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 | Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

								
The Habit inks international expansion deal

								Latest news, Restaurants, South Coast, Top Stories								
The Habit Burger Grill is headed to the Middle East, and maybe beyond. On Jan. 7, The Habit Restaurants Inc., the chain’s parent company, served up its first international franchise agreement with Food Quest Restaurant Management for the development of up to 50 new Habit restaurants. The agreement will put locations in six countries in the Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, January 5th, 2015

								
Select Staffing HQ moves to Atlanta amid ownership shuffle

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The merger comes less than a year after Select restructured itself after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will permanently relocate the national company’s headquarters from Santa Barbara to Atlanta.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, January 5th, 2015

								
Safeway to pay $9.9M after environmental probe

								Latest news, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Top Stories								
The agreement comes as Safeway is clearing the final regulatory hurdles to its sale to rival Albertsons.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 2nd, 2015

								
A roundup of tri-county nonprofits for the New Year

								Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Top Stories								
With the end of 2014, many nonprofits along the South Coast saw shifts in leadership, new heights in fundraising and other milestones to cap off the year.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 2nd, 2015

								
Santa Barbara stock promoter charged with fraud

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Top Stories								
The SEC alleges that instead of purchasing the shares in the secondary market as promised, Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos and his firm Prima Capital Group misappropriated investor funds.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

								
Santa Barbara stock promoter charged with fraud

								Banking & Finance, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Personal Finance, South Coast, Top Stories								
The SEC alleges that instead of purchasing the shares in the secondary market as promised, Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos and his firm Prima Capital Group misappropriated investor funds.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

								
Caffeinated growth: French Press to open in Goleta

								Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories								
French Press owners Julia and Todd Mayer opened their first location in downtown Santa Barbara in 2009.