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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on The sudden awakening of antitrust regulators may be temporary
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like some of the crown jewels of tri-county commerce were about to change hands. Simon Property Group was mounting a hostile takeover of Macerich, looking to add The Oaks, Pacific View and La Cumbre to holdings that already include the Camarillo and Pismo Beach shopping outlet complexes. And Read More →
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 24th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Paso Robles urged to reduce housing permitting barriers
The Building, Design and Construction Cluster of the Economic Vitality Corp., a group of building industry professionals in San Luis Obispo County, wants Paso Robles to consider updating its permitting fees to reduce barriers to developing affordable housing. The group, part of the SLO Economic Strategy Project, recently submitted a letter to the city with Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 24th, 2015 / Columns / Comments Off on A powerful tool for pricing water is not being given a fair chance
A California appellate court ruling that has stalled tiered pricing for water as a way of navigating through the drought is a stunning reminder of how diminished a role markets play in managing this precious commodity. But that was a point hammered home by David Sunding, a UC Berkeley professor of agricultural economics, during a Read More →
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing
They are analyzing phenolic levels in robust red wines like cabernet sauvignon and syrah to help them make more reliable decisions on when to separate the juice from skins and stems, and how to blend to achieve consistent structure in successive vintages.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light
It’s worth noting that Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Business Times, written slightly more than 15 years ago, featured a story about the first plans for reconstructing the Miramar.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 10th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: With water districts in a cost squeeze, mergers may be the best fix
Brown’s bold move to cut water use by 25 percent in cities and suburbs is really a shot across the bow of special districts to get their fiscal affairs in order or find merger partners.
