Editorial: Don’t punt on prisons
We need fiscally sound and lasting prison reform.
Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud
In creating a mortgage fraud strike force, Attorney General Kamala Harris has taken a big, if belated, step forward in writing the last chapter of California’s housing meltdown. As we have chronicled in these pages during the past two years, the boom and bust in housing in our region and across the Golden State did [...]
A love for olives: Global Gardens grows, despite challenges
Global Gardens is ready to grow, but the olive oil startup has struggled with financing.
Brave new biotech: Camarillo startup launches first products
PBS Biotech, a Camarillo-based startup, is bringing its first products to market.
Deckers bets $120M on Sanuk’s success
Deckers Outdoor Corp. is trying a sandal company on for size.
Santa Barbara hoteliers ask for more police aid
Fed up with reports that crime and homelessness are putting a damper on the Santa Barbara vacation experience, tourism industry leaders stormed City Hall earlier this month to ask for more cops on the city’s streets. Despite a projected $2.7 million shortfall in the city’s general fund next year, the Santa Barbara Police Department proposed [...]
May 27 2011 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »
DeVry arrives in Oxnard with MBA offerings
A new player has entered the crowded field of schools offering MBAs in the Tri-Counties — and this one is hoping to make a buck at it. DeVry University, the school whose publicly traded Illinois parent firm made $280 million in net income during fiscal 2010, has opened an Oxnard location at 300 E. Esplanade [...]
May 27 2011 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »
Scan this, track that: Westlake firm helps institutions monitor assets
BarScan sells software programs for managing assets with bar codes.
May 27 2011 | Posted in Tech | Read More »
Editorial: Terminal ushers in new South Coast style
At a cost of $55 million, the new Santa Barbara Municipal Airport terminal is one of the more expensive public buildings to open in the 21st century. And true to the Pearl Chase heritage of South Coast building, it is a Spanish Colonial Revival structure. But lead architect Fred Sweeney has done something few would [...]
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Columns
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It’s all smiles and sauvignon in Happy Canyon’s vineyards
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Towbes Group grabs Goleta with Groupon-like deals at retailers
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Social-media IPOs could launch Golden State sustainability fund
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Ventura County brokers hold out ’til 2013 for real recovery
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Name changes and new faces at SLO and Oxnard law firms
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From apartments to industrial spaces, deals close in the region