Tony Biasotti

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The recent cuts should save CSUCI about $10.4 million in the coming year, university leaders said. More cuts could be necessary, because CSUCI is projecting a deficit of $14 million. The main reason the university is struggling financially is because its enrollment is declining. CSU Channel Islands laid off 13 people, part of a larger reduction in its workforce as the university tries to balance its budget in the face of declining student enrollment and likely cuts in state funding.

1 week ago | vcstar.com | Tony Biasotti

The development team has conducted soil studies and a radar scan to try to figure out why the shoring collapsed. Results are expected soon. Two nearby buildings have been red-tagged by the city, which means they're not considered safe to enter. The worst damage was to a parking lot used as storage by a few auto repair shops in the neighborhood. A handful of vehicles fell and are trapped in the hole for now.

1 week ago | vcstar.com | Tony Biasotti

Editor's note: This story is part of a series to celebrate the Ventura County Star’s 100th anniversary. Please pick up the June 15 edition in newsstands for our commemorative edition. There were newspapers in Ventura County when Roy Pinkerton arrived in Ventura 1925 to start his own. The city itself had two, one of which was already half a century old, for a population of about 5,500 people.

1 week ago | vcstar.com | Tony Biasotti

Editor's note: This story is part of a series to celebrate the Ventura County Star’s 100th anniversary. Please pick up the June 15 edition in newsstands for our commemorative edition. The Ventura County Star has grown and changed with its community for a century. It changed its name, then changed it back. From 1936 to 1994, it was known as the Ventura County Star-Free Press, due to its acquisition of the Ventura Free Press, one of its early competitors.

2 weeks ago | vcstar.com | Tony Biasotti

The Trump administration has recently cancelled more than $2.6 billion in scientific research grants to U.S. universities, including two grants to CSU Channel Islands. CSUCI officials believe their grants were cancelled because they were part of an "equity in STEM" division within the NSF, meant to help Latinos and others succeed in science fields. One of the cancelled grants has paid for 324 CSUCI undergraduates to do scientific research over the past five years.