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Big picture architecture

By   /  Monday, August 31st, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Big picture architecture

Their philosophy is best summed up in the words of Wallace Stevens’ 1928 poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” I. Among twenty snowy mountains    The only moving thing    Was the eye of a blackbird “In these [thirteen] short, haiku-like stanzas, he creates depth and space with an economy of means,” said Read More →

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Oxnard merits better treatment in capital

By   /  Monday, August 31st, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Oxnard merits better treatment in capital

Oxnard is the biggest city in the biggest county in the tri-county region. It has a pro-business attitude, plenty of land and utility resources, a large and eager workforce and a desire to lead the state’s economic recovery. But that apparently means nothing in Sacramento, where the California Enterprise Zone Program recently turned down Oxnard’s Read More →

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Breaking news: Affinity Bank seized by regulators

By   /  Friday, August 28th, 2009  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Breaking news: Affinity Bank seized by regulators

In the first bank failure in the Tri-Counties in almost 20 years, Ventura-based Affinity Bank was seized by federal regulators Aug. 28. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took Affinity into receivership and said San Diego-based Pacific Western Bank will assume Affinity’s ten branches and $922 million in deposits. Pacific Western also agreed to buy essentially Read More →

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In memoriam: Brian Wolverton

By   /  Friday, August 28th, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on In memoriam: Brian Wolverton

These days we spend our time consumed with the economy, business, careers, politics and family matters and we often forget that others are doing far more important work on behalf of our nation.   Our freedom to speak, conduct commerce and fret about all things American ultimately relies on our nation’s ability to defend itself. Read More →

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State order targets PRstore sales pitch

By   /  Thursday, August 27th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on State order targets PRstore sales pitch

[Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Aug. 21 print edition of the Business Times. Ira Distenfield’s response, attached below, will appear in the Aug. 28 print edition. Source documents used to report this story are also attached below.] Ira Distenfield, the Santa Barbara man who built up and sold legal services franchise We the Read More →

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Legal discord over music festival

By   /  Wednesday, August 26th, 2009  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Legal discord over music festival

[Editor’s note: See correction below.] A battle of the band bookers is breaking out in Santa Barbara. The organizers of the West Beach Music & Arts Festival face a civil lawsuit from another concert organizer who demands nearly $500,000. Jackie Kane also alleges that the West Beach organizers froze her out of her share of Read More →

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Crack down on fire-causing cartels

By   /  Monday, August 24th, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Crack down on fire-causing cartels

An international law enforcement effort is needed to bring the perpetrators of the La Brea fire to justice. Unless you have been sleeping for the past week, you probably know that state and local officials believe that Mexican cartels that operate massive pot farming operations in far northeast Santa Barbara County were behind the 89,000-acre Read More →