Film ordinance preliminarily approved
UncategorizedThe Santa Paula City Council is moving to make it easier for producers to film in the Heritage Valley. The City Council voted 5-0 on Jan. 4 to preliminarily approve an ordinance that would make the process of getting permits to film television shows, commercials and movies in the city easier, the Ventura County Star Read More →
Getting better with time
Small BusinessWalking into the Liquor and Wine Grotto in Montecito is like stepping into a mom-and-pop store one would expect to find in Italy. The store has stone floors, vine-covered walls and racks stocked with wines and liquors of every age, origin and price. The front entrance itself resembles a large, wooden wine barrel and lights Read More →
Alliance makes donation for viticulture research
UncategorizedThe Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance announced on Dec. 22 that will it make a $10,000 donation to the American Vineyard Foundation in support of research projects specific to the Paso Robles American Viticultural Area. Over the past six years the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance has contributed more than $45,000 to the foundation, making Read More →
Thomas Aquinas gets $2 million
UncategorizedThomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula received a $2 million grant from the Dan Murphy Foundation on Dec. 23 in honor of the school’s late president, Thomas E. Dillon, who was killed in an car accident last spring. “This magnificent grant is being made as a lead gift to the college’s new capital campaign, the Read More →
Waiting on the man with answers
OpinionWriting in the New York Times on Dec. 27, financial columnist Gretchen Morgenson asked some important questions about Camarillo resident Bob Parry, a former president of the San Francisco Fed who served as a director of Countrywide Financial after he retired. Morgenson wonders what Parry was doing as Countrywide veered toward disaster and why he Read More →
Pacific Capital will be better off without RAL around
OpinionAt long last, the refund anticipation loan program, or RAL, is headed toward the dustbin of history — at least as far as Pacific Capital Bancorp is concerned. On Christmas Eve day, Pacific Capital, parent company of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, made a surprise announcement that it was selling its controversial tax refund loan Read More →
