Ventura-based bra maker Fashion Forms is moving to Austin, Texas
By Staff Report / Friday, July 17th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura-based bra maker Fashion Forms is moving to Austin, Texas
Ventura-based bra maker Fashion Forms is moving to Austin, Texas. “I am moving my headquarters and have bought a home in Austin as well, so I will be working out of there,” CEO Ann Deal said in an email to the Business Times. “This transition will be roughly October or November of this year.” The Read More →
Ventura demonstrates water treatment facility
By Philip Joens / Thursday, July 16th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura demonstrates water treatment facility
The water was clear on July 16 at the Ventura Potable Water Reuse Demonstration Facility, though it wasn’t always clear. The city of Ventura officially opened the demonstration facility Thursday morning on a tour for media and other selected guests. The facility takes treated waste water and treats it even more, which turns it into Read More →
As the world turns, so does the U.S. economy
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 10th, 2015 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on As the world turns, so does the U.S. economy
What in the world is going on? At press time, the New York Stock Exchange was having technical difficulties, United Airlines had just resumed flying after a computer malfunction, Greece was on the precipice of leaving the Eurozone and China’s stock market was in a free fall. That’s a heck of an interruption to what Read More →
Ventura land sale to homebuilder gives UC money for ag project
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, July 10th, 2015 / Agribusiness, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura land sale to homebuilder gives UC money for ag project
A Santa Clarita-based homebuilder and developer has purchased a large chunk of agricultural land in the city of Ventura for $13.1 million. The roughly 36-acre parcel located at the southeast corner of Saticoy Avenue and Telegraph Road was sold to Williams Homes — the top bidder for the land — and comes with entitlements to Read More →
Ventura BioCenter provides facilities, equipment for startups
By Philip Joens / Friday, July 3rd, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura BioCenter provides facilities, equipment for startups
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Pepperdine-Westmont MBA partnership launched in Santa Barbara
By Staff Report / Friday, July 3rd, 2015 / Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits / Comments Off on Pepperdine-Westmont MBA partnership launched in Santa Barbara
Westmont Downtown, the new center in the Hutton Parker Foundation building in Santa Barbara, will host a two-year, part-time MBA program through the Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management. Starting this fall, the Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School Fully Employed MBA program allows recent undergraduates with limited work experience to advance their career Read More →
Dubroff: Litigation, criminal probe could put squeeze on oil pipeline operator
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 3rd, 2015 / Central Coast, Columns, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Dubroff: Litigation, criminal probe could put squeeze on oil pipeline operator
When Barry Cappello litigates, people listen. Which is why his June 23 lawsuit seeking class action status and unspecified damages against Plains All American Pipeline may prove to be a turning point in the sorry history of the Refugio oil spill. “It was a disaster waiting to happen again and again,” is the way Cappello Read More →