Zipping along: Santa Margarita Ranch launches adventure tours
Features, Small Business, TourismSanta Margarita Ranch now offers the first commercial zipline tours on the Central Coast.
Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans
Columns, Real EstateThe new owners of the Santa Rita Hills Wine Center in Lompoc are tossing approved plans to build a hotel and retail center at the property.
At home on the coast: Housing Partnership turns 25
Features, Nonprofits, Real EstateCoastal Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization that helps South Coast employers provide housing assistance to their employees, turned 25 this year.
Santa Barbara Public Market close to signing tenants, starting construction
Columns, Restaurants, TourismOver the last year, the developer has been doing indoor work on the old grocery story building and has “curated” tenants for what will be called the Santa Barbara Public Market.
Cloud over leasing begins to lift as technology firms add staff
Columns, Real EstateA handful of technology-related deals in recent weeks hint that a more definitive rebound may be just around the corner.
How screwed are we? NPR reporters explain
Latest news, Tri-County Economy“So, like, how screwed are we?” That was the question that the presenters of “Planet Money,” the popular and humorous economics segment on National Public Radio, posed to a lively audience at UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 26. Correspondents David Kestenbaum and Alex Blumberg did a live stage version of their popular NPR series, which Read More →
