California
An underground pool of water contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals in Newbury Park will be cleaned up over the next several decades under a plan scheduled for formal adoption next week by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Sept. 13, 1993
The owners of the former Talley Corp. aircraft plant in Newbury Park agreed Friday to pay $200,000 in fines and investigative costs for hazardous-waste violations.
Nov. 23, 1991
Business
The Talley Corp. dba Teleflex Control Systems of Oxnard won a $2.5-million contract from Kelly Air Force Base, Tex., for C-141 aircraft cargo winches.
May 24, 1994
Eight years after waste ponds were closed, ground-water tests at the site of a former aircraft component manufacturer in Newbury Park show an increase in two toxic substances, according to a report released by state health officials.
March 2, 1991
Justices ponder the ‘obviousness’ gauge. Companies and the government take sides.
Nov. 29, 2006
Technology and the Internet
Patents shouldn’t be ironclad protection for inventors because some inventions aren’t unique, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
May 1, 2007
Harry Mercado Cobos Sr., a lifelong Ventura County resident and grandfather of eight, died during an asthma attack this week.
July 20, 1995
Aerospace: Southland company is among several developing composites that may be used to secure doors.
Dec. 19, 2001
C.A.
Feb. 24, 1998
Two Moorpark City Council members and a former parks and recreation commissioner have entered the race to become the city’s first elected mayor.
Aug. 15, 1990