Chevron cleanup progress
Early in July, Chevron announced plans to clean up the remaining environmental problems at its former Tank Farm Road facility in San Luis Obispo. Tank Farm Road has emerged as a major economic development corridor for the city of San Luis Obispo and it has attracted millions of dollars in capital investment to an area Read More →
101 traffic upgrade goes before the public
One of the unintended consequences of the current economic meltdown may be public acceptance for widening Highway 101 through the Montecito area of Santa Barbara County. Caltrans, Santa Barbara city and county, the city of Carpineria and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments all have lined up in support of the plan to put Read More →
Ventura County businesses lose phone, Internet service
Scores of Ventura County businesses lost telephone and Internet services July 6 when a Verizon fiber-optic cable went down. Near Camarillo, California State University, Channel Islands, said the outage knocked out 911 service to the school and residents of University Glen, located in the eastern portion of the campus. The school still had internal calling, Read More →
Campus cuts are coming
Often considered the most prestigious university in the California State University system, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is also dramatically emblematic of the entire state of California budget meltdown. Cal Poly could be forced to trim its budget by more than $33 million this fiscal year, even though students voted overwhelmingly in favor Read More →
Bank of SB appears headed for sale
Massive shifts in the national banking landscape have sent tremors through the industry, and now one community bank in the Tri-Counties may be on the auction block. Bank of Santa Barbara, a single-branch operation on Figueroa Street in the downtown district, could soon see a change in ownership as its Michigan parent company and majority Read More →
Mission finds ways to
As one of the largest privately held companies in the textile service industry, Santa Barbara-based Mission Linen Supply is setting an industry standard for running an environmentally friendly operation. Providing linens, uniforms and related products through more than 50 facilities in five states, the family company has realized that being green saves the environment — Read More →
Growing an energy hub – Continental
A proposed wind energy turbine plant for Santa Paula could be among the first steps toward making the Tri-Counties in the Silicon Valley of alternative energy, business and economic development leaders said. Santa Barbara-based Continental Wind Power, a startup planning to build mid-sized wind energy turbines, said June 29 that it has chosen the Heritage Read More →
