City National Bank opens Westlake Village office
City National Bank announced on April 7 the opening of its new Westlake Village office. The subsidiary of Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada has been steadily growing its retail, commercial and wealth management presence in Ventura County. Its new 2,700-square-foot office at 3027 Townsgate Road will serve clients in Westlake and surrounding communities in Los Angeles Read More →
Read More →EDC suing California Resources for alleged contamination of Ventura waterways
The Environmental Defense Center is suing the California Resources Corporation for allegedly contaminating Ventura waterways with polluted storm water runoff. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court on April 5, claims CRC violated the Clean Water Act at its 5,757-acre South Mountain oil field, where it conducts oil exploration and development activities near the city Read More →
Read More →Santa Barbara entrepreneur Ziouani launches another company
Santa Barbara serial entrepreneur Said Ziouani launched another company April 6. Ziouani is CEO of Anchore, a new Santa Barbara company that provides a portal for security teams, inspectors and shippers to ensure proper containers get deployed to the proper place. The company was founded with $2 million in seed funding from Doug Carlisle, managing Read More →
Read More →Venoco suing Plains for $12 million over Refugio oil spill pipeline closures
Denver-based Venoco, an oil and gas producer with significant operations in the Tri-Counties, is suing Plains All American Pipeline for more than $12 million in damages. Venoco is suing the Houston-based energy infrastructure company responsible for the Refugio oil spill for the continued loss of profits that stemmed from the shut down of Line 901 Read More →
Read More →Camarillo’s Salem Media acquires Retirement Watch
Camarillo-based Christian and conservative radio operator Salem Media Group acquired RetirementWatch.com and Retirement Watch newsletter on April 4. Salem announced the deal just before markets opened. Retirement Watch offers independent research and advice about retirement planning. The site provides information about the financial aspects of retirement planning: investments, Social Security and estate planning, among others. Read More →
Read More →California Lutheran University launching startup incubator
California Lutheran University will launch an incubator out of its entrepreneurship center in Westlake Village, the school announced April 4. The school opened the California Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship in 2014 as a co-working space for regional entrepreneurs. A contractor ran the facility until Cal Lutheran took over operations last summer. The new incubator, Read More →
Read More →Vandenberg officials tour Cal Poly’s miniature satellite program
Vandenberg Air Force Base officials met with staff and students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s PolySat program April 1. The program makes miniature satellites for research missions that are then launched in excess payload spaces of larger satellites. Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Professor Jordi Puig-Suari created the program in 1999 and gave a tour Read More →
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