Rams executive says team on mission to help Conejo Valley
Los Angeles Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff spoke about a mission to help the Conejo Valley community, area businesses and California Lutheran University on Sept. 16. Demoff talked about the vision the team has for expanding football in the region, Olympic and Super Bowl bids for the Rams’ new Inglewood Stadium and the challenges Read More →
Dubroff: Brown’s bid to fight climate change will be his legacy
Gov. Jerry Brown has doubled down on his bet that climate change is the biggest issue facing California for the long run. That’s the message from a just-ended legislative session that extended the state’s greenhouse gas emission rules to include a reduction that’s 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The state already is on Read More →
Lakers to hold training camp in Santa Barbara
The Los Angeles Lakers will hold training camp in Santa Barbara for the first time since 1999. The Lakers announced the news in a news release late Sept. 15. The six day camp will run from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 at Robertson Gymnasium on the UC Santa Barbara campus. On Aug. 25 university official Read More →
Venoco offers early end to offshore oil production if it can draw more sooner
Updated Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m.: Venoco has proposed to bring an early end to its offshore oil and gas production if the company’s Lease Line Adjustment Project is approved. Denver-based Venoco, which has significant operations in Santa Barbara County, proposed on Sept. 16 that it would hand its offshore oil leases back to the Read More →
Mayors urge CPUC to deny PG&E proposal to close Diablo Canyon
A group of mayors from six San Luis Obispo County cities asked the California Public Utilities Commission to deny a proposal to close the Diablo Canyon Power Plant because the proposal does not fully outline steps to be taken to mitigate effects of the closure. In a request filed with the utilities commission on Sept. Read More →
QAD announces quarterly dividend
QAD announced a quarterly dividend of 7.2 cents per share for Class A common stock and 6 cents per share for Class B common stock on Sept. 15. QAD has declared the same dividend for 13 of the past 14 quarters. Headed by QAD President and Chairman Pamela Lopker and her husband and CEO Karl Read More →
Rocket carrying satellite to launch Sept. 16 from Vandenberg Air Force Base
An Atlas V rocket once destined for Mars will instead carry an observation satellite into orbit when it blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sept. 16. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space and Security, will launch the WorldView-4 observation satellite into orbit on Read More →
