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By Editorial Board / Friday, June 20th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: $37.2M tagged for critical jobs training at region’s colleges
While its higher-education system remains far short of optimal funding, California’s improved budget prospects are creating niche opportunities aimed at vocational and technical training. A trio of projects, two from Ventura County and one from San Luis Obispo, are among the 39 winning proposals for a one-time $250 million competitive grant program offered through the Read More →
In a little over a year, investors have twice shown confidence in the turnaround of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. On June 17, the company netted proceeds of $26.7 million by selling 8.6 million shares of common stock.
Mike Panesis, a key player in entrepreneurship circles who heads the biggest collegiate business-pitch contest in the region, is leaving UC Santa Barbara for a post at California Lutheran University.
Gold’s Gym Oxnard and its owner, Noel Thompson, have been ordered to pay $6 million in civil penalties and restitution, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten said in a June 17 statement. According to the district attorney’s complaint, Thompson’s businesses violated several consumer-protection laws by collecting money on void and illegal contracts, charging gym members’ Read More →
