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Editorial: New Oxnard city manager has big to-do list to tackle

By   /  Saturday, April 19th, 2014  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: New Oxnard city manager has big to-do list to tackle

Greg Nyhoff will fill a void that’s existed since Ed Sotelo was put on paid leave early in 2012. That means Oxnard spent two years and four months with no one at the helm.

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A premium on historic Oxnard: Barkley buys Bank of A. Levy site

By   /  Friday, April 18th, 2014  /  Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on A premium on historic Oxnard: Barkley buys Bank of A. Levy site

Al Barkley, left, and his son Griffin and wife Rebecca inside the historic Bank of A. Levy builing in downtown Oxnard. Al and Rebecca purchased and refurbished the property at 143 W Fifth St. and now lease it the family firm, Barkley Insurance & Risk Management.

A historic bank building in downtown Oxnard is now home to Barkley Insurance & Risk Management, a 20-year-old family firm.

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All fired up: PizzaRev joins with Buffalo Wild Wings on expansion

By   /  Friday, April 4th, 2014  /  Restaurants, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on All fired up: PizzaRev joins with Buffalo Wild Wings on expansion

Elyse Doyle-Martinez, supervisor of the PizzaRev restaurant in Oxnard, places a pizza in the oven. Westlake Village-based PizzaRev is expanding across the country with 27 franchise deals currently in the works. (Nik Blaskovich / Business Times photo)

A large, publicly traded restaurant chain has grabbed a slice of Westlake Village-based PizzaRev in a bid to help the Southern California startup roll out nationwide.

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Oxnard sues ex-officials over retirement perk

By   /  Wednesday, March 19th, 2014  /  Law, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Oxnard sues ex-officials over retirement perk

Oxnard’s city attorney is trying to claw back $101,400 from seven city officials who benefited from an allegedly illegal retirement perk set up by Ed Sotelo, the former city manager at the heart of a corruption probe that began in 2010.

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Heritage Oaks to cut 60 jobs as Mission Community deal closes

By   /  Friday, March 7th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Heritage Oaks to cut 60 jobs as Mission Community deal closes

With its $56 million acquisition of Mission Community Bancorp, Heritage Oaks will shutter branches along the Central Coast in coming months and lay off about 60 employees in several phases.

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Tri-county cities scramble as state cuts water deliveries

By   /  Friday, February 7th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Green Coast, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Tri-county cities scramble as state cuts water deliveries

Customers of the State Water Project will not receive any water deliveries this year if current dry conditions persist, a cutback that could be troublesome for certain tri-county cities.

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Dry weather plagues Ventura County strawberries

By   /  Sunday, January 26th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Dry weather plagues Ventura County strawberries

Oxnard strawberry growers lost an average $10,000 to $15,000 per acre worth of crop last year because the berries died off prematurely in dry weather, and farmers could be in for a repeat of that scenario this year.

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