Fire damages Semtech plant
UncategorizedCamarillo-based Semtech officials said a July 31 fire occurred at the company’s Reynosa, Mexico fabrication facility and could mean several million dollars in losses. The facility serves the company’s Power Discrete business unit. No injuries were reported from the fire. However, the facility was damaged and some equipment was destroyed. A recovery plan is Read More →
Supervisors oppose hospital
UncategorizedThe Ventura County supervisors Aug. 5 joined the list of area officials who are against the proposed prison hospital near Camarillo. The board voted 4-0 to send a letter to the federal receiver overseeing the California prison health-care system, J. Clark Kelso, urging him to take Camarillo off the list of potential sites for Read More →
Fielding president to retire next year
UncategorizedJudith L. Kuipers, president of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, has announced she is retiring in June 2009. Kuipers has served as president of the university since 2000. An endowment campaign for the university has been established in her honor, and a prominent academic executive search firm has been selected to conduct the Read More →
Free press needed at Olympics
OpinionAnother earthquake has rocked China just before the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. This 6.0 shaker hit an area on Aug. 5 just after the Olympic torch passed through on its way to the games. Some irony can be seen in that. But the real irony is that China’s new media may Read More →
Tri-Counties
OpinionThree important annual events in the Tri-Counties appear to have had successful runs this summer. Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days drew record crowds at its parades, mercados at De la Guerra Plaza and MacKenzie Park and at its rodeos from July 30 to Aug. 3, organizers said. While they haven’t yet added up all Read More →
Coming up for Copeland: San Luis Obispo
ColumnsSince the city of San Luis Obispo’s property in its historic Chinatown district was approved for sale to Copeland Properties for $3.7 million, curious community members are eager to find out what’s next for the long-awaited project. Tom Copeland’s company is expected to submit a revised design for its mixed-use project – which should Read More →
The spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and kicking
ColumnsOne of the reasons why Americans seem to be discontented with the economy is that many of our largest companies seem to have lost the ability to do what Intel and others did so effectively for decades – leapfrog the competition through superior strategy. It’s certainly depressing to see that the hybrid automotive technology, which Read More →
