Local team promotes new business (Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder)

7 September 2008, 7:35 am

Bruce Brown of FlyingBruce and the production team at Picture Stable recently joined forces to produce two 30-second television commercials for Nerds to Your Rescue, a newly launched tech support business offering on-site service from Paso Robles to Thousand Oaks.... read more

Gangster Reveals Mexican Mafia Secrets (NPR)

6 September 2008, 12:16 pm

Rene Enriquez was once a leader in the Mexican mafia. He killed for the gang and ordered the deaths of many men and women. But after reaching the pinnacle of prison-gang life, he decided to leave and share information with the police.... read more

Anthem Blue Cross and the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Launch Live Like a Champion Tour (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

4 September 2008, 10:38 am

Anthem Blue Cross, collaborating for a third year with the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, is launching a 15-week statewide mobile outreach campaign designed to get children moving and empower them to make healthy lifestyle choices now and in the future.... read more

Local Business Briefs (The Acorn)

3 September 2008, 9:58 pm

Chamber looks at students' career options The Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. tomorrow, Fri., Sept. 5, at the Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks.... read more

Cafe Society: Late Julia Child still inspires big news (Ventura County Star)

3 September 2008, 12:07 am

Last month, around what would have been her 96th birthday, "The French Chef" got a belated shout-out when the National Archives released official documents confirming that, during World War II, Child helped concoct a top-secret recipe for shark repellent. And that was just one of her life-during-war... read more

Area courses to take part in Patriot Golf Day (Ventura County Star)

2 September 2008, 12:32 pm

Seven golf courses throughout Ventura County will take part in the second annual Patriot Golf Day. The event raises money for the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides educational scholarships to families of those who have become disabled or lost their lives in the line of duty in Iraq or Afghan... read more