By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 18th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Schools expand master’s programs
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Barely a month after rolling out 3G wireless phone service in Santa Barbara, Cox Communications cut off the offering effective today. Faster competitors and a lack of the iPhone doomed the plan, the company said. A local spokeswoman said that though the rollout in Santa Barbara was going well, a nationwide order to halt the Read More →
By Staff Report / Thursday, November 10th, 2011 / Latest news / Comments Off on Former telecom mogul dies at 52
Chris Edgecomb, co-founder and CEO of Star Telecom, once one of Santa Barbara’s largest public companies, died Nov. 7. He was 52. Star Telecom was among the nation’s largest telecommunications companies. Edgecomb led the firm’s spectacular rise from $67 million in revenue in 1995 to more than $1 billion in 1999 — before it crashed Read More →
Coastal Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization that helps South Coast employers provide housing assistance to their employees, turned 25 this year.
Over the last year, the developer has been doing indoor work on the old grocery story building and has “curated” tenants for what will be called the Santa Barbara Public Market.
