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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.
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By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Waste-to-energy company raises $500K, reports big loss
Greenbelt Resources Corp., which counts Diversified Ethanol Corp. as a subsidiary, reported a loss of $217,469 for the third quarter compared to an $18,144 profit a year earlier amid a steep decline in revenue.
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By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Water district sues state to overturn $1.1M fine
The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District has upped the ante in its battle with the State Water Resources Control Board over a $1.1 million fine the district received for a sewer spill in 2010.
