Seeing red tape: Individual policyholders forced out of insurance plans
Features, Health Care & Life Science, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyWhile many people now have insurance for the first time, another group of policyholders is cursing the new health care law: the self-employed and other individual policyholders.
Strawberries top tri-county farming forecast in 2014
Agribusiness, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Green Coast, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County, Wine & ViticultureStrawberries remain the largest piece of the pie in the Tri-Counties’ multibillion-dollar agriculture industry, but there will be slightly less acreage in the New Year.
Wine, dine and dollars: Tourism leaders say foodie travel boosts region’s outlook
Central Coast, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & ViticultureTourism numbers for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties have topped pre-recession figures in recent years and that upward climb is expected to continue in 2014.
Led by Parker inn, hotels to make headway in 2014
Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County EconomyAfter several false starts over the years, the Fess Parker family is moving forward with revised plans for its second waterfront hotel in Santa Barbara, one of a few hotel developments in the city that could see progress in the New Year.
