Reaching new heights: Pearce Services adds new capabilities after record acquisition
Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top StoryFifteen years ago, Paso Robles-based Pearce Services was just breaking into the middle market company space, hitting key markers with about $10 million in revenue and over 50 employees. But after 2010, the company started entering new markets, growing at a rapid pace. So much so that in 2024, the company now employs over 3,500 people and Read More →
Will the region’s top stocks keep dominating in 2025?
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Salem Media clears debt, adds new strategic investor
Central Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesCamarillo-based Salem Media Group is looking to strengthen its balance sheet and aim its sights on the future after the company made a series of moves to end 2024. Announced Dec. 30, Salem Media, which specializes in Christian and conservative content, repaid all of its long-term debt which was at $159.4 million. The company accomplished this at Read More →
CRE: Santa Maria’s La Vista Apartments sell for record $116M
Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content, Tri-County EconomyBy Staff Report La Vista Apartments, a 460-unit multifamily property in Santa Maria, sold for $116 million, according to Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, who brokered the sale on Dec. 30. The $116 million sales price equates to $252,174 per unit. According to a press release, the sale also became the Read More →
George Leis, Montecito Bank’s president and COO, retires
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County EconomyGeorge Leis, the president and chief operating officer at Montecito Bank & Trust, announced that he would be retiring effective immediately, according to a Jan. 3 press release from the bank. Leis, who first joined Montecito Bank & Trust in those roles in 2016, said that during his time at the bank, he was able Read More →
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Inogen’s newest respiratory device gains FDA clearance
Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Tri-County Public CompaniesGoleta-based Inogen, a medical technology specializing in the manufacturing of portable oxygen containers, announced Dec. 30 that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the Simeox 200 Airway Clearance Device. The clearance helps expand the company’s ability to market and meet the various needs of patients with chronic respiratory diseases in the Read More →
