Coast Guard says it will enforce new safety rules to prevent another deadly boat fire
The U.S. Coast Guard says it will require interconnected smoke detectors, night watch patrols and other safety measures recommended for small passenger boats after the deadly fire on board the Conception dive boat in the Santa Barbara Channel in 2019. In a Feb. 10 letter to the National Transportation Safety Board, Coast Guard Vice Admiral Read More →
Stoker sues his former EPA boss over dismissal
Mike Stoker, a Carpinteria resident and former regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is suing his former EPA bosses on defamation charges in federal court. The Pacific Coast Business Times reached out to both Stoker and Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of then-President Donald Trump’s EPA while Stoker was a regional administrator. Neither was Read More →
Our View: Ventura County enters the post-Totten era
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Guilty pleas in $2 million unemployment fraud case in Santa Barbara County
Three people have pleaded guilty in Santa Barbara County to multiple counts of felony unemployment benefit fraud and identity theft, in just one example of the type of fraud that has cost the state tens of billions of dollars during the pandemic. The three defendants were Gordon Alan Welterlen and Nicole Michelle Milan, of San Read More →
State ups unemployment fraud estimate into tens of billions
At least 10% and perhaps as much as 27% of the unemployment benefits paid by the state of California during the pandemic were fraudulent, according to new report from the California Economic Development Department. The department processed 19.5 million claims and paid $114 billion in benefits between March 2020 and Jan. 16, 2021, according to Read More →
Hotels hit with lawsuits from ‘ADA tester’ over website descriptions
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Ag, oil fight Ventura County general plan
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