KCLU wins awards
KCLU, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties’ National Public Radio station, won seven awards for stations in small markets from the Associated Press Broadcasters Association on June 27, the station said. KCLU got three awards for its coverage of Santa Barbara County’s Tea Fire and Ventura County’s Sesnon Fire. News Director Lance Orozco also won awards Read More →
Fuse shuts off Diablo
Operators at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County shut down one of the plant’s two reactors June 30 because of a blown fuse, the Associated Press reported. The fuse caused a loss of power but didn’t pose any safety threat, said officials at Pacific Gas & Electric, the owner of Read More →
Foundation awards thousands of grant dollars
The Santa Barbara Foundation announced a total of $775,000 in grants going to 16 organizations to provide food, shelter and medical services to the needy in the community. In response to the recession and increased need in the community, the foundation had created its Community Economic Recovery Fund. Awards included impact grants of $50,000 and Read More →
Oasis Apartments scores $10.5M from LA lender
Johnson Capital’s Los Angeles office funded $10.5 million in permanent financing for the privately held entity that owns the 125-unit Oasis Apartments in Goleta. This is the fifth loan Johnson Vice President Kevin Burkhalter has closed in the South Coast area in the past two years. “In my 25 years in this industry, I’ve never Read More →
