Ventura Oil Field’s 100th anniversary celebrated
About 150 people turned out on April 9 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Ventura Oil Field. Hosted by operator Aera Energy, the event featured cupcakes decorated with the company’s logo. “It’s unusual for an oil field to celebrate a century of operations,” said Christina Sistrunk, Aera president and CEO. With production of 14,000 Read More →
Gannett buys Ventura County Star
Virginia-based Gannett Co. has become the owner of the Ventura County Star, the largest daily newspaper in the balkanized Tri-County media market. Gannett took on the Star on April 8, when it acquired the 15 daily newspapers of the Journal Media Group. The deal closed one day after the Department of Justice gave the green Read More →
SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 off Florida Coast
SpaceX landed a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship for the first time April 8 off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch came only months after a Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base failed to land successfully on a drone ship Jan 17. On Dec. 21, SpaceX landed a Falcon Read More →
CSU agrees to faculty salary increases, averts strike
The California State University system and its faculty narrowly averted the largest strike in the history of U.S. higher education, when the two sides announced an agreement April 8 for across-the-board raises over the next two years. If the CSU trustees and the California Faculty Association’s full membership approve the contract extension, all 26,000 faculty Read More →
Teledyne buys Canada-based CARIS
Thousand Oaks industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies acquired Canada-based CARIS on April 8. Teledyne makes products primarily for the digital imaging, instrumentation, engineered systems and aerospace and defense sectors. Founded in 1979, CARIS develops geospatial software for hydrographic and marine uses. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. “By providing data processing, mapping and geospatial imaging Read More →
Goleta’s Resonant struggling to survive
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SBCC joins Cuesta, Ventura with ‘college promise’
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