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A reverse osmosis machine at Puretec Industrial Water based in Ventura. This manufacturing plant is from the Oxnard facility of the water purification company. (courtesy photo) By Abigail Napp Special to the Business Times Since 1965, Jim Harris has served as President of Puretec Industrial Water, a water purification company he founded in Ventura. “Everybody

People’s Self-Help Housing received a grant of $459,000 from NeighborWorks America. Of that grant, $275,000 will be used for Del Rio Ridge Apartments, a new development PSHH is building in Atascadero. Del Ridge Rio Apartments will be a mixed-use lot that has the goal of net-zero resident power consumption built into the design using solar

Pride and Joy in Solvang opened in October 2021. (courtesy photo) The large, rainbow-colored mural of a pair of angel wings at the back of the Pride and Joy store in Solvang is eye-catching, even in a sea of other rainbow-colored objects. It’s a bold, declarative statement about the LGBTQ+ community, but it’s also a

The Roam portable speaker is one of Sonos' newest products (courtesy photo) Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has been ordered to pay $32.5 million to Santa Barbara-based Sonos after a jury verdict issued in a San Francisco courtroom on May 26 found that Google’s smart speakers and media players infringed on one of two

Camarillo-based Semtech is ushering in a new era after the company announced the hiring of Paul H. Pickle as its new president and chief executive officer on May 30. Pickle, who will be resigning as the president and CEO of Irvine-based Lantronix to accept this position, will be joining the company between June 9 and

Graduation ceremonies were held between May 2 through May 11 in Oxnard and Santa Paula to commemorate 90 small business owners who completed the Women’s Economic Ventures Emprendimiento Program. The program is a free, eight-week business training program taught in Spanish to help entrepreneurial Hispanic and Indigenous Ventura County community members. According to a press release

Co-founders Kira Wyckoff, left, and Linus Kautzsch, right, along with NVC Finals sponsor rep. Ram Seshardi of UCSB Materials Research Laboratory. (courtesy photo) By Holly Rusch Special to the Business Times LEETA, a startup focused on the manufacturing process for battery cathode materials, won the 2021 New Venture Competition hosted by UC Santa Barbara’s Technology

Deckers Brands in Goleta. Analysts expect a good year for the company, which owns Ugg, Teva and other footwear brands. (courtesy photo) Shares of Goleta-based Deckers Brands have risen 5.7% since the company disclosed its fourth-quarter earnings on May 25, showing a net sales increase of 7.5% to $791.6 million, compared with $736 million in

Federal Reserve Board Governor Chris Waller raised the possibility of skipping a rate hike at the June meeting and then revisiting the issue in July in order to wait for more data about inflation, jobs and stress in the banking system. Speaking at the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Summit on May 24, Waller said

Beachside Partners, a Santa Barbara-based real estate agency, announced the largest multifamily property transaction in Ventura County this year on May 9. In a press release, Beachside announced an all-cash sale for the Hacienda de Camarillo Apartments, a 73-unit apartment building complex set on nearly three acres in the city of Camarillo. Nick Henry, Jon