High-tech manufacturing facility to break ground
One of the largest industrial spaces planned for the Goleta area in recent years will soon break ground. Alliant Techsystems Space Systems plans to move the first dirt for a new 25,000-square-foot facility on Pine Avenue on Oct. 12, the company said in a release. Better known in the Tri-Counties as ATK Space Systems, the Read More →
A rift in the valley
Los Olivos, a sleepy town of about 1,000 in the Santa Ynez Valley, has been experiencing some classic symptoms of growing pains, and now community leaders are poised to make a few crucial decisions about tourism — the area economy’s bread and butter. The town, located a short distance from Michael Jackson’s famed Neverland Ranch, Read More →
Credit unions win battle for savings, loans
The saying goes that from great chaos comes great opportunity. In the financial world, still reeling from near-collapse, no entities may understand that adage better than credit unions. In the Tri-Counties and nationwide, these distant cousins of banks found that because they stuck to conservative lending practices, they’ve remained well-capitalized and are now poised to Read More →
Wet gold
Water supply has been a critical issue throughout the history of the American West, but in an age when global warming concerns and an increasingly complex water distribution system create new challenges for regulators the world over, Mark Twain’s words — “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over” — have renewed meaning. In Read More →
Tsunami advisories
An 8.3 magnitude earthquake in the South Pacific near Samoa on Sept. 29 caused the National Weather Service to issue tsunami advisories for much of the California and Oregan coastlines, including the San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura county coastlines. No exceptionally large waves or damage were reported in the Tri-Counties. Weather officials had Read More →
Green Awards kick off
The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce announced that it will recognize six businesses for their environmental leadership with its annual Green Awards. The chamber is currently seeking nominations for the awards. Businesses, organizations and individuals who work to be green by reducing pollution, improving resource conservation and sustainability or improving air and water Read More →
Funds for UCSB research
The University of California, Santa Barbara, announced that more than $36 million in federal stimulus dollars have allowed it to fund research projects ranging from computer science to biological imaging to the effects of ocean acidification. Many of the grants are from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy. Read More →
