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 | Monday, March 31st, 2014

								
Whole Foods buys New Frontiers in SLO for first Central Coast store

								Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
  Grocery giant Whole Foods Market has purchased the New Frontiers Natural Marketplace in San Luis Obispo, setting the stage for its first Central Coast store. Austin-based Whole Foods announced on March 31 that it has purchased the New Frontiers stores in San Luis Obispo and in Flagstaff, Prescott and Sedona, Ariz. Terms of the Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 28th, 2014

								
Reason study: Taxpayers would save $460M with pension overhaul

								East Ventura County, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
A proposal to change Ventura County’s public-employee pension system from a defined-benefit to a 401(k)-style system would save taxpayers $5.4 million in cash flow over the first two years and $51.6 million in cumulative savings over five years of reform, according to a study by the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank. The Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 28th, 2014

								
Inogen swings to $18.2M profit in 2013

								Banking & Finance, Earnings, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
Medical device maker Inogen notched $18.2 million in profits, or $1.10 per diluted share, on $75.4 million in revenue last year, the Goleta firm said in its first earnings report as a public company.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 28th, 2014

								
2014 class of Top Women in Business announced

								Special Sections, Top Stories, Women Inc.								
This special section honors 50 women business leaders in the Tri-Counties. In addition, we’ve profiled our awards reception keynote speaker: Zhena Muzyka, founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, March 27th, 2014

								
Baxter BioScience to be spun out

								East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
Baxter International, an Illinois company that is a major employer in the Conejo Valley, is planning to split itself into two companies.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, March 27th, 2014

								
Startup Paso Robles wine brand Chronic Cellars purchased

								Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture								
  Novato-based Winery Exchange has purchased Chronic Cellars out of Paso Robles, a young winery known for its red-wine blends and counter-culture branding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chronic Cellars is best known for red blends such as its zinfandel-based Purple Paradise and its syrah-based Sofa King Bueno, Winery Exchange said in a Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

								
La Entrada to restart construction amid tourism tax boom

								Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy								
In another sign that the region’s tourism industry is entering boom times again, the city of Santa Barbara experienced double-digit growth in hotel taxes in the first eight months of its fiscal year. During the annual State of the City breakfast on March 24, City Manager Jim Armstrong said that Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT, Read More →