Shaking up Montecito
For the past few years, hedge fund managers were quietly filling in the gaps of their classic car collections, while the headlines oozing from around Montecito’s stone walls were largely celebrity dustups. Revelation of actor Rob Lowe’s already public address sparked major upheaval at the Santa Barbara News-Press. Julia Louis-Dreyfus took her best shots at Read More →
Bringing business to the race
Meg Whitman believes small businesses, such as the millions that sell their products on eBay, are the key to California’s economic revival. The Republican gubernatorial candidate, billionaire and former eBay chief executive officer spoke to an intimate crowd of supporters at a breakfast gathering at the University Club in Santa Barbara on Sept. 1. “It Read More →
Powering up biodiesel
If the subject of biodiesel has ever caused you to conjure images of a battered Mercedes station wagon piloted by a young, unkempt environmentalist, picture instead a truck or maybe even a motor vessel owned by the U.S. Navy, the world’s top user of diesel fuel. Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based Biodiesel Industries, in Read More →
High-rise ballot stays
A Santa Barbara County judge has ruled that the term “high rise” can stay on the ballot language in a measure that seeks to limit buildings’ height to 40 feet, according to report published in Noozhawk. Santa Barbara architect Brian Hofner had challenged the ballot language in court as false because Santa Barbara’s building Read More →
Santa Barbara wins for marketing
Santa Barbara County recently won gold and best marketing awards from the California State Fair. Awards were given for the county’s new exhibit on display at the CalExpo Fairgrounds in Sacramento until Sept. 7. The exhibit draws upon the county’s history and Spanish-style architecture to highlight regional areas of interest for visitors. It also promotes Read More →
