Dubroff: Retiring Cuesta president predicts big changes for higher education
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 1st, 2017 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: Retiring Cuesta president predicts big changes for higher education
As the longest serving employee in Cuesta College history, Gil Stork knows a thing or two — which means that, with apologies to the folks at Farmers Insurance, he has seen a thing or two. So, with the announcement in late August that he’d be stepping down on June 30, 2018, it seemed a good Read More →

River Lodge might be up the creek without a paddle
By Robert Shutt / Friday, August 25th, 2017 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on River Lodge might be up the creek without a paddle
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Dubroff: Hotel Californian developer finds value hidden in plain sight
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 25th, 2017 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: Hotel Californian developer finds value hidden in plain sight
More than a decade ago in San Francisco, Michael Rosenfeld found a strategic solution to the problem of value investing in California’s pricey real estate markets — he made a bold bet on restoring classic hotel properties that paid off. On Santa Barbara’s waterfront, he has adapted that strategy with a mix of new construction Read More →

Land trust not bluffing about Carpinteria sale
By Robert Shutt / Friday, August 18th, 2017 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Land trust not bluffing about Carpinteria sale
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Firestone Walker expansion boosts brewing capacity
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, August 18th, 2017 / Agribusiness, Columns, Latest news, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Firestone Walker expansion boosts brewing capacity
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Dubroff: Trump’s behavior causing world to lose confidence in dollar
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 18th, 2017 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: Trump’s behavior causing world to lose confidence in dollar
The fading of the stock market’s “Trump bump” has been accompanied by a steady drop in the value of the U.S. dollar. And it is the greenback’s decline that has UC Santa Barbara professor Benjamin “Jerry” Cohen worried. He’s concerned about the future of the dollar as the world’s “ultimate safe haven.” Cohen, a political Read More →
Dubroff: New leaders will shape city, county of San Luis Obispo
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 11th, 2017 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: New leaders will shape city, county of San Luis Obispo
What a difference a decade makes. San Luis Obispo County entered the recession with a relatively weak private sector driven by a single industry — real estate. It also had talented and experienced fiscal hands at the helm of the city and county government. Fast forward 10 years and the change is 180 degrees. The Read More →







