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Paso looks to future after long-delayed step toward 11 AVAs

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Columns, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Paso looks to future after long-delayed step toward 11 AVAs

The TTB designates viticultural areas to help vintners better describe the origin of their wines and to inform consumers about wines they might purchase.

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Massive retail and apartment project in Goleta is under way

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Columns, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Massive retail and apartment project in Goleta is under way

Developer Westar Associates has broken ground on Hollister Village, a mixed-use project in Goleta that will include 266 apartments and a shopping center.

After years in the planning process that included fierce opposition from some neighborhood activists, Costa Mesa-based Westar secured approvals for the project at Hollister Avenue and Glen Annie Road in October 2012.

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Retired Ventura County sheriff sues for supplemental pension

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  East Ventura County, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  5 Comments

Former Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks, whose $283,000 pension is among the largest of any retired government employee in California, is suing the county for a supplemental benefit that would pay him another $75,000 a year.

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Banking on downtown SLO: Heritage Oaks buys former Union Bank building

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Banking on downtown SLO: Heritage Oaks buys former Union Bank building

The multimillion-dollar sale of a prime property in the heart of the Central Coast’s busiest downtown comes amid a flurry of building activity that had some developers bidding on the lot in hopes of developing the bank building’s adjacent parking lot, which faces the corner of Marsh and Osos streets. But the timing was too good for Heritage Oaks to pass the location up, said Simone Lagomarsino, the bank’s CEO.

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Fighting for farming: Santa Paula rancher wrangles with SOAR advocates

By   /  Friday, October 11th, 2013  /  Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Features, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Fighting for farming: Santa Paula rancher wrangles with SOAR advocates

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New water fees could dry up Ventura projects

By   /  Friday, October 11th, 2013  /  Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on New water fees could dry up Ventura projects

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Cottage-Sansum merger on track as anti-trust filing nears

By   /  Friday, October 11th, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Cottage-Sansum merger on track as anti-trust filing nears

Sansum Clinic’s planned merger with Cottage Health System remains on track despite the possibility that the partial government shutdown could delay an anti-trust review of one of the region’s biggest health care deals. And the biggest physician group in Santa Barbara County says it hopes to be able to join the Covered California insurance exchange Read More →