Start-ups giving SLO economy a boost
As a recession looms and the unemployment rate increases in the Tri-Counties, prospects for business are surprisingly upbeat. According to data released by the California Economic Development Department, the unemployment rate across the region has increased by about 1 percentage point since the same time last year. In such a challenging economy, San Luis Obispo Read More →
Tough job market for grads
As if four years of college wasn’t tough enough, this year’sgraduating seniors are facing something perhaps harder than calculus and morenerve-racking than public speaking: finding a job. Many area companies are putting the brakes on new hiresuntil the economy improves, and career experts say the worst is yet to come forthe graduates in 2009 and Read More →
Bio-tech firm pulls up stakes, heads south
The biotechnology company formerly known as ChimeraCore hasquit Santa Barbara for San Diego. Chimeros Thousand Oaks-based Amgen slashed hundreds of jobs lastyear, and groups such as The Biotech Forum have sprung up to prevent talentedformer employees from leaving the region for good. Founded in 2004, Chimeros predates the Amgen implosion, butthe reasons it cited for Read More →
News-Press settles suit
A copyright infringement lawsuit was settled April 28 between the owners of the Santa Barbara News-Press and the Santa Barbara Independent. The News-Press suedthe Independent on Nov. 9, 2006, when the daily newspaper said the weekly violated the law by postinga story written by then-News-Press reporter Scott Hadley about the resignationof former editor Jerry Read More →
