Tyler Tadevic is losing his house but not his drive. A lifelong motorsports fanatic, he went from cleaning wheels and sweeping up a shop to building and managing his own racing team, Oxnard-based Pacific Coast Motorsports. In just a few short years, it came within fractions of a second of racing in the Indianapolis 500, [...]
When former Chief Executive Officer Michael Long left Move Inc., the company gave him a golden parachute and then some – it paid him for the use of his airplane. Even as shareholders saw losses in recent years, the Westlake Village company paid Long, who left in January, $4.3 million for the business use of [...]
Tri-county Republicans will make a grab for three open assembly seats in 2010, and the primary fight for one just got bigger. Assembly seats in the 33rd, 35th and 37th Assembly Districts – which cover the Tri-Counties – will be without incumbents. Republican Jeff Gorell of Camarillo has made an early move for the Republican [...]
For small businesses, dropping a sales lead every now and then used to be part of life – too many e-mails and inquiries, too little time. But these days, every lead counts, and Santa Barbara-based Moonray is targeting small businesses with new marketing software designed to keep potential customers from slipping away. The Web-based system [...]
As the global meltdown continues to put pressure on regional economies, the Ojai Economy Group may have found a way for citizens to keep the area’s economy vibrant, jobs local and economic relationships face to face. Drawing its inspiration from Western Massachusetts’ successful BerkShares program, the group wants to implement an alternative currency system for [...]
It’s been a memorable year for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, partly for the wrong reasons. Less revenue and a budget shortfall were its initial worries, but severe damage from the Jesusita Fire added grief. Now the popular tourist attraction in the hills above Santa Barbara faces new struggles — yet it also sees new [...]
With its environmentally friendly new headquarters, the American Red Cross of Ventura County is now the first chapter in the country to go green. “Operating green allows the Red Cross to provide for our clients in a variety of ways,” said Chris Johnson, chief executive officer of the American Red Cross of Ventura County. “Aside [...]
With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cutting $5 billion in direct spending to avert insolvency, it is clear that California’s budget crisis will now have a direct and large cost to area businesses. Thousands of retail shops and restaurants across the Tri-Counties will feel an impact from the cuts. Ditto contractors and businesses that provide services to [...]
The million-dollar renovation of the Westlake Medical Center has been completed, and 80 percent of the building’s space has been pre-leased. The two-story, 30,000-square-foot Westlake Medical Center is located within an established medical environment on Agoura Road in Westlake Village. Tony Principe, president of Westlake Village-based Westcord Commercial Real Estate Services, marketing agent for owners [...]
The budget tsunami that’s hit California in the wake of the May 19 vote will take its heaviest toll on smaller cities. Without big industries such as technology or entertainment to cushion the blow, smaller communities will face increased taxes and a money grab by the state to fill budget coffers. In the Central Valley [...]
It’s all smiles and sauvignon in Happy Canyon’s vineyards
Towbes Group grabs Goleta with Groupon-like deals at retailers
Social-media IPOs could launch Golden State sustainability fund
Ventura County brokers hold out ’til 2013 for real recovery
Name changes and new faces at SLO and Oxnard law firms
From apartments to industrial spaces, deals close in the region