Bank sues contractor, alleging his home is not his house
Some heavy accusations are being thrown at a well-known area contractor by a Santa Barbara bank. According to a lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, David Lack of David Lack General Contractors and Bank of Santa Barbara are tangling over the matter of Lack’s house. Or, rather, the house Lack appears to lack. Read More →
State budget farce as 10-penny opera
What will a smaller state government look like? What if it is $24 billion-a-year smaller? Those are the questions being debated in Sacramento these days. And no one is more important in that debate than Assemblymember Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo. Blakeslee recently was elected minority leader of the assembly and from that perch he Read More →
A well-deserved retirement
During our nine years in business, we’ve gotten to know Jim Lokey, first as president of Mid-State Bank & Trust and later at Rabobank, which acquired Mid-State a couple of years ago. During his time at Mid-State, Lokey worked closely with Chairman Carrol Pruett. He and his team helped build Mid-State’s branch network across the Read More →
Cal Poly could furlough
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, may force all employees except university police to take two unpaid days off a month in a 10 percent pay to cut deal with a budget crunch, The Tribune reported. The cuts come as other state schools are struggling with their own shrinking budgets as state dollars evaporate. Read More →
Moorpark police are cautioning campers to beware of scammers who charge up to $1,000 to smear grease all over vehicles, the Ventura County Star reported. The scammers offer to put a new gel coat on trailers and other fiberglass vehicles, the Star reported. The scammers apply a gel and tell the victim to not touch Read More →
Solid Oak takes action
Santa Barbara-based Solid Oak Software said it asked Sony Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and Acer to not ship personal computers containing anti-pornography software required by China, after claiming the code was stolen from its own product, Bloomberg News reported. Solid Oak sent cease and desist letters to the four manufacturers this week, Jenna Read More →
Pacific Capital CEO outlines bank
Pacific Capital Bancorp took a big one-day hit to its stock price June 23 after national media outlets sniped at it with reports that it has put on hold some payments on federal money it received last year. The Santa Barbara company — parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust and other banking brands on Read More →
