AeroVironment chairman to retire
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AeroVironment, a Simi Valley-based drone and robotics company, announced May 11 that its chairman of the board, Tim Conver, plans to retire later this year. He will be replaced as chairman by Wahid Nawabi, AeroVironment’s president and CEO. Conver has been a member of the board since 1988 and chairman since 2007. He was CEO Read More →
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Street Smarts: Dean’s premonition about COVID lands her in spotlight
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Read More →United to fly to Santa Maria in October
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United Airlines has begun booking flights for the fall out of Santa Maria Public Airport, after repeated delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. United had originally planned to open in Santa Maria in June 2020. That was changed to March 2021, and the later date was abandoned as well as the pandemic dragged on. The Read More →
Read More →Good Works: CSUCI gets new art scholarship; Casa Pacifica funds vocational ed program
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An Oxnard nonprofit that grew out of the city’s shuttered Carnegie Art Museum has endowed CSU Channel Islands with a $50,000 scholarship fund for art and art history students. The nonprofit, Carnegie Art Cornerstones, was founded when the museum closed in 2019 due to city budget cuts. Two CSUCI art students chosen each year will Read More →
Read More →805 Law Roundup: Santa Barbara firm disbands
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The Santa Barbara law firm of Fell, Marking, Abkin, Montgomery, Granet & Raney closed effective Feb. 28. It was a “natural winding down,” according to a news release from Frederick “Rick” Montgomery, one of the firm’s co-founders. Montgomery, a family law specialist, opened his own firm in Santa Barbara after Fell Marking closed. Other attorneys Read More →
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Street Smarts: This Mother’s Day, get Mom what she really wants, on the rocks
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Street Smarts: Cal Lutheran startup competition returns, bigger than ever; new leader for CARP Growers
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