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| Friday, April 13th, 2012

Umpqua moves in with $44.7M bank buy

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

American Perspective Bank, a San Luis Obispo County lender founded five years ago, is being purchased by Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. for $44.7 million. If the deal gains the approval of banking regulators and American Perspective shareholders, Umpqua will pay $10 per share in cash for the San Luis Obispo-based bank, a 12.4 percent premium Read More →

| Friday, April 13th, 2012

Hitting the target: Oxnard businesswoman launches Boys + Arrows swimwear

Features, Small Business, Women Inc.

Launched a year ago, the swimwear line is already selling thousands of bikinis at designer prices.

| Friday, April 13th, 2012

Calavo plans $200M capital raise to prep for acquisitions

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Friday, April 6th, 2012

Firestone Walker puts food on tap at its Paso Robles brewery

Restaurants

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. has opened a dinner restaurant and bar.

| Friday, April 6th, 2012

The Loop in I.V. closes in on final retailer, tenants for summer debut

Columns, Real Estate

The Loop, a $12.5 million project in downtown Isla Vista, is opening in time for the new school year.

| Friday, March 30th, 2012

$75M Ventura Harbor project readies for Coastal Commission review

Columns, Real Estate

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| Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Watkins warns of shrinking Ventura County work force

Latest news, Tri-County Economy

Bill Watkins’ usually dour outlook for California and the local economy is only getting gloomier. The chief economist at California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting said March 29 that his outlook a year ago — already pessimistic compared to that of his fellow forecasters — was “wrong, way wrong.” Ventura County lost Read More →