By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 12th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on How California is innovating its way to better economic times
If there is one word that marks the current resurgence of California’s economy, it is this: innovation. During a road day on Sept. 9 that took me from the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley to the new Deckers Outdoor Corp. headquarters in Goleta, the I-word was used at least a few dozen times. And Read More →
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, September 12th, 2014 / Columns, Real Estate, Tourism / Comments Off on Sequoia Brewing may be on tap for new Santa Barbara location
Word on the street is that Sequoia Brewing Co., not to be confused with its business partner and fellow brewer Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Co., is hunting for a new taproom space in and around the Santa Barbara Funk Zone.
By Henry Dubroff / Thursday, September 11th, 2014 / Latest news / Comments Off on Slump in new business starts focus of jobs summit
Despite the buzz being generated about startups in downtown Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo, it is a shortage of new business starts that’s slowing America’s recovery. That’s was the view from Mike Soules, CEO of Corwin Management, a unit of Thousand Oaks-based Sage Publications. He joined former Cheers star John Ratzenberger, Go-Biz Director Read More →
In what could be the region’s biggest-ever day for tech deals, Westlake Village-based Conversant said it will be sold to Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems in a deal valued at $2.3 billion, and Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems said it will be bought by HP.
Marcus Adams Properties has purchased 205,669 square feet of space in the Flynn Road Industrial Park in Camarillo for $23.4 million. The Ventura-based firm said it bought six multi-tenant and two single-tenant industrial buildings in the business park. The properties were 96 percent leased with a total of 28 tenants at the time of the Read More →
By Staff Report / Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Residency program at VCMC ranked No.1 in nation
The Ventura County Medical Center’s residency program for family medicine was ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and the online physician network Doximity.
Organizations representing more than 700 public-safety officials in Santa Barbara County have taken a stand against a ballot initiative that could eventually shut down much of the oil and gas production in the county. The Santa Barbara County Firefighters Association, the county Deputy Sheriffs Association and the Santa Barbara Police Officers Association all said Sept. Read More →
