Hold that thought: Thousand Oaks entrepreneur Turpel pens book
Pete Turpel opens “Holding Power,” his recently released book, with a story about how he did something all of us think about doing — sometimes more than once a day. He threw away his smart phone. In fairness to smart phones, it was a BlackBerry, a less cool and perhaps more intrusive device than the Read More →

Big Yellow House gets splash of paint and lays out welcome mat
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CMH takes $350M, goes to next level
For decades, midtown Ventura has been a health care hub for Ventura County, but it’s a vision that’s gone largely unrecognized as the city grew up around Community Memorial Hospital.

Aiming high: Hugh O’Brian nonprofit teaches youth leadership
Actor Hugh O’Brian, who portrayed frontier lawman Wyatt Earp on television in the 1950s, has a youth leadership organized based in Ventura County.

Bacara’s new outlook: Resort’s buyers reveal their plans
The new owners of Bacara Resort & Spa say they want to put a fresh and friendlier face on the region’s largest luxury hotel.







