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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Crowded GOP field in 33rd Assembly District
Four Republican candidates — a county supervisor, a financial analyst, a city councilman and a former planning commissioner — are vying for the party’s nomination in the 33rd State Assembly District. Each touts him or herself as the business candidate. Each promises to work to cut spending in Sacramento. And each continues to support drilling Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Down, but not out: Santa Maria plots its comeback
The Santa Maria Valley economy has suffered blows from many sides: 3,500 construction jobs have evaporated, a motion picture special-effects house with Oscar-nominated work has signaled its intention to leave town and, earlier this month, a UPS call center announced it would lay off 270 workers. But economic forecasters say Santa Maria — with its Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Property management software smackdown hits Santa Barbara
The two biggest players in residential property management software, Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems and Texas-based RealPage, are locked in an arms race of acquisitions. And both have taken note of the threat posed by Santa Barbara-based AppFolio, an upstart backed by the founder of one of the South Coast’s most successful software firms. Yardi, one Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on Another stop on the Green Coast tour
When German solar panel manufacturer SolarWorld took over the former Shell Solar plant in Camarillo in 2006, the early signals were not exactly encouraging. First, SolarWorld planted its North American headquarters flag not in Ventura County but in Hillsboro, Ore., where it acquired an empty computer chip factory and built a solar panel plant that Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on Atascadero might not be big enough for both theater projects
A theater showdown may soon be coming to a small city near you. Atascadero has two development teams battling to fill the void in the currently theater-less city, but the City Council is concerned that two movie theatres may be one too many for its little town. On May 11, the City Council voted 5-0 Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Central Coast water rules sent back for redraft
A proposed expansion of water runoff rules that the agriculture industry says could cost the Central Coast up to 3,320 jobs and nearly $300 million in lost business is headed back to regulators for revision. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board regulates water in a seven-county swath of the coast that includes San Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Getting centered: Holistic Healing Center expands in Ventura
The Holistic Healing Center in Ventura has a new home, a place where its founder hopes to bring alternative health and traditional Western medical practices together under one roof. The center recently moved from its 2,000-square-foot location behind Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura to a 3,500-square-foot, custom-engineered space in the City Center complex on Ralston Read More →
