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Downtown Oxnard shops struggle against The Collection’s clout

By   /  Friday, July 25th, 2014  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Downtown Oxnard shops struggle against The Collection’s clout

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How Mission & State became foundation’s Mission Impossible

By   /  Friday, July 18th, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on How Mission & State became foundation’s Mission Impossible

It’s time to hit “pause” on the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Mission & State public-interest journalism project. That’s not just my view. At a packed community meeting with representation from a half-dozen media organizations in the area, Lois Mitchell, president of The Orfalea Foundation, a program funder, urged the foundation to suspend a controversial contract that Read More →

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L.A. developer snaps up Isla Vista complex for $6M

By   /  Friday, July 18th, 2014  /  Columns, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on L.A. developer snaps up Isla Vista complex for $6M

Elijah Brumback

Los Angeles investment firm Majestic Asset Management has purchased a 36-unit apartment complex in Isla Vista for about $6 million.

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Developers squabble over $8M RiverPark theater fund

By   /  Friday, July 4th, 2014  /  Columns, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Developers squabble over $8M RiverPark theater fund

Elijah Brumback

As a new mixed-used housing project in downtown Oxnard lands on the table, the partners behind the development hope they can unlock a long-disputed $8 million that was once tied to the city’s redevelopment agency.

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GoTek revs up global plans as it secures rotary engine patent

By   /  Friday, July 4th, 2014  /  Columns, Technology  /  Comments Off on GoTek revs up global plans as it secures rotary engine patent

GoTek’s detailed patent drawings make clear once and for all that its engine is definitively not a Wankel, or anything close to it.

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Dubroff: Next Santa Barbara city manager must continue fiscal focus

By   /  Friday, July 4th, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Next Santa Barbara city manager must continue fiscal focus

Henry Dubroff

“Methodical” is a word you might use to describe Jim Armstrong, the Santa Barbara City Manager who announced June 27 that he will be stepping down in September after 13 years on the job. Ironically, that’s not always the word you’d choose to describe Santa Barbara itself. It is, after all, a city with an Read More →

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New tasting room opens wider window into Ojai vintner’s craft

By   /  Friday, June 20th, 2014  /  Columns, East Ventura County, Top Stories, Tourism, West Ventura County, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on New tasting room opens wider window into Ojai vintner’s craft

The first thing you would likely notice upon entering the new, expanded Ojai Vineyard tasting room in downtown Ojai is an impressive wine library in a cooled, glass-fronted space that dominates the rear wall.

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