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Editorial Department


| Monday, April 19th, 2010

Oxnard readies for its closeup

Top Stories

Oxnard is ready for a make-over. The city, tired of being perceived as nothing more than acres of crop fields and a hotbed of crime, is rebranding itself — although it doesn’t yet know what it wants to look like when all is said and done. The citywide effort is in collaboration with Destination Development Read More →

| Monday, April 19th, 2010

Farm water fight comes to Central Coast

Top Stories

Central Coast farmers are banding together to oppose what they call a “drastic and extreme” reworking of agricultural water rules. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board regulates water in a seven-county swath of the coast that includes San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, as well as coastal areas farther north. The region Read More →

| Monday, April 19th, 2010

Ambitious Evergreen Village project takes root in Santa Maria

Columns

Evergreen Village is the latest addition to Santa Maria’s portfolio of ambitious projects. The 52,421-square-foot center, which will be located along Highway 135 between Santa Maria and Orcutt, will replace the 50-year-old Evergreen Center with five new office and retail buildings. The development broke ground on its first phase in November and is well under Read More →

| Friday, April 16th, 2010

From the editor: SEC finally cracks down

Opinion

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s April 16 complaint against Goldman Sachs for failing to disclose the near-certainty of failure in the synthetic debt products it sold under the Abacus brand is an important first step in restoring a fair and equitable balance of power in the financial system. Allowing a select club of investment Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Hotel could change hands

Uncategorized

The 135-room Country Inn & Suites in Port Hueneme might change hands soon as its owners face foreclosure on $53.2 million in debt. The loan dispute is between two obscure partnerships that ultimately lead to the Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse, two of the largest investment banks in the world. It also represents Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Tri-county tech stocks make market moves

Uncategorized

Ventura County tech companies inked big sales, swung back to profits and traded at heavy volumes in early April. Oxnard-based CalAmp Corp., a communications gear firm, signed contracts for $15.2 million in new wireless networks sales, sending shares up. After paring itself down to basics and tightening its manufacturing to deal with heavy losses, Camarillo-based Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

When the going gets tough

Women Inc.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Kelly Magne knows that as she watches the clock and sips on a soda. Every day at four o’clock, the president and chief executive officer of Jensen Audio Visual clears her late afternoon schedule for her most important appointment: visiting her husband. Since January, Magne has Read More →