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By Staff Report / Friday, July 9th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on New water runoff rules approved
Building advocates are claiming a modest victory after water regulators approved changes to proposed storm water rules that would give developers a more affordable tool to help manage runoff. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board labored late into the evening July 8 to work out changes to rules that will affect how all Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, July 9th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Cottage, CSUCI announce new nursing program
Santa Barbara County’s first program to offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing will open in 2012 under the leadership of CSU Channel Islands and Cottage Health System, university and hospital officials announced July 9. The program will be in a facility next to Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, one of three Cottage hospitals in Santa Barbara County. Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Financial planner faces lawsuits
Ian Filippini, the young president of Montecito-based Filippini Financial Group, filed for personal bankruptcy in April, listing $4.4 million in liabilities. Along with his firm, he faces five civil lawsuits asking for more than $3 million in damages. Filippini’s legal troubles come just a year after formally taking the family firm over from his Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on A bright future: SLO solar firm sees big growth ahead
In four years, San Luis Obispo-based Mainstream Energy Corp. has grown from a head count of fewer than 100 employees to nearly 600 employees and $150 million in annual sales. It recently signed on Kam Mofid, a veteran of large firms such as Teleflex, Pratt & Whitney and General Motors, as president to expand the Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Layoffs, budget cuts hit cities, counties
In what’s become an annual blood-letting ritual in California, local governments in the Tri-Counties passed budgets for the new fiscal year that add up to tens of millions of dollars in spending cuts and dozens of lost jobs. A survey by the Business Times of the three county governments and the 25 cities in the Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on San Luis Obispo developer mixes it up on gas station site
The Mix @ Monterey — an exciting new mixed-use project coming to San Luis Obispo — is set to break ground this month. The four-story building will feature 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, 5,000 square feet of second-floor office space and five condos on the third and fourth floors. Architect and developer George Garcia Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on We were all victims of mortgage fraud
For most scam artists, fraud is a morally murky process that involves taking money from people who are often motivated by greed to push the limits of common sense. Victims of financial fraud are often involved in Ponzi schemes, where proceeds from new investors are used to pay off older investors until the entire edifice Read More →
