A summer that changed everything
ColumnsGrab the nearest calendar. Find a sharpie. Put a big thick line through August 2010. For those of us who are neurotic enough to follow the banking game, we are witnessing a once-in-a-decade event: A complete realignment of financial services in the tri-county region. The collapse of Los Padres Bank and its sale to Pacific Read More →
Editorial: Goodbye and good luck
OpinionFor the past six years, we’ve gotten to know and respect Ashish Vaidya, who rose through the ranks to become dean of the faculty at CSU Channel Islands. He’s a thoughtful economist with a knack for reading the thoughts that are in the minds of those in the audience at his public talks on global Read More →
Designed for success: Top minds at RKS Design share their secrets
UncategorizedOver the past 30 years, Thousand Oaks-based RKS Design has proved it knows how to design stuff. It’s won nearly every award in the industrial design world. It’s helped turn around troubled companies. A rethinking of the controls on Amana’s washing machines, for example, added about 30 cents in costs but helped swing the appliance Read More →
Melton
Small BusinessMark Melton has grown his cleaning business into a tidy little tri-county empire over the past decade, sweeping in $19.8 million in revenue last year. Carpinteria-based Melton Franchise Systems, a master franchisor for Coverall Health Based Cleaning Systems and owner of the Molly Maid business in the region, made the No. 19 spot on the Read More →
Public-sector pay data
UNKNOWNPublic-sector top executive pay – For the original story, "Public-sector manager pay adds up," with accompanying charts and data, click here.
Tenants hold all the cards in commercial real estate market
ColumnsIt’s a tenant’s market out there, which means more landlords are offering sweet deals and incentives such as lower rents, built-out spaces or shorter lease terms — anything to attract and retain quality lessees. “Based on the offers we’ve received the tenants definitely know that it’s a tenant market. There’s no such thing as an Read More →
Editorial: A little cooperation isn't enough
OpinionAs you read this editorial, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten’s office is poring over thousands of documents taken abruptly from Oxnard City Hall. Totten hasn’t spelled out exactly what he and federal officials are investigating, but it’s likely that the document search is part of an investigation into whether Oxnard officials broke the law Read More →
