Cheesecake Factory settles SEC complaint that it misled investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Dec. 4 that it settled charges against The Cheesecake Factory for making misleading disclosures about the impact of COVID-19 on its business. The Calabasas-based restaurant chain made statements in its March 23and April 3 filings that it was operating sustainably. According to the SEC, those filings were materially Read More →
Read More →New state order could close restaurants, other businesses if ICUs fill up
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a revised stay-at-home order on Dec. 3 that is tied to each region of the state’s intensive care capacity. In areas where the ICU capacity falls below 15%, a stay-at-home order will be implemented for three weeks. Under this new order, the state is broken into five regions, with Ventura, Read More →
Read More →Dive boat captain indicted on 34 manslaughter charges
The captain of the dive boat Conception, which was destroyed last year in a fire in the Santa Barbara Channel that killed 34 people, was indicted Dec. 1 by a federal grand jury on manslaughter charges. Jerry Nehl Boylan, 67, of Santa Barbara, faces 34 charges of “seaman’s manslaughter,” and each charge carries a maximum Read More →
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Changing of the guard: Totten nears final month as Ventura County District Attorney
After 18 years serving as Ventura County District Attorney, Greg Totten will transition to his new post as CEO for the California District Attorneys Association; Cheryl Temple will serve as a temporary replacement
Read More →Inmates may have taken state for $1B in fraudulent unemployment benefits
California’s unemployment benefits system has been rife with fraud since the pandemic began and may have handed out upwards of $1 billion to jail and prison inmates, a coalition of local, state and federal prosecutors announced at a Sacramento news conference on Nov. 24. Tens of thousands of inmates at county, state and federal prisons Read More →
Read More →Newsom issues COVID curfew for most of state
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health announced a limited “stay-at-home order” requiring all non-essential work, travel and gatherings to stop between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for the vast majority of the state’s population. The curfew order applies to all counties in California that are in the most restrictive, or purple, Read More →
Read More →As COVID cases rise, region takes step back on road to re-opening
The entire tri-county region is going back into the most restrictive tier of California’s pandemic reopening system, as a rise in cases across the state forced Gov. Gavin Newsom to take emergency action. Under the state’s rules, all three counties would have re-entered the purple tier on Nov. 24, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, if case Read More →
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