Brooks Institute in Ventura closing down
Brooks Institute plans to close, the Ventura visual and media arts school announced on Aug. 12. The institute canceled its fall classes and will shut down by Oct. 31, according to a letter sent to Brooks students. “Changes in economic regulatory conditions in recent years have had a significant, prolonged, negative impact on the instruction,” Read More →
Read More →World Business Academy trying to change ‘business of business’
The Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy thrust itself into the spotlight when it sued the California State Lands Commission last week. The nebulously named nonprofit challenged the commission over the approval of temporary land lease extensions at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, which plans to close in 2025. The commission erred, according to the lawsuit, Read More →
Read More →Area code overlay better than breaking up the 805
With the California Public Utilities Commission ready to hold hearings on the future of the 805 area code, the easy call for this newspaper is to urge the CPUC to adopt a so-called “overlay” solution. With an overlay, the existing area code remains intact and a new set of three numbers introduces a new area Read More →
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Treasurers tackle school bond issuance costs
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Read More →24th District House race mirrors Trump vs. Clinton
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Read More →OCB Bancorp’s second quarter net income up over last year
In its second quarter earnings report, OCB Bancorp — parent company of Ojai Community Bank, Santa Barbara Community Bank, Ventura Community Bank and Santa Paula Community Bank — reported net income year-to-date of $516,000, or 25 cents per share, up from $372,000 last year. “Loans also continue to grow, increasing approximately $49 million since June Read More →
Read More →Small is new big when it comes to business
By Ray Bowman Recently while traveling, I had the honor of meeting one of the world’s top five trend-spotters, Marian Salzman. She talked about some of the leading trends for 2016 and noted that “local is the new global” and that living large is no longer a trend. “Small is the new big” suffices to Read More →
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