By Dana Olsen / Friday, December 16th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Suit says oil company fouled land, deal
The owners of 200 acres of farmland along the Oxnard plain claim a Bakersfield oil company polluted their water through drilling leases on their land and then failed to tell the investing public about it, scuttling a deal to sell the ranch for $15 million. In a complaint filed Nov. 29 in Ventura County Superior Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 16th, 2011 / Green Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cities in line for electric car charging stations
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By Staff Report / Friday, December 16th, 2011 / Latest news / Comments Off on SB Foundation elects trustees
The Santa Barbara Foundation, the largest grantmaker in the county, announced that Jennifer Murray, Polly Firestone Walker, and Michael G. Mayfield were elected to the Foundation Board of Trustees. They each begin a three-year term in January 2012. Peter MacDougall will take the helm as the new Board chair. He has been on the Santa Read More →
By Dana Olsen / Friday, December 16th, 2011 / Features, Tourism / Comments Off on Tourism tapping into apps: Visitors bureaus bet on ubiquity of smartphones
The tourism bureaus in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties have gone mobile with apps targeted at the region’s visitors.
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, December 16th, 2011 / Columns / Comments Off on For the Parker family, making wine is reality now, not TV
“The reality of the situation is that the people that are out there buying our products today are less familiar with Fess Parker the TV and film icon and more familiar with the Fess Parker associated with wine.”