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 | Monday, February 22nd, 2010


New carrier arrives

Opinion 
Speaking of free enterprise, United Airlines is about to get some competition on its heavily traveled route from Santa Barbara to Denver. Frontier Airlines, which emerged from bankruptcy recently under the ownership of Republic Airways of Indiana, is going to give United its first head-to-head competition to Denver in decades. Business travelers and ski fans Read More →










 | Monday, February 22nd, 2010


Select Staffing going-public deal shelved

Top Stories 
With its public option off the table, Santa Barbara-based Select Staffing is returning its focus to family ownership and a fundamentals-first approach to growth. Select, a temporary staffing firm, is the largest private company in the Tri-Counties, with revenue last year of $1.5 billion. Saddled with $535.5 million in debt and facing pressure from lenders Read More →










 | Monday, February 22nd, 2010


A flurry of transactions

Top Stories 
It’s still not clear whether the real estate market will thaw in 2010, but the South Coast scene is certainly heating up. After months of sluggish sales volume and anemic pricing, credit lines seem to be loosening up and organizations big and small are looking for their own slice of the South Coast. Among them Read More →










 | Monday, February 22nd, 2010


Yardi Systems buys resident screening service software firm

Columns 
Santa Barbara-based real estate software developer Yardi Systems just purchased RentGrow, a Massachusetts-based company that offers Web-based resident screening for multifamily property managers. Yardi said it acquired the company so it could offer the screening service as part of its Yardi Multifamily Suite, a program that includes payment processing and utility billing. “Yardi acquired RentGrow Read More →










 | Monday, February 15th, 2010


Controversial Oxnard smelting plant is on the market again

Columns 
The former Halaco smelting plant in Oxnard is on the market again. The 10.7-acre site at 6200 Perkins Road is being marketed by Ventura County’s Troop Commercial Brokerage, which is hoping a buyer converts the controversial property to a clean job site. The property served as a smelting plant for Halaco Engineering from August 1965 Read More →










 | Monday, February 15th, 2010


Jobs agenda meets politics of obstruction

Columns 
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 8 to make his pitch for a $500 million plan for job growth and green tax credits, he was preaching to his kind of business leaders. Central Coast Republicans and Democrats alike often find common ground with the governor’s mix of faith in Read More →










 | Monday, February 15th, 2010


SLO finds a solution

Uncategorized 
The monthlong battle over San Luis Obispo’s Farmers’ Market has finally been settled, and the two warring parties have come to a joint decision: The Farmers’ Market Association will regain control of produce sales at the popular street fair. The Downtown Association, which seized control of produce sales in January, and the San Luis Obispo Read More →