Dubroff: 2018 will be an exciting year at the Business Times
We are about ready to flip over the internal calendar that drives the Pacific Coast Business Times and launch into Volume 19 of this incredible journey. Beginning with issue 1 of volume 1, on March 17, 2000, we’ve had amazing adventures and became the business publication of record for the tri-county region. We’ve been tested Read More →
Dubroff: Community Dividends program a gift that keeps on teaching
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Philanthropic tradition continues as Montecito Bank & Trust donates $1 million
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Montecito Bank & Trust reports growth in deposits, loans and net income
Montecito Bank & Trust grew its assets 5.7 percent over the last 12 months and reported net income of $8.1 million for the first six months of 2017, up 12.5 percent from the prior year. In the earnings release Aug. 4, the Santa Barbara company said a 20.5 percent increase in loan growth year-over-year and Read More →
Dubroff: New investment fund will have an impact on State Street
Story updated at 2:18 p.m. June 23: Of all the challenges facing Santa Barbara as it tries to reinvent its struggling State Street business district, the biggest may be getting the capital to attract and retain innovative companies. From San Luis Obispo to Westlake Village, tri-county communities are awash in startup weekends and small cash Read More →
Governor pays tribute to Towbes at memorial service
Gov. Jerry Brown made a rare appearance in Santa Barbara on May 23, paying a brief but personal tribute to tri-county businessman Michael Towbes. Towbes died April 11 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 87. Speaking at a memorial service that filled the Granada Theatre, Brown described Towbes as “a helluva guy.” Towbes, Read More →
Our view: Towbes, Morton, Lacayo were rare type of leaders
In the normal course of business relationships, men and women build companies or lead nonprofits and then retire to leave the operations to a new generation or a new team. More rare is the circumstance where leaders are so committed to an enterprise or so intrinsically identified with their organization that they stay at the Read More →
