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Editorial Department


| Monday, October 26th, 2009

Small banks caught in regulation crackdown

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[Editor’s note:  A clarification regarding Community West Bank’s profits has been added at the bottom of the story.] Two banks with tri-county operations have received orders from federal regulators to raise capital. The parent companies of Solvang-based Los Padres Bank and Woodland Hills-based Western Commercial Bank both now face a series of deadlines to boost Read More →

| Monday, October 26th, 2009

Bernanke at Bacara

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke swooped through a Santa Barbara conference on Oct. 19, warning that Asia’s new export policies could lead to renewed trade imbalances if the U.S. doesn’t work with trade partners across the Pacific. During the invitation-only Asian Economic Policy Conference at the posh Bacara Resort & Spa, Bernanke said that low Read More →

| Monday, October 26th, 2009

Paso Robles shopping center debuts with opening of Lowe

Columns

Lowe’s is now open for business in San Luis Obispo County. The home improvement store had its grand opening Oct. 23 near Highway 46 in northeastern Paso Robles. The 169,112-square-foot Lowe’s is a strong anchor for the 287,900-square-foot Golden Hills Plaza, a $70 million shopping center that is also slated to include a Bed, Bath Read More →

| Monday, October 26th, 2009

Fed gives Main Street the brush-off

Columns

Perhaps in some Hollywood version of reality, the Bacara resort in Goleta really could pass for The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Bretton Woods, as it is commonly known, was the getaway spot where the framework for the modern financial system was created in the summer of 1944 as the U.S. and Read More →

| Monday, October 26th, 2009

An idea that holds water

Small Business

Some innovations seem to be born almost by osmosis; you put the right brains in one room and the great ideas just flow. At least that’s how the idea for Vapur was born. The start-up company, not even a year old, is the producer of a reusable, foldable plastic water bottle by the same name. Read More →

| Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Inphi honored by Inc. and Deloitte

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Westlake Village-based Inphi Corp. was recently honored by Deloitte as well as Inc. magazine for its industry-leading performance. Inphi is a privately-held analog semiconductor company.   Inphi ranked number No. 134 on Deloitte’s 2009 Technology Fast 500 list of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. The Read More →

| Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Caltrans bike funds

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Caltrans has awarded community-based transportation planning grants to Buellton and Grover Beach  to create master plans for bikeways and trails.   Buellton received $100,000. Its plan will include a series of interactive public meetings and workshops to integrate the community’s priorities. Grover Beach received $11,520 to collect community input and create a bicycle master plan. Read More →