Donations roll in to help Food Bank of Santa Barbara County repair damaged building
Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top StoriesThe Food Bank of Santa Barbara County’s offices were damaged by a falling tree on May 10, and donors have stepped up since then with more than $50,000 to help pay for repairs. Food Bank employees arrived the morning of May 11 to find that heavy winds the night before had toppled a eucalyptus tree Read More →
Region’s unemployment at record low
Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Ventura CountyThe tri-county region’s unemployment rate dipped below 3% in April for the first time on record, as unemployment across the state continued its long post-pandemic decline. Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties had a combined unemployment rate of 2.9%, down from 3.4% the month before and 6.5% a year earlier, according to data Read More →
Jim Copeland, San Luis Obispo business leader and French Hospital supporter, dies at 80
Latest news, Real Estate, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Top StoriesJim Copeland, a San Luis Obispo entrepreneur, developer and philanthropist who co-founded a national sporting goods retail chain, died April 25 at the age of 80. Copeland was born in Berkeley and his family moved to the Central Coast when he was a child, according to his Legacy.com obituary. He graduated from San Luis Obispo Read More →
Orfalea reflects on childhood, Kinko’s sale, and his ‘one measure of success’
Latest news, left, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Ventura CountyPaul Orfalea still hasn’t forgiven the alphabet. “I think it’s chickenshit, the alphabet,” the Kinko’s founder told a lunchtime meeting of the Rotary Club of Ventura-South on April 25, at the Tower Club atop the Topa Financial Plaza in Oxnard. “ ‘GH’ is an ‘F,’ ‘PH’ is an ‘F’, and ‘F’ is an ‘F.’ Why Read More →
Region’s unemployment rates hit new post-pandemic lows
Latest news, left, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Ventura CountyThe unemployment rate in the tri-county region dipped to 3.4% in March, its lowest by a comfortable margin since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to data released April 15 by the California Employment Development Department. The unemployment rate in March was 3.5% in Ventura County, down from 4.1% the month before. It was also Read More →
Former Thousand Oaks man arrested on fraud charges
Latest news, Law & Goverment, Regions, Top Stories, Ventura CountyA former Thousand Oaks resident who wrote a pamphlet warning of the dangers of drunken driving has been charged with numerous felonies including grand theft and money laundering, related to investments he solicited in his book project. George Ronald Russell, 65, was arrested in Nevada on April 1 by deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Read More →
