Opinion: Moving Main Street forward
By Judy Mahan What a difference a year makes — and when the year was 2020, this couldn’t be more true. It is beyond refreshing to see San Luis Obispo County’s Main Street areas back to their pre-pandemic hustle and bustle: diners enjoying non-socially distanced meals, yoga studios at full capacity, retailers serving their customers Read More →
SLO County landfill secures private equity loan
CGL Holdings, the owner of Chicago Grade Landfill in San Luis Obispo County, has secured a $9.5 million term loan from Columbia Pacific Business Finance, a Seattle-based private equity fund. CGL Holdings will use the money to refinance existing debt on the municipal waste landfill and recycling center near Atascadero and distribute proceeds to its Read More →
American Riviera Bank reports strong second quarter
American Riviera Bank more than doubled its net income from the second quarter of 2020 to the same quarter of 2021, buoyed by Paycheck Protection Program fee income. The Santa Barbara-based bank reported $3.57 million in net income in the most recent quarter, or 70 cents per share, compared to $1.57 million, or 31 cents Read More →
Takeda expansion is latest coup for Conejo Valley pharma industry
Takeda Pharmaceuticals, a Japanese company with major operations in the Conejo Valley, will expand its facility in Thousand Oaks, investing $126 million to build out the manufacturing operations to support new product lines. The Takeda team, alongside the mayor of Thousand Oaks, Claudia Bill-de la Peña, is scheduled to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Read More →
Santa Barbara nonprofits close COVID relief fund
Santa Barbara County’s COVID-19 Joint Response Effort is closing its relief fund after distributing $5.8 million to those in need since the start of the pandemic. The creators of the COVID-19 Joint Response Effort are The Santa Barbara Foundation, United Way of Santa Barbara County and the Hutton Parker Foundation. The groups announced the end Read More →
Bank of the Sierra reports record earnings
Sierra Bancorp reported record earnings boosted by lower loan and lease losses and improvements to the overall economy, the bank announced July 19. The parent company of Bank of the Sierra said it had $11.7 million in net income for the quarter ended June 30, or 76 cents per diluted share, compared to $8.3 million Read More →
Limoneira to sell land for new Santa Paula Hospital
The county of Ventura wants to replace Santa Paula Hospital, and it’s working with Limoneira and a third party to make it happen. In a letter of intent released July 14, Limoneira announced it plans to sell 25 acres of its land in Santa Paula to a company called Pacific Coast Investments in five staged Read More →
