Heritage Oaks Bank names new CEO
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesSimone Lagomarsino will take the reins at Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bank as president and CEO on Sept. 10. Lagomarsino succeeds current CEO Larry Ward, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Heritage Oaks, the parent of the Business First Bank brand in Santa Barbara, is the third-largest regionally based bank in the Tri-Counties. It Read More →
Camp Roberts gets $35M project
Latest newsCamp Roberts, the California National Guard base that straddles San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties near Paso Robles, is slated to receive a $34.8 million, 43,000-square-foot satellite communications facility. Almost all California National Guard troops who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq passed through Camp Roberts for training. In addition to shooting ranges and assault courses, Read More →
Make It Work rolls into Costco
Latest news, TechnologySanta Barbara-based Make It Work has inked a deal to offer its consumer-oriented tech support services at 20 Costco store locations in Southern California. Make It Work’s fleet of signature red Mini Coopers performs tech support house calls throughout Southern California for consumers and very small businesses. Through the deal with Costco, a membership wholesaler, Read More →
NiMin drums up $4M
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesNiMin Energy Corp., an independent oil company based in Carpinteria, has raised $4 million in a private placement with an Australian bank. NiMin owns and drills onshore oil fields near Bakersfield and in Wyoming and southern Louisiana. It said the money will go toward developing its assets near Bakersfield. NiMin said it sold 2.7 million Read More →
Venoco CEO offers to take firm private
Latest news[EDITOR’S NOTE: There’s an updated version of this story: “Venoco sued over CEO’s offer“] The CEO of oil and gas company Venoco wants to take the company private in a proposed buyback deal that would value the entire company at $734 million. Denver-based Venoco said Aug. 29 that CEO and Chairman Tim Marquez has offered Read More →
Spirit of Small Business 2011 event photos
Features, Small BusinessVisit www.facebook.com/pacbiztimes for more photos from this year’s event.
Guest op/ed: Region will benefit from AT&T, T-Mobile deal
Op/Eds, OpinionAT&T’s recently announced plan to acquire T-Mobile is great news for the Central Coast.
