Smith
ColumnsIt’s fair to say the late Martin V. “Bud” Smith blazed a trail across Ventura County. Starting with a small hamburger stand at the Los Angeles County line, the entrepreneur-developer left behind a diversified real estate empire and a reputation for being a low-key operator whose handshake was something you could take to the bank. Read More →
Business and technology leaders honored
ColumnsIt’s time again for the South Coast Business & Technology Awards Dinner. The dinner is the premier networking event of early summer in Santa Barbara, and all the proceeds fund scholarships for business and technology students at Westmont College, Santa Barbara City College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. With about 65 corporate sponsors Read More →
Time to bring more power to the people
OpinionNot so very long ago, California’s weak power grid made it the laughing stock of the nation. But, thanks to poor public policy choices over the past decade, the rest of the country has caught up to us. Now, President Barack Obama has hired Steven Chu, a top University of California scientist, to lead the Read More →
Youth organizations strengthen
OpinionThere is a considerable youth movement happening at United Way organizations up and down the region — and that’s a welcome sign. Until just a few years ago, United Way groups were getting more and more dependent on two groups of supporters — large corporate employers and wealthy individuals, typically retirees who often were the Read More →
Pomeroy indicted
UncategorizedNikki Pomeroy, a former officer and director of Southwest Exchange Co. of Henderson, Nev., was indicted on 11 felony counts of embezzlement and 11 felony counts of serving as an unlawful intermediary in a tax-free exchange. The indictment was made by the Nevada attorney general’s office. A separate class-action suit accuses her father, Southwest Exchange Read More →
Gottschalks starts liquidating
UncategorizedGottschalks is expected to begin liquidation sales and to close by July 15 after the company announced March 30 that a group of liquidators won a court-supervised auction for the business. Gottschalks operates 58 department stores in California, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho. Its largest market is California, where it has 38 stores, including Read More →
CLU guarantees four years
UncategorizedA four-year education at California Lutheran University is now guaranteed, the school’s officials announced. If students have to spend any more than four years, the school said it will pick up the tab. The “4 to Finish” program is designed to help families save money, especially those affected by the current economic crisis. The program Read More →
