Compass manager sued by Coldwell Banker over ‘secrets’
Coldwell Banker is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing the company’s trade secrets. The residential real estate brokerage company is going after John Nisbet, who left Coldwell Banker’s Santa Barbara office to work for the rapidly expanding residential real estate firm Compass. Coldwell Banker is accusing Nisbet of stealing confidential data, including market data, Read More →
Tri-county growers, florists flourish despite drought
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Santa Barbara incubator gets ready to make an impact
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OCB Bancorp income up 142 percent in 2015
OCB Bancorp, the parent company of Ojai Community Bank, increased its year-over-year net income by 142 percent in 2015. OCB Bancorp’s net income grew from $380,000 in 2014 to $921,000 in 2015, or 40 cents in earnings per share. Total loans increased $48.2 million or 37.5 percent to $176.5 million in 2015. Total assets rose Read More →
Community West Bank hires 2 executives
Goleta-based Community West Bank has hired two new executives as the bank expands into San Luis Obispo County and maps out future growth. The bank’s parent company, Community West Bancshares, announced on Feb. 1 that it hired Brian Schwabecher as its senior vice president and regional market manager and Elizabeth Crandall as the vice president Read More →
Yardi Systems founder shares history of success
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Dubroff: Coastal Commission should tackle housing shortage
It is perhaps appropriate that an effort to unseat Charles Lester, executive director of the California Coastal Commission, might just come to a head in Morro Bay on Feb. 10. That’s the date when the commission is set to hold a public meeting over so-called “performance issues” that have led, apparently, to an effort by Read More →
