The owners of 200 acres of farmland along the Oxnard plain claim a Bakersfield oil company polluted their water through drilling leases on their land and then failed to tell the investing public about it, scuttling a deal to sell the ranch for $15 million. In a complaint filed Nov. 29 in Ventura County Superior Read More →
Santa Barbara-based Magellan’s Travel Supplies and Colorado Bag’n Baggage are joining forces to battle the difficult retail climate. The two companies, both of which are considered leaders in the U.S. luggage and travel products industry, announced the merger on Dec. 1. Magellan’s operates mainly as a catalog business, with a customer base of 1.8 million Read More →
Seven years after Christine Barlow’s son was born with a birth defect, the baby bottle business she launched to help other infants avoid the same problem is up and running.