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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Technology / Comments Off on Planting seeds in San Luis Obispo: New venture fund looks for student entrepreneurs
A tech hub takes the right mix of a great university, eager entrepreneurs and money and mentoring. For a long time, San Luis Obispo County has had plenty of the first two and not enough of the latter. That could change with the establishment of SLO Seed Ventures, a fund built by San Luis Obispo Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Cal Poly restarts search for new president
After campus visits by the three finalists being considered as the new president of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed has recommended that the process start over with a new pool of candidates, Cal Poly announced June 2. The CSU board of trustees has concurred with the chancellor’s recommendation, according to Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Get thee to a polling place
There’s a lot at stake in this year’s June 8 primary. Because gerrymandering is still the name of the game, primary winners in several legislative districts will have a virtual lock on the November election. Key primaries include the Democratic side in the 35th Assembly District, which covers parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Have a scoop, stand up to union coneheads
With summer on the way, it’s time to eat ice cream. And we can’t think of a better place to try your favorite flavor than Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab in Arroyo Grande. For reasons that are so obscure as to be plainly stupid, Doc Burnstein’s has been the target of banners and protests by Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county tourism on the rebound
Economists can argue all day about the precise end of this recession, but in the travel and tourism sector, the tri-county region’s biggest private industry, the numbers point very clearly to the spring of 2010. Even for hoteliers who remember the post-Sept. 11 slump, 2009 was one of the most relentlessly horrible years in memory. Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on A solid business: Wood flooring company looks to region
For Morgan & Teach Plank Co., the wood business is good business. At a time when tri-county companies have struggled and some have shuttered or left the region, Morgan & Teach has snapped up a State Street storefront in Santa Barbara to show off its high-end wood flooring. And President James Tinghitella wants to move Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, June 7th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pacific Capital will keep headquarters
Even as it operates under a tight regulatory regime, Pacific Capital Bancorp, the region’s largest banking company, confirmed to the Business Times that it is not terminating the lease on its downtown Santa Barbara headquarters. It’s a sign that the Ford Financial Fund — a Texas-based investment group in talks with Pacific Capital over a Read More →
