Owning the spotlight: Snappt corners the AI fraud market for the real estate industry
Daniel Berlind, the founder and CEO of Ojai-based Snappt, is used to the grind. For six years, Berlind attempted to live out the dreams of millions of kids across the country and break into the show that is Major League Baseball. A byproduct of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Berlind was a solid pitcher, being Read More →
Cottage Health to build 204 affordable homes for employees
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Prop 33 puts housing prospects at risk
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Oxnard accused of mismanaging sweepers’ pay
The Ventura County Taxpayers Association is alleging that the city of Oxnard had no legal justification to give its street sweepers an enormous pay raise to almost $200,000 annually in salary and benefits. “We’re at a loss as to why the city of Oxnard would so dramatically increase the cost of this service for apparently Read More →
Bold action by Fed increases odds of soft landing
The Federal Reserve began its historic pivot on Sept. 18 moving to unwind interest rates and stave off recession. The 50-basis point move on Sept. 18 met Wall Street expectations for bold action and was greeted with relief and rising stock prices. In remarks after the meeting Chair Jay Powell talked about the Fed’s confidence Read More →
Judge rules in favor of Gallegly, against CLU
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Sept. 19. A judge ruled Sept. 17 that there is a contractual basis for the establishment of a replica of former Congressman Elton Gallegly’s office on the California Lutheran University campus in Thousand Oaks. “The court has been asked to determine if there is a contractual basis for Read More →
Agilent doubles down on Carpinteria presence
Agilent Technologies, a supplier of laboratory medical equipment to the biotechnology industry, is an extremely largecompany headquartered in Santa Clara — but to the people of Santa Barbara County, the company has long had a presence in Carpinteria. On Sept. 9, the company decided to double down on that presence announcing the opening of its Biopharma CDx Read More →
