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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories / Comments Off on Weighing the options for Harbor Freight
By Stephen Nellis Staff Writer Something big was in the works at Harbor Freight Tools, the nationwide discount tool retailer, when a father-son struggle for control of the company broke out in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 14. The closely held private company was in the midst of moving its Camarillo headquarters to Calabasas. Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on SLO airport gets federal grant
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $2.2 million grant to the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, U.S. Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, announced Aug. 3. The airport plans to use the money for a new terminal. The project has been stalled due to a lack of funds, and this grant will pay for Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Don't threaten eminent domain lightly
Last week’s editorial encouraged the Pacific Oaks Credit Union and the owner of troubled Carriage Square, a retail property in Oxnard, to work out their differences and avoid an eminent domain action by the city. We’re pleased to see that the parties took our advice — and obviously similar advice given by civic leaders. The Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: A few easy steps to fix pension mess
As the region, along with the rest of the state, confronts a massive problem in funding public-sector pensions, the abuses in the city of Bell should sound a clarion call to make real reforms in a corrupt system. The Ventura County Taxpayers Association reports that in the city of Ventura alone, some $3.1 million a Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pressure on at Los Padres Bank
Capital is king — that’s the new mantra for community banks the country over. In the Tri-Counties, Solvang-based Los Padres Bank is on the brink of a possible takeover, as regulators placed it under a new order telling it to shore up its capital levels, be merged or acquired, or potentially face regulatory seizure. Other Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Drink up the sun: Solar financing flows for wineries
When Jim Efird walks between the grapevines on his Edna Valley vineyard, watching them soak up the California sun, he’s also watching the meter on his electric bill run backward. Efird is one of a handful of tri-county viticulturists who have turned to solar photovoltaic systems to power their businesses. His Tolosa Winery in San Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on Caputo tops the list of winners at construction industry awards
Caputo Construction took home the top trophy at the Santa Barbara Contractors Association’s 2010 Builder of the Year Awards, presented at a July 30 dinner at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. The Subcontractor of the Year award went to Construction Plumbing and the Member’s Choice Award to D.D. Ford Construction. Hayward Lumber Co. won the Industry Read More →
