Record crowd as awards honor business leaders, star students
More than 700 business and community members turned out to the 20th annual South Coast Business and Technology Awards dinner on June 12. The attendance was the highest yet for the event, which has helped raise $1.6 million in scholarships to more than 650 students over the past two decades. The event honors leaders from Read More →
South Coast firms launch statewide hotel building spree with Pismo project
Two Santa Barbara firms are backing a 30-year veteran of the hospitality development market and his plans to build out hotels along the California coast, with the first test project taking shape in Pismo Beach.
South Coast housing demand drives demolition of State Street hotel
Plans to bulldoze a profitable hotel on Upper State Street in Santa Barbara are moving forward as pent-up demand for housing means South Coast developers can price middle-market condos in the $1 million range.
Venoco cuts workforce
Venoco, a Denver-based oil company with operations in the Tri-Counties, is laying off part of its workforce.
Tech author to reveal what your phone knows about you
Authors Robert Scoble and Shel Israel detail the convergence of five forces: social media, mobile computing, data, sensors and location. Those technologies combine to give technology companies a picture of who you are, where you are, what you’re doing and what your preferences are with a degree of accuracy previously unimaginable.
