaks out at wind firm
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pay disupte breaks out at wind firm
A pay dispute has broken out between Continental Wind Power and two of its former engineering consultants, as timelines for the Carpinteria company’s plans to build wind turbines in Santa Paula stretch into the future. In a lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, William Miller and Rain Byars say they were not paid Read More →
ValueClick makes its move
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on ValueClick makes its move
With its $42 million acquisition of the financial website Investopedia and a new plan to put its data to work for big digital ad campaigns, Westlake Village-based ValueClick is aiming to give its online display advertising business a big boost. It’s an essential strategy, analysts say, because ValueClick faces aggressive competition in display ads from Read More →
Dynacorn muscles in: Classic car firm grows in Ventura County
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Dynacorn muscles in: Classic car firm grows in Ventura County
Oxnard-based Dynacorn International is revving up for a move into bigger environs. For the past 26 years, the company has supplied parts and even whole body shells for classic muscle cars, the big-block, deep-throated monsters that came out in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later this year, Dynacorn will move from its 60,000-square-foot space Read More →
Pressure on at Los Padres Bank
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pressure on at Los Padres Bank
Capital is king — that’s the new mantra for community banks the country over. In the Tri-Counties, Solvang-based Los Padres Bank is on the brink of a possible takeover, as regulators placed it under a new order telling it to shore up its capital levels, be merged or acquired, or potentially face regulatory seizure. Other Read More →
