Jafra hires new CEO
UncategorizedJafra Cosmetics International, based in Westlake Village, announced the appointment of Friedrich Kroos as president and chief executive officer. His appointment is effective late January 2009. In his new role, Kroos reports directly to the executive board of Vorwerk, Jafra’s Germany-based parent company, and is responsible for the overall management of the direct selling Read More →
DoubleTree gets new GM
UncategorizedFess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort & Hotel in Santa Barbara announced March 3 that Matthew La Vine had been named its general manager. In his new position, he will lead the resort’s 350 employees and oversee administration, human resources, food and beverage operations, sales and marketing, reservations, revenue management and guest services. La Vine comes to Read More →
Solar farm sees bright spot
UncategorizedA plan to build Topaz Solar Farm in San Luis Obispo jolted back to life March 2 when an Arizona solar company announced it had acquired multiple large solar projects from OptiSolar, a Hayward-based solar panel manufacturer. OptiSolar had planned to build utility-scale projects but was forced to lay off 300 people when it Read More →
ECO:nomics Conference Multimedia
UNKNOWNFormer Vice President Al Gore warned of climate change’s immediate dangers and said the development of alternative energies — and smart distribution of them — can be as prolific as the Internet’s effect on information technology. He was the headliner of the Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics conference March 4 to 6 at the Bacara Resort Read More →
Business by the beach – New merchants bud in Carpinteria
UncategorizedPut Carpinteria down as one city that’s not tossing in the towel. The city of 16,000 boasts one of the oldest assets in the history of real estate — a prime location. Situated roughly halfway between Santa Barbara and Ventura — and in close proximity to office parks in Goleta, Oxnard and Camarillo — it Read More →
Forecast crew quits UCSB for Cal Lutheran
UncategorizedWith economic forecasting guru Bill Watkins and his team leaving the University of California, Santa Barbara, to join California Lutheran University’s business school, the Thousand Oaks campus gets instant name recognition and a potentially powerful magnet for fundraising. And Ventura County business leaders will face a tough choice – keep their sponsorship dollars flowing toward Read More →
Region attracts oil firms
UncategorizedOil prices have crashed and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has clamped down on new drilling within federal lands and waters, but one firm has hit a gusher using a new approach to a decades-old oil lease in Oxnard. Tri-Valley Corp. has drilled seven wells at its Pleasant Valley site in Oxnard, and so far Read More →
