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By Staff Report / Thursday, October 14th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on FPPC approves Copeland fine
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission fined San Luis Obispo businessmen James and Thomas Copeland and banker David Booker $80,000 at its Oct. 14 meeting for violating the state Political Reform Act. The Copelands and Booker are accused of staging a secret and illegal campaign in 2006 to block rancher Ernie Dalidio’s development plans. The five-member Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Pacific Capital gets delisting warning
Pacific Capital Bancorp said in an Oct. 13 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the Nasdaq stock market has told it to get its stock price back above $1 before April 6, 2011, or potentially be delisted. The Santa Barbara-based banking firm — the holding company for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Harmony landowners sue Coastal Commission
A family that owns property along the coast of northern San Luis Obispo County has sued the California Coastal Commission over its decision in August to require public access to a mile-long stretch of coastline. The family trust — led by sisters Denise McLaughlan, Sharyn Schrick, and Sandra Bowman — owns 400 acres near the Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Southwest on South Coast: A LUV story
At Santa Barbara Municipal Airport these days, construction crews are making progress on a $60 million expansion. When it opens next spring, the airport will get a new, two-story terminal, waiting areas that actually have bathrooms and five gates served by jetways. Thirteen hundred miles away in Dallas, the nation’s most profitable airline is also in Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on AOL’s $50M local news venture hits region
Internet giant AOL moved into the already-crowded tri-county media scene with the launch of its first Patch.com news website in the region on Sept 28. Moorpark Patch is one of about 150 community news-oriented websites that AOL plans to roll out in California over the next year, and the company has “significant” plans for the Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Small Business, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Dialing up success: Firestone leads Tempest Telecom to clear skies
Jessica Firestone has built a business by making sure that your e-mails, text messages and phone calls get where they’re supposed to be going, and fast. In five years, Firestone has grown Goleta-based Tempest Telecom Solutions from a four-person startup to a 100-employee firm with operations across the country. Tempest pulls in about $30 million Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Ventura County CEO Robinson to retire
Ventura County CEO Marty Robinson has announced plans to retire in March after three years as the top executive in the region’s largest government agency. Robinson, 60, replaced Johnny Johnston as CEO in 2008, the culmination of a career with the county that has now lasted more than 35 years. She was the first woman Read More →
