String theory: Retired exec plays on passion for guitars
After a successful career as the CEO of two dental insurance companies, Chris Kamen could be spending his retirement relaxing and playing golf. Instead, he owns and runs Santa Barbara-based Classic Guitars International.
Down to the wire: Superconductor aims to make power lines more efficient
Santa Barbara-based Superconductor Technologies has delivered samples of a wire that could change the way electric power is distributed in the United States.
AML acquisition ends brief bidding war
After a short bidding flurry, Camarillo-based defense electronics firm AML Communications has been purchased by an Irvine chipmaker for $28 million.
Editorial: Funding higher education
UC Chancellor Mark Yudof, CSU System PresidentCharlie Reed and Community College chief Jack Scottare speaking with one voice on this year’s budget. An all-cuts budget would take a huge bite from highereducation in addition to the $500 million in cuts each systemhas been asked to absorb for 2011-12. We think that there are ways to Read More →
Editorial: A more transparent future for area politics
The current way the region’s political districts are carved out is grossly unfair.
Armstrong to beef up business ties
When the new president of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo took the podium at theannual Central Coast Economic Symposium, April 7, some 350 business leaders did not know what to expect. But by the time Dr. Jeffrey Armstrong finished speaking some 15 minutes later,the audience knew two things. First, afterjust three months on the job, Armstrong has mastered the local geography andlearned quickly about what makes the economy work.
