Region
Pacifica Commercial Realty’s recently released first quarter report found that the technology sector has been generating enough new ventures to account for the majority of the quarter’s leases. More than 60,000 square feet of office space in Goleta was leased during the first quarter, which Pacifica Executive Vice President Mark Mattingly said is entirely attributable Read More →
San Luis Obispo Superior Court lands experienced new judge
Linda Hurst, the San Luis Obispo attorney recently appointed to the Superior Court bench in San Luis Obispo County, is used to looking at the law from a lot of different angles. The 56-year-old Hurst has been a partner in Hall Hieatt & Connely since 2003 and before that was an associate with Smith, Helenius Read More →
Miramar takes big step forward
When Rick Caruso took over the moribund Miramar Hotel project in South Santa Barbara County a couple of years ago, few people gave him a chance of ever getting a building permit. But Caruso, recently named the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Hall of Fame winner for 2009, patiently chipped away at the massive undertaking. Opposition Read More →
Putting shareholders first
Amgen, by far the biggest company in the region by market capitalization, is proving very far-sighted on corporate governance. As the Wall Street Journal reported on April 6, the biotechnology giant has asked shareholders to complete an extensive survey of pay practices. The request was made in conjunction with the mailing of Amgen’s annual proxy Read More →
Whizbang acquires
Whizbang, a marketing agency based in San Luis Obispo, announced the acquisition of 2 Point Media, another marketing firm in the same city, as of April 1. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Starr Hall, former owner of 2 Point Media, started the company in 2005 and by the following year, the agency Read More →
Amgen loses appeal
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen lost an appeals court bid April 3 to obtain a patent related to “natural killer” cells in bone marrow in a ruling that could make it harder for biotechnology companies to obtain protection on DNA sequencing, according to Bloomberg News. Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company, was appealing the U.S. Patent and Read More →
Treasury awards housing fund
The Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County announced April 8 that it was awarded a $93,210 technical assistance grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury Community Development Finance Institution Fund. The fund invests in community-based lending organizations that serve low-income individuals and communities across the nation to provide access to affordable financial products and Read More →
