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By Staff Report / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Camarillo chamber CEO to retire
Camarillo Chamber of Commerce President Tom Kelley will step down in January after nearly a decade as head of one of the most dynamic chambers in Ventura County. In a statement from board chair Michael Lavenant, the chamber said Kelley will retire effective Jan. 3, 2011. His accomplishments included bringing Camarillo and its business community Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on SLO family fights state on ‘land grab’
Can the state demand access to a mile of pristine beach land in exchange for permission to fix up an old farmhouse? A San Luis Obispo County family, backed by one of the state’s top property-rights law firms, is suing the California Coastal Commission to find out. A family trust led by sisters Denise McLaughlan, Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on A new addition to Santa Barbara’s courthouse corridor
As one of the only ground-up buildings to be constructed in Santa Barbara’s downtown core in years, the new law office complex at 1100 Santa Barbara St. is something of an anomaly. Also rare is the $1.3 million price tag and eight-month construction time line — the 6,000-square-foot project was under budget and ahead of Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on ‘J.R.’ takes on Wall St., and charities win
A generation after “Dallas” disappeared from the small screen, Ojai actor Larry Hagman has staged a comeback as a media star. The man who played J.R. Ewing was the subject of global news coverage — including a flattering column in the Sunday New York Times — after he won a big settlement against Citigroup and Read More →
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By Tony Biasotti / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Elections could rattle region’s city halls
The battles for the 112th Congress and the governor’s office may be sucking up most of the oxygen this campaign season, but voters up and down the Tri-Counties will also pick new city councils on Nov. 2. The region’s largest cities — Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley — all have contested council elections. Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Is the price right? New SLO company tells you what it’s really worth
You’ve got an old digital camera sitting around and you want to sell it online, but you have no idea how much to ask. Chances are, you search eBay, Amazon and Craigslist to see what similar devices fetch. You scribble it all down on a notepad, do some rough math and come up with a Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on SLO forecast gets $20K
The new Central Coast Economic Forecast, the successor in San Luis Obispo County to the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, announced Oct. 11 that it has received a $20,000 foundation grant. The grant comes from the Hind Foundation and Greg Hind, one of the founders of the Economic Forecast Project. The Central Coast Economic Forecast’s first Read More →
