Forgotten children
UncategorizedFour hundred children will stand on the Sunken Garden Lawn of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse on Oct. 29 with a message to the community: We need your help. The children will be life-size cardboard cutouts of foster children as part of the Forgotten Children Project, an effort by the national CASA, or Court Read More →
Calavo puts regional spin on CKE
UncategorizedIt’s a tri-county recipe for success: avocados through Santa Paula-based Calavo, guacamole bacon burgers from Carpentaria-based CKE Restaurants, and the California Avocado Festival, also based in Carpinteria. All three have teamed up around CKE’s latest marketing push for its guacamole bacon burger. CKE owns the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands, among others, operating 3,000 locations Read More →
California, Iceland caught in economic meltdown
ColumnsIceland and California are two places you don’t often find mentioned in the same sentence. But they are part of the reason why mayhem in the financial markets shows no sign of quieting down anytime soon. California’s budget problems are well documented in these news pages. This newspaper warned just a few weeks ago that Read More →
Jafra upbeat on sales
UncategorizedThe economy has many tri-county companies worried about declining sales, staff cuts and cost-savers. Not Jafra Cosmetics International. The Westlake Village-based cosmetics and skin-care business is expecting the economic downturn to be a windfall for its direct-selling model. With revenue of half-a-billion dollars in 2007, a bad economy could mean even bigger bucks by the Read More →
Auto dealers caught in credit squeeze
UncategorizedPlummeting sales have plagued automobile dealers around the country, and despite a few relative bright spots, the Tri-Counties region is not immune. Although the extent of the damage isn’t yet clear, the crisis has shown up in Ventura County, which contains 23 of the top 25 dealers in the region in terms of units sold. Read More →
Montecito commission OKs Miramar plan
UncategorizedConstruction on a the new Miramar Hotel in Montecito could begin in January unless the renovation plan approved Oct. 8 is appealed to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors within the next two weeks. The Montecito Planning Commission approved plans to rebuild the derelict beachfront hotel near Highway 101. However, opponents still could appeal Read More →
CSUCI president on cabinet
UncategorizedCalifornia State University, Channel Islands, President Richard Rush has been named to a national cabinet that deals with education issues. The Higher Education Cabinet is made up of presidents, trustees and other leaders from 76 universities and higher-education associations. The group was formed by the Chronicle of Higher Education and The New York Times.
