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By Erika Martin / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Drones spark interest from startups to CSUCI
As drones migrate from the military space into the private sector, their potential uses reach far wider than the home delivery efforts that made headlines a year ago.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on Riding a new wave: Iron & Resin tests San Francisco appeal
Iron & Resin, a lifestyle retailer steeped in the motorcycle and surf culture of Ventura opened its second flagship location in San Francisco on Dec. 1.
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s historic El Paseo is new wine destination
When Jamie Slone was looking to establish a tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara for his inaugural line of wines, he liked the cluster of three tasting spots at the city’s historic El Paseo complex and was looking to join them.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: With drought worries shelved, falling oil prices give region a break
On a drive throughout much of the Highway 101 corridor dodging rainstorms on Dec. 15, I learned a lot about how much the psychology of a return to normal weather is having on the region.
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By Chris Officer / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on SLO family gets Mark Cuban’s cash for Q-Flex expansion
What began as a daughter’s idea to help her ailing mother after 12-hour workdays has turned into a cameo on primetime television and a partnership with a billionaire businessman.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on The Shopping Center Group makes West Coast retail play
Atlanta-based retail real estate firm The Shopping Center Group recently opened its first West Coast office in Santa Barbara.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on Region’s craft brewers expand despite drought, tight supplies
On average, craft brewers use between six and eight gallons of water to produce just one gallon of beer. And while the drought has set back some breweries in the northern half of the state, tri-county brewers say they’re upping annual barrel production with little trepidation of future water issues.
