Independent bookstores on decline as Granada Books shuts doors
With the rise of book-selling giants like Borders and Barnes & Noble in the 1990s, followed by digitized selling popularized by Amazon in the new millennium, independently owned bookstores like Granada have become a rarity.
Public market project celebrates one year
Although patrons initially recoiled from sticker shock, the market continues to grind it out and some tenants are thriving.
SLO restaurateur rides a wave of business, tourism growth
The city is building an impressive lineup of new restaurants, which are filling up vacant real estate.
Pedal to the metal: Stinner Frameworks expands
The company is one of just 100 or so handmade bike builders in the U.S. that, save for components like brakes and wheels, custom manufacture everything from the bicycle frame to the paint.
FarmSolutions gives growers tools to monitor crops
With California in the midst of some of its driest months on record, the statewide drought is far from over, and one Westlake Village firm is looking to bring farmers some solutions.
