Honest Label Foods launched a smart phone app earlier this year that helps users make sense of the nutrition labels on the back of grocery store foods.
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 30th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Topaz Solar Farm stalls on financing
Construction has started on one of the massive solar energy farms on San Luis Obispo County’s Carrizo Plain, but the other is stalled until a new buyer is found after a $1.9 billion loan backstop from the U.S. Department of Energy fell through. Dirt is moving on the California Valley Solar Ranch, a 250-megwattt installation Read More →
By Staff Report / Friday, September 30th, 2011 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Guest op/ed: Understanding crime insurance for ‘rogue employee’ losses
Financial services companies have never been more vulnerable to catastrophic losses caused by dishonest employees and employees duped by dishonest third parties.
Phil Steiner, a well-known intellectual property attorney in San Luis Obispo, died on Sept. 25. He was 55. A memorial is planned for Steiner at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30. Steiner was instrumental in establishing the intellectual property section of the San Luis Obispo County Bar Read More →
California faces at least two quarters of very slow growth next year, with continued job losses and a decline in home prices that likely will extend to 2013. That was the grim news from California Lutheran University economist Bill Watkins, who spoke to about 300 people at a Sept. 27 forum hosted by Montecito Bank Read More →