By Staff Report / Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on SBCC lands on list of top 10 community colleges
For the second year in a row, Santa Barbara City College has been named one of the top ten community colleges in the country. The Aspen Institute said Sept. 5 that it selected the Santa Barbara campus as one of the finalists for its Community College Excellence prize, one of the highest honors a junior Read More →
By Staff Report / Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on Calavo Q3 profits up 109%
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:CVGW” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”05-03-2012″ enddate=”05-09-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers reported Sept. 5 that its third-quarter profits have more than doubled since the same period last year, largely thanks to high avocado volume and good results from its packaged food segment. The avocado marketer and distributor said its earnings for the third Read More →
A 191-unit apartment complex in Thousand Oaks has been sold to a Los Angeles investment firm for $51.4 million, an almost 20 percent premium over the property’s last sale price in 2007. IMT Capital purchased the Archstone Thousand Oaks Crest complex at 491 W. Gainsborough Road. The property drew more than 90 interested buyers and Read More →
By Staff Report / Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on Ventura city manager to step down
Longtime Ventura City Manager Rick Cole is stepping down, effective Sept. 15. The news came Aug. 29 in separate statements from the City Council and Cole. “During City Manager Rick Cole’s annual evaluation, it became clear that a majority of the City Council believes that it is time for a change in leadership,” the council Read More →
Santa Barbara-based RightScale has joined the ranks of Google, Twitter and PayPal as the winner of an award from the World Economic Forum, the group that holds its famous meetings in Davos each year. The forum named RightScale a 2013 Technology Pioneer. The award goes to startups with “the potential to transform business and society,” Read More →
Sirigen, a UC Santa Barbara biomedical technology spinout, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Becton Dickinson and Co. The company was founded in 2003 by two students and a professor to enter UCSB’s New Venture Competition. Sirigen won the competition in May 2003. The company’s technology tapped recently discovered conductive polymers to improve what are Read More →
By Staff Report / Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on $28M Marriott hotel opens in Goleta
After nine years of planning and development, the $28 million Courtyard by Marriott in Goleta opened its doors Aug. 23. The 106-room hotel is located on three acres at 401 Storke Road, down the street from Isla Vista and a mile away from the UC Santa Barbara campus. Bob Olson, CEO of Irvine-based R.D. Olson Read More →
