40 Under 40 2010 slideshow
This year marked our 10th 40 Under 40 event. The dinner, held Oct. 18 at the Topa Tower Club in Oxnard, was sold out, with about 200 guests on hand to honor our newest class of young business leaders.
SLO volunteers die in Baja plane crash
Four San Luis Obispo County residents on a humanitarian medical trip to Mexico were killed in a plane crash on Oct. 15. The group consisted of Graciela Sarmiento and James Thornton, both doctors from Arroyo Grande Community Hospital; attorney Roger Lyon of Cayucos, who owned the plane and was flying it; and Cal Poly San Read More →
Camarillo chamber CEO to retire
Camarillo Chamber of Commerce President Tom Kelley will step down in January after nearly a decade as head of one of the most dynamic chambers in Ventura County. In a statement from board chair Michael Lavenant, the chamber said Kelley will retire effective Jan. 3, 2011. His accomplishments included bringing Camarillo and its business community Read More →
SLO forecast gets $20K
The new Central Coast Economic Forecast, the successor in San Luis Obispo County to the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, announced Oct. 11 that it has received a $20,000 foundation grant. The grant comes from the Hind Foundation and Greg Hind, one of the founders of the Economic Forecast Project. The Central Coast Economic Forecast’s first Read More →
Auto research center in works in Oxnard
The Oxnard City Council approved a plan Oct. 13 that will allow a state authority to issue $10 million in bonds to a private company that wants to build an automotive research facility in the city. Quattro-Del Norte LLC, the recipient of the bond financing, says the project would create about 100 jobs. The firm Read More →
Mozilo will pay $67.5 million to settle fraud case
Angelo Mozilo, the founder and former CEO of Countrywide Financial, will pay $67.5 million to settle civil charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the largest such settlement in SEC history, the agency said. In a settlement approved in federal court on Oct. 15, Mozilo agreed to pay $22.5 million in penalties and Read More →
