February 24, 2025

		


| 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.

| Friday, December 19th, 2014

Albertsons & Safeway to sell 168 stores before merger is approved

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

The divestiture of the stores is part of another deal to secure FTC clearance for Albertons to acquire Safeway in a $9.2 billion deal. That transaction, which the companies are calling a merger, was announced in March and is expected to close in January.

| Friday, December 19th, 2014

LTC Properties raises $24.5M through sale of shares

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

According to company filings, LTC will use the proceeds of the sale to pay down outstanding debt on its unsecured credit line, fund acquisitions and current development pipeline and for general corporate purposes.