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Fire rips into Fillmore, north Moorpark areas

By   /  Sunday, September 27th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Fire rips into Fillmore, north Moorpark areas

A nearly 10,000-acre fire was 20 percent contained and had moved from the Fillmore area into northern Moorpark by early Sept. 23, according to the Ventura County Star. About 600 firefighters had assembled to fight the so-called Guiberson Fire, which started Sept. 22 near Fillmore at East Guiberson and Calumet Canyon roads. Two outbuildings have Read More →

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CLU Forum: Bank chiefs see few green shoots

By   /  Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on CLU Forum: Bank chiefs see few green shoots

After taking a pounding from the fast-falling economy and tough-minded regulators this year, community banks in the Tri-Counties are beginning to think they’re at the bottom. But it’s too early to say if the Tri-Counties are in the recovery phase. That’s the view of four top regional bank chief executives who spoke at a Sept. Read More →

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BuenaVentura struggles toward finish line

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on BuenaVentura struggles toward finish line

The complicated legal battle between Banco BuenaVentura and its landlord took another strained step forward as lawyers traded barbs at a hearing on Sept. 14.   During the proceedings, Judge Henry Walsh wondered aloud at the “hidden agendas” in the “hotly contested” dispute surrounding the failed Oxnard bank. He’s not the only one. The legal Read More →

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In with the old

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on In with the old

Network Hardware Resale is in the right business at the right time. For more than a decade, the company’s business plan has been to court its Internet service provider, educational and governmental clients by taking old equipment and bringing it up to date, appealing to groups wanting to keep costs low instead of buying new Read More →

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Duvall escapades spotlight Sacramento

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Duvall escapades spotlight Sacramento

Truly it is a strange bunch of creatures who inhabit the area in and around the state capitol in Sacramento. One day they are passing bogus laws designed to punish those who believe in the free enterprise system. The next day they are squabbling over issues that have nothing to do with our state’s urgent Read More →

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Scripps regroups

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Personal Finance  /  Comments Off on Scripps regroups

In response to plummeting advertising sales, the Ventura County Star’s parent company has completely overhauled its newspaper division, shuffling top management in an effort to cut costs.   The Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps Co. said the reorganization will affect all of its 13 newspapers, which will now report to an operating committee on sales and content. Read More →

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Vote for commerce

By   /  Monday, September 21st, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Vote for commerce

Having just taken our state Legislature to task over incompetence, negligence and malfeasance, we must turn to our readers with a simple request. Find the least worst miscreant in the bunch and vote for him or her. There’s no presidential election this year, which means turnout will be low. But we are voting on city Read More →

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