South Coast welcomes new brokerage, old names
Two of the biggest players in the South Coast commercial real estate industry have switched teams. Stephen Leider and Clarice Cornell Clarke, now shareholders of Lee & Associates commercial real estate, will launch a Santa Barbara office for the national real estate brokerage on Aug. 1. Leider was a founding partner of Leider Hayes Commercial Read More →
Lawsuits may shed light on Klein crash
A pair of lawsuits filed against the late Michael Klein’s estate and its posthumous trust could do more than gain as much as $525 million for death and injuries suffered when a small plane he had hired crashed into a mountain in Panama just before Christmas. It also might provide testimony that sheds light on Read More →
CPA firms launch
Following a reorganization of one of the region’s top 10 accounting firms, Barbich Longcrier Hooper & King no longer exists on the Central Coast. In its place, two new firms have opened in San Luis Obispo, both run by former partners of BLH&K. Eric Schwefler and Gary Jensen have opened Caliber Accounting Group with Read More →
A stein among wines
In an area surrounded by vineyards and independent winemakers, Doug Martin picked San Luis Obispo as the spot to start his own beverage-making business. Except Martin took a slightly unconventional route: He’s brewing beer. But he takes an even further unconventional step: He brews his according to Reinheitsgebot, or German Purity Law, and imports all Read More →
Amgen tacks on $8 billion in market cap
Wall Street believes in Amgen again. Shares of the Thousand Oaks-based firm, the world’s largest biotechnology company, jumped 16 percent between market close July 25 and July 28, trading at volumes nearly five times higher than average. With 7,500 employees at its headquarters, Amgen is Ventura County’s largest employer and the Tri-Counties’ largest publicly traded Read More →
