Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Opinion Oxnard is the biggest city in the biggest county in the tri-county region. It has a pro-business attitude, plenty of land and utility resources, a large and eager workforce and a desire to lead the state’s economic recovery. But that apparently means nothing in Sacramento, where the California Enterprise Zone Program recently turned down Oxnard’s Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Top Stories Amid some of the largest shake-ups to hit the tri-county banking world, one area bank has emerged seemingly unscathed. Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp, holding company of Heritage Oaks Bank, which also includes Business First Bank, has seen its stock price surge by almost 40 percent year-to-date — a sharp contrast to the performance of Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Top Stories Tri-county consumers are cutting back on extravagant toys as their investments diminish and jobs grow less secure. But while big motorcycles may be experiencing a slump in sales, those looking to lower their expenses are seeking out small scooters as a pragmatic way of around-town transportation. “We’re seeing a lot of inconsistency,” said Carlin Dunne, Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Top Stories A wrongful death lawsuit unfolding in a Santa Barbara courtroom is shedding light on the final days in the life of the late Michael Klein, the fast-rising Santa Barbara hedge fund manager who died along with his daughter and a pilot in an airplane crash in Panama on Dec. 23, 2007. Kim Klein, Michael Klein’s Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Top Stories A U.S. Trustee has moved one step closer to recovering some of the $2.8 million that creditors to bankrupt developer R.W. Hertel & Sons say they are owed. In a document filed in bankruptcy court Aug. 31, Trustee Sandra McBeth said she’d located assets of R.W. Hertel & Sons and planned to divvy them up Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Columns Would the last person in Dos Vientos please turn out the lights? That’s what some residents of the toney subdivision in Thousand Oaks were wondering not so very long ago as the Conejo Valley underwent a series of economic tremors. First, struggling mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corp. was sold at near fire-sale prices to Bank Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, August 31st, 2009
Small Business Go to the Plug Nickel Restaurant for lunch during the work-week, and you’ll likely see a lot of suits and ties. The charming Westlake Village restaurant, known for its atmospheric dining, has sat tucked away in the city’s industrial park for 33 years. And now, the family-run business, which takes pride in offering its patrons Read More →
