Oxnard expected to OK deal with Rams for spring practices
Latest newsThe Oxnard City Council is expected to approve a contract with the Los Angeles Rams at a meeting Feb. 23. The Rams would hold spring practices at the River Ridge Fields, near River Ridge Golf Course, from April 18 through June 17. The city expects to net about $75,000. According to the contract between the Read More →
Founder Hani Zeini resigns from Sientra board of directors
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsSientra Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Nugent sent a letter to plastic surgeons on Feb. 19 announcing that the Goleta breast implant maker’s founder and former CEO Hani Zeini has resigned from Sientra’s board of directors. “We will be forever grateful to Hani for his vision and unwavering dedication to Sientra since its founding. Hani has been incredibly Read More →
Chase Bar and Grill in Santa Barbara changes ownership
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Small BusinessChase Bar and Grill in downtown Santa Barbara has changed ownership with the help of Community West Bank and Cal Coastal. Jackie Mathis is the new owner and George Merino was the restaurant’s former owner. Mathis is a Camarillo resident who served in the U.S. Air Force, where he managed food and beverage operations. Merino Read More →
Oxnard’s Clean Diesel Technologies gets delisting notice
Energy, Latest news, TechnologyOxnard-based Clean Diesel Technologies received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq Feb. 12 because it’s stock price was not above the $1 minimum listing price. Clean Diesel Technologies makes diesel emission control systems for cars and other diesel powered vehicles. The company made the announcement in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission after Read More →
Study claims short-term rentals in SB County generated $471.6 million in 2014
Latest news, South Coast, TourismA new study backed by vacation rental owners and a popular vacation rental platform claims that short-term rentals accounted for more than $471.6 million in economic activity throughout Santa Barbara County in 2014. The study was commissioned by Home Away, an Austin, Texas-based vacation rental marketplace with more than one million vacation rental listings in Read More →
Minuteman III missile to launch from Vandenberg AFB
Latest news, TechnologyAn operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled between 11 p.m. Feb. 20 and 5 a.m. Feb. 21 from north Vandenberg Air Force Base. The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the Read More →
Ceres corn traits do not require USDA oversight
Agribusiness, Latest newsThousand Oaks ag-biotech company Ceres said the U.S. Department of Agriculture told the company Feb. 17 that several corn traits Ceres developed do not need to be regulated under a USDA mandate. For years, Ceres developed genetically modified crops for use in biofuels. Last June, the company switched its focus to developing genetically modified crops Read More →
