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Taking it to the streets

By   /  Friday, August 29th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Taking it to the streets

After a career as a top executive at firms such as IBM and Cylink, Fernand Sarrat left the corporate world and decided in mid-2007 to start the Collaborative Communities Foundation to help young people stay out of trouble in Santa Barbara. “I’m from El Salvador and look what the gangs there have done,” Sarrat said Read More →

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Trans fats aren

By   /  Friday, August 29th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Trans fats aren

While public health officials say they are happy about a state crackdown on trans fats, a new law may mean some bread products will get a recipe overhaul. In the Tri-Counties, doughnuts are bearing the brunt of the burden, as the new measure requires that all oil, shortening or margarine containing these partially hydrogenated vegetable Read More →

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Camarillo hospital opposed

By   /  Friday, August 29th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Camarillo hospital opposed

Since the Ventura Youth Correction Facility in Camarillo was identified in June as a potential site for a new prison hospital facility by Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso, the community has been up in arms about the negative implications associated with the project. The Camarillo City Council was scheduled Aug. 27 to recommend authorization of Read More →

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Tough economy leads to suits over jobs

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From Westlake Village to Paso Robles, employment attorneys say they see a rise of 30 percent in legal claims of wrongful termination over the past year. “Because of tough economic times, we’re seeing employers doing reductions in force, trying to eliminate weaker employees,” said Jonathan Fraser Light, chairman of the employment and labor law group Read More →

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Oil drilling backed – Santa Barbara Co. letter is symbolic reversal

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Business officials expressed support for a symbolic gesture calling on Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger to lift a decades-old moratorium on trying to get more fuel from he Santa Barbara Channel. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 26 in favor of sending a letter to the governor requesting him to support President Bush’s call Read More →

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Multimedia

By   /  Thursday, August 28th, 2008  /  UNKNOWN  /  Comments Off on Multimedia

  To view Pacific Coast Business Times exclusive multimedia (video, photos, etc.), click on an event below. Spirit of Small Business 2009 photo gallery    

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Watch out for fakes

By   /  Thursday, August 21st, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Watch out for fakes

Ventura County residents should be wary of a spate of mailings offering to file property tax reassessments for a fee, according to a Consumer Protection Alert issued by District Attorney Gregory D. Totten on Aug. 19. Labeled “Property Tax Reassessment” and “Property Tax Adjustment Service,” the solicitations neglect to mention that people can file their Read More →

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