Tech-savvy Ventura County grower re-engineers approach to raspberries
Jurgen Gramckow is one of a few Ventura County raspberry growers who are making the crop one of the county’s highest-grossing agricultural products.
NASA chief tours Goleta space firm
A Goleta company with a new design for spacecraft solar arrays got a chance to show off its technology to the head of NASA on July 1. Deployable Space Systems, or DSS, is working on a flexible solar blanket that can be rolled up like a sleeping bag. The design saves precious space and Read More →
$8M Carpinteria office building changes hands
One of Carpinteria’s more notable office buildings is back in the hands of its previous owner. The 52,000-square-foot Class A property at 5464 Carpinteria Ave. was recently bought back from the entity that the previous investor sold it to. Transaction terms weren’t disclosed, but the brokerage firm behind the deal said the property was Read More →
Santa Barbara city manager to step down after 13 years
Santa Barbara City Administrator Jim Armstrong will step down at the end of September after 13 years in the position, the city said on Friday. Armstrong was appointed as Santa Barbara’s chief executive in September 2001, a role in which he and oversaw 10 departments and managed the city’s $275 million operating budget. The city Read More →
San Luis Obispo groups tackle workforce housing shortage
San Luis Obispo County has a problem with workforce housing. It doesn’t exist, and nobody wants to build it.
Opposition could gum up energy projects
A trio of Central Coast oil projects are winding through the regulatory process in the face of increasingly stiff regional and statewide opposition.
