Library plans to party hearty for Reagan 100th
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, December 27th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Library plans to party hearty for Reagan 100th
The Reagan Library in Simi Valley anticipates an uptick in visitors for the 40th president’s centennial celebration
Orfaleas to give $1M to Ventura College program
By Staff Report / Monday, December 20th, 2010 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Orfaleas to give $1M to Ventura College program
The charitable foundations of Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea announced a $1 million donation on Dec. 20 to the Child Development Center at Ventura College, the biggest gift in the community college’s 85-year history. Early childhood education is one of the focal points of The Orfalea Foundations, which consists of two funds started by Orfalea and Read More →
Editorial: $152M courthouse is a stimulating development
By Editorial Board / Monday, December 20th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Editorial: $152M courthouse is a stimulating development
The state judicial branch should focus on helping the local economy along as it builds its $152 million courthouse in Santa Barbara
Ojai Oil Co. goes from black gold to organic olives
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Features, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Ojai Oil Co. goes from black gold to organic olives
Ojai Oil Co.’s 110-year history is as rich as the black gold bubbling up into the Ojai Valley, but the fourth generation of the company is moving away from crude oil to find new fortunes in olive oil. Ojai Oil, headquartered in Camarillo, was started in 1900 by the late Charles Off and 25 original Read More →
Business pressure could kill 1099 rule
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, November 15th, 2010 / Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Business pressure could kill 1099 rule
Among the many political casualties of mid-term elections this year may be an obscure tax-reporting rule that it seems no one — even people within the IRS itself — will miss. The 1099 rule, as it has come to be known, was a little-noticed part of the health-care legislation passed earlier this year. It requires Read More →
Banks in no rush to repay TARP money
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 8th, 2010 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories / Comments Off on Banks in no rush to repay TARP money
Two years after the U.S. Treasury Department rolled out its Troubled Asset Relief Program, the federal rescue plan for banks, eight of the nine banks based in the Tri-Counties that took those funds have not yet repaid them. The one bank in the region that has repaid its TARP funds — Santa Barbara-based Pacific Capital Read More →
SLO mortgage lenders file personal bankruptcy
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 8th, 2010 / Features, Top Stories / Comments Off on SLO mortgage lenders file personal bankruptcy
The former president of now-defunct mortgage lender Cameron Financial Group has filed for personal bankruptcy, listing $33.1 million in debts and $2.6 million in assets. E. Shannon Faries and his wife, Olivia Faries, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Sept. 29, listing mostly debts from their now-bankrupt company, which was based in San Luis Obispo. Read More →
