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In an effort to “correct the wrongs of the past,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture has instituted a retroactive claims process for Hispanic and female farmers and ranchers who allege there were denied loans from the agency for discriminatory reasons. Some of the potentially affected claimants are farmers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, October 19th, 2012 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Ch. 7 liquidation clouds Melchiori creditors’ path
Creditors to Santa Barbara-based Melchiori Construction Co. face a potentially long and complicated path to recovering any of the millions of dollars they loaned the firm. The general contractor filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection at 9:02 a.m. on Oct. 16 and listed assets of $50,000 or less and debts between $1 million and $10 Read More →
In a criminal case headed for trial this month, the U.S. Justice Department alleges that Steve Pybrum, a Santa Barbara CPA who appeared on national media networks in the late 1990s, illegally routed revenue through a nonprofit and then falsified his personal income tax returns. Pybrum is set to go on trial Oct. 23 in Read More →
With 7 million uninsured people in California, the implementation of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is sure to be a wild ride for hospitals, health systems and insurance companies across the state — but those organizations are up to the challenge. That was the view of California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who led a discussion Read More →
