Tri-county tourism on the rebound
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county tourism on the rebound
Economists can argue all day about the precise end of this recession, but in the travel and tourism sector, the tri-county region’s biggest private industry, the numbers point very clearly to the spring of 2010. Even for hoteliers who remember the post-Sept. 11 slump, 2009 was one of the most relentlessly horrible years in memory. Read More →
A solid business: Wood flooring company looks to region
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on A solid business: Wood flooring company looks to region
For Morgan & Teach Plank Co., the wood business is good business. At a time when tri-county companies have struggled and some have shuttered or left the region, Morgan & Teach has snapped up a State Street storefront in Santa Barbara to show off its high-end wood flooring. And President James Tinghitella wants to move Read More →
Pacific Capital will keep headquarters
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pacific Capital will keep headquarters
Even as it operates under a tight regulatory regime, Pacific Capital Bancorp, the region’s largest banking company, confirmed to the Business Times that it is not terminating the lease on its downtown Santa Barbara headquarters. It’s a sign that the Ford Financial Fund — a Texas-based investment group in talks with Pacific Capital over a Read More →
Lost Canyons Golf Club slated for housing
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 31st, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Lost Canyons Golf Club slated for housing
After struggling for years in the golf world, Simi Valley’s Lost Canyons is ready to try its hand in the residential real estate market. The owners of the 1,770-acre site in north Simi Valley have taken the first steps in the city’s approval process to rezone and redevelop the two 18-hole public courses into a Read More →
Ready for takeoff: Frontier jets in Santa Barbara would be region
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 31st, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Ready for takeoff: Frontier jets in Santa Barbara would be region
The tri-county skies are about to get a little more competitive. Starting June 4, Frontier Airlines will offer two nonstop flights to Denver International Airport each day from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Airport officials and airline experts expect the new flights to bring down fares and make it easier for tri-county travelers to connect to Read More →
Aerospace contracts lift sales at Lucix
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 31st, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Aerospace contracts lift sales at Lucix
Camarillo-based Lucix Corp. is on track to double its revenue to nearly $30 million this year after winning a big contract with Boeing for a NASA relay satellite. Lucix makes communications gear for satellites and has about 120 employees. A handful of major companies — including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman — make Read More →
Crowded GOP field in 33rd Assembly District
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Crowded GOP field in 33rd Assembly District
Four Republican candidates — a county supervisor, a financial analyst, a city councilman and a former planning commissioner — are vying for the party’s nomination in the 33rd State Assembly District. Each touts him or herself as the business candidate. Each promises to work to cut spending in Sacramento. And each continues to support drilling Read More →
