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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, June 3rd, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Textbook hookup: Students develop tract-sharing app
A trio of UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurs wants to revolutionize the $5.5 billion U.S. textbook market with their book-sharing application 1night.me.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Don’t punt on prisons
We need fiscally sound and lasting prison reform.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud
In creating a mortgage fraud strike force, Attorney General Kamala Harris has taken a big, if belated, step forward in writing the last chapter of California’s housing meltdown. As we have chronicled in these pages during the past two years, the boom and bust in housing in our region and across the Golden State did Read More →
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Features, Small Business / Comments Off on A love for olives: Global Gardens grows, despite challenges
Global Gardens is ready to grow, but the olive oil startup has struggled with financing.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Brave new biotech: Camarillo startup launches first products
PBS Biotech, a Camarillo-based startup, is bringing its first products to market.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Barbara hoteliers ask for more police aid
Fed up with reports that crime and homelessness are putting a damper on the Santa Barbara vacation experience, tourism industry leaders stormed City Hall earlier this month to ask for more cops on the city’s streets. Despite a projected $2.7 million shortfall in the city’s general fund next year, the Santa Barbara Police Department proposed Read More →
