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Staff Report | Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

Lucas to retire from UCSB after 36 years

Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy

Gene Lucas, longtime executive vice chancellor of US Santa Barbara and a fixture on campus for more than three decades, will retire at the end of the year, the university said Dec. 10.

Staff Report | Monday, December 9th, 2013

ValueClick sells websites to About.com parent for $80M

Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick is selling its owned-and-operated websites to the parent company of Dictionary.com, Match.com, Ask.com and About.com. The aggregate purchase price was $80 million, according to a regulatory filing.

Staff Report | Friday, December 6th, 2013

Tri-counties rank high on women in business leadership

Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, Women Inc.

Westlake Village-based LTC Properties, Goleta-based Deckers Outdoor Corp. and Move Inc., whose headquarters are in the Bay Area but has most of its employees in Westlake Village, were on a yearly ranking produced by UC Davis. Each year, the school surveys publicly traded companies in the state to find which have the most women among their boards of directors and highest paid executives.

Staff Report | Thursday, December 5th, 2013

UCSB snags $48M in Army funds for biology-related research

South Coast, Technology, Top Stories

UC Santa Barbara said Dec. 5 that the U.S. Army has renewed its contract with the university’s Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, providing an additional $48 million over three years to support biology-related research.

The new funds extend a decade of unclassified research in areas such as biotechnology tools, futuristic materials, energy generation and storage, systems and synthetic biology and neuroscience.

Staff Report | Thursday, December 5th, 2013

Paso groups agree on water plan

Agribusiness, Central Coast, Top Stories

With potentially expensive lawsuits looming in the background, two of the groups jockeying to shape the future of a water district in Paso Robles wine country have put aside their differences in hopes of avoiding years in court and millions of dollars in legal fees.

Staff Report | Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

HomeGoods signs $3.4M lease in SLO

Central Coast, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy

Retail chain HomeGoods has signed a 10-year lease valued at $3.4 million at the Irish Hills Plaza in San Luis Obispo. It will replace OfficeMax in the 20,059-square-foot space.

Staff Report | Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Marshalls building on State Street sells for $14.3M

Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories

The Marshalls-occupied building at 900 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara has been sold for $14.3 million in an all-cash off-market deal, marking a 43 percent premium over the last time the property changed hands.