Macy’s closing stores in Simi Valley, Santa Barbara
Macy’s will close its Paseo Nuevo store in downtown Santa Barbara in early spring and a Simi Valley Town Center location mid-year, Macy’s announced on Jan. 4. The two tri-county locations are among 68 stores that will shutter in 2017 as part of a planned 100-store downsizing. The women’s store, one of two Macy’s Read More →
Vandenberg AFB to launch Iridium communications satellites Jan. 8
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to launch several Iridium communications satellites Jan. 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, signaling a rebound from the failed Falcon 9 rocket launch in Florida in September. An accident investigation team determined that the September launch failure was likely due to an accumulation of oxygen or a void in Read More →
Software developer MindBody partners with Google
San Luis Obispo-based software developer MindBody announced a partnership with Google on Jan. 3 that aims to help people book fitness classes via a new platform called Reserve with Google. People will be able to schedule fitness and wellness classes directly from Google Maps, Google Search and a new standalone website. In this pilot stage, Read More →
SBA competition to help women business owners find capital
A nationwide business competition led by the U.S. Small Business Administration aims to assist women business owners in finding capital. Participants in the 2017 InnovateHER business challenge will compete for $70,000 provided by the Sara Blakely Foundation to promote products and services that increase quality and length of life. “Women represent half of the U.S. Read More →
Santa Maria’s Abel Maldonado potential Trump nominee for agriculture secretary
Story updated at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 29 Santa Maria farmer and former mayor Abel Maldonado met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Palm Beach Mar-A-Lago resort Dec. 28 to discuss Maldonado’s potential nomination as agriculture secretary, according to newspaper reports. Maldonado was lieutenant governor to Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2010 to 2011 after being elected to Read More →
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo engineering dean leaving for CSU Chico
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced Dec. 27 that College of Engineering Dean Debra Larson will leave to serve as the provost and vice president for academic affairs at CSU Chico as of Feb. 24. “Cal Poly’s College of Engineering is ranked among the best in the nation, and we thank Dr. Larson for her Read More →
Magazine names Yardi Systems among top 10 fastest growing in its industry
Goleta property management software company Yardi Systems was named among the top 10 fastest growing companies in its industry, following its placement on the inaugural Forbes 2016 Cloud 100 list. Insights Success, a magazine that tracks emerging and quickly growing companies, said it included Yardi for its applications of technology “to enhance both the consumer Read More →
