A new report commissioned by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo claims the university has an economic impact of more than $1.4 billion on San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara counties. That number jumped more than $300 million since Cal Poly last contracted a similar study for it’s 2002 -2003 fiscal year. The 60-page study Read More →
Tri-county voters approved $910 million in school bonds on Nov. 4, with every bond proposal passing in Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties while just one passed in Santa Barbara County.
For Guadalupe, it’s not the city’s expenses that are the problem — it’s revenue. With little commercial presence from businesses and a population of about 7,100, business tax revenues have dwindled and the ability to attract retailers is almost nonexistent.
Former Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer and his wife Mary Beth made the single largest cash gift ever to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, according to a Nov. 3 announcement from the university. The university expects the $20 million donation to completely cover the cost to develop and construct four new facilities projects within Read More →
Buellton-based craft brewer Figueroa Mountain is headed across the pond with plans to open a new taproom and brewing operation in Germany. Brewbound, a source for all things beer industry related, dropped the news Oct. 30 that Figueroa is headed to the Bavaria region of the country and plans to start contract brewing there within Read More →
After more than a decade of processing, permitting and managing a salamander on the federal list of threatened species, the Santa Maria Airport District is expecting to receive final approval on its much-delayed specific plan at the center, which would allow for an expanded business park.