A fully baked idea: After TV success, Sweet Arleen’s goes nationwide
Small Business, Top StoriesArleen Scavone, three-time champion in the Food Network’s televised “Cupcake Wars,” used a winning formula that she now hopes will help turn her Westlake Village boutique cupcake shop into a national brand.
A premium on historic Oxnard: Barkley buys Bank of A. Levy site
Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyA historic bank building in downtown Oxnard is now home to Barkley Insurance & Risk Management, a 20-year-old family firm.
Location, location is key to drought outlook for region’s vintners
Agribusiness, Central Coast, Small Business, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & ViticultureCalifornia’s production of wine grapes is likely to decline this year after record yields in 2012 and 2013, but it’s uncertain whether the booming Central Coast will join in the slide.
Artisan food vendors flock to Santa Barbara Public Market
Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, TourismVendors will offer sustainably and humanely-raised meat and poultry; vegetable and fruit juices pressed on site; fresh seafood; cheeses and salumi; cupcakes and cakes; olive oils and vinegars; and a wine and beer tasting bar.
Turn of fate on 9/11 spurred dramatic career shift to winemaking
Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & ViticultureOn the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Peter Work and wife Rebecca watched from the Newark, N.J., Airport as the twin towers of the World Trade Center went crashing down in a cloud of dust and debris.
Sanford, free of debt, looks to future at Alma Rosa Winery
Central Coast, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & ViticultureRichard Sanford, free of a crushing debt burden, says he is excited about the future of Alma Rosa Winery and Vineyards and his role there, even though he has lost ownership.
