Chumash withdraw land plans; won’t affect Camp 4
Latest newsThe Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians have withdrawn a land plan that the tribe’s opponents feared would make it easier for the tribe to add land into its reservation. The tribe has withdrawn its so-called Tribal Consolidation and Acquisition plan, which outlines more than 11,000 acres outside the tribe’s current reservation to which it Read More →
Brown taps Ventura County as one of state’s ‘innovation hubs’
East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyGov. Jerry Brown has named Ventura and Kern counties among four newly-established innovation hubs designed to spur job growth. The so-called Kern-Ventura i-Hub is designed to foster the growth of high-tech companies in aerospace, energy and other fields and is part of the California iDEA Hub. It will be based in Ridgecrest, in Kern County Read More →
Port extends banana contract
Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyThe Port of Hueneme has secured a five-year extension of its contract with Del Monte Fresh produce, the port’s biggest banana customer. Bananas are the port’s largest import, accounting for about 46 percent of its overall import business by revenue ton, a unit of measure devised to equalize shipments of disparate products. The banana firm Read More →
Tourism roundup: Santa Ynez Valley tourism marketing groups combine forces
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Thomas Aquinas sues over birth-control mandate
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Law & Goverment, NonprofitsSanta Paula-based Thomas Aquinas College has joined with several other Catholic educational institutions in a lawsuit against the federal government over a mandate that the school provide coverage for contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit was filed in Washington D.C. The college’s co-plaintiffs are the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, The Catholic University Read More →
