Tribune gets new president
The San Luis Obispo County Tribune announced Sept. 30 that as of Oct. 13, Bruce Ray will be the new president and publisher of the newspaper. The 38-year-old has been the paper’s chief financial officer since July 2007. Ray replaces Joseph “Chip” Visci, who has been in the newspaper business for 30 years. Visci came Read More →
Green businesses honored
The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce will honor up to six “green” businesses, organizations and individuals at its San Luis Obispo County Green Awards Luncheon on Nov. 13. The Green Awards Committee is seeking nominations from companies, organizations, and individuals who have taken the extra steps to voluntarily implement effective programs or projects Read More →
Armstrong to race in
Lance Armstrong announced that he would be participating in the 2009 Amgen Tour of California with the Astana Cycling Team. Solvang will be hosting the ATOC Stage 7 Individual Time Trial on Feb. 20. Armstrong will also compete in South Australia’s Tour Down Under, which starts Jan. 18.
EPA to take over cleanup efforts at Greka Oil
The U.S. EPA said it will take control of cleanup efforts at Greka Oil and Gas’s Gato Ponds site near Santa Maria because the energy company has failed to meet multiple deadlines. Greka could face fines of up to $32,500 per day for its violations. Greka has spilled an estimated 630,000 gallons of crude Read More →
Newman a journalistic legend
We’ll take a few words to add our voice to many others who are recognizing the achievements of the late Paul Newman, an Academy Award winner with a gift for recognizing social issues. In 1981, Newman starred in the Sydney Pollack film “Absence of Malice,” which made an important contribution to our understanding of Read More →
Ag Alliance marks new era for farming
No matter what is happening on Wall Street — or on Main Street for that matter — people still need to eat. And yet in recent years it sometimes has been hard to tell if agriculture is actually an authorized activity in the Tri-Counties. Water pollution from Los Angeles County has threatened Ventura County’s Read More →
101 corridor tech firms reposition for the future
Even amid uncertainty, the tri-county economy continues to chug along. One reason for this is that the region’s technology companies keep an eye to the future. Two concrete examples: San Luis Obispo-based digital agency LEVEL Studios, formerly Web Associates, has undertaken a major re-invention to take itself from a respected Web developer to an online Read More →
