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By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on SB Foundation receives grant for journalism project
The Santa Barbara Foundation will receive a $500,000 matching grant, for a total of $1 million, over two years to create a new journalism platform for the South Coast. Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is providing the funding to launch the Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative, described as a “a nonprofit enterprise journalism Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, September 24th, 2012 / Top Stories / Comments Off on B corp architect to talk business social responsibility in SLO
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 21st, 2012 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on In Ventura County, too much space, not enough office jobs
“We go around to offices and every eighth or 10th desk is empty.”
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 21st, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Westlake film makers bank on fraternity humor site
Word, brah. A pair of Westlake Village film industry veterans are out to raise $3.5 million to make a motion picture based on Total Frat Move, a wildly popular website that chronicles, sometimes crassly but always humorously, Greek life on campus from the male viewpoint. The brand’s ultimate owners hope it will ultimately become a Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, September 21st, 2012 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Pierpont purchase caps hotel investment spree
A Los Angeles County-based hotel management firm is betting more than $30 million on the Ventura County hotel market, with its purchase of the Pierpont Inn & Spa last week bringing the company’s total number of properties in the region to six. Brighton Management, a real estate firm headquartered in Diamond Bar, purchased the historic Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 21st, 2012 / Columns, Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on These three middle-class firms are fighting their way to the top
This is turning out to be a tough time for some of the region’s biggest names in fashion, fast food and financial services.
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, September 21st, 2012 / Columns, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s Urban Wine Trail: too big to fail to organize
A look at the Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail’s latest map of 17 locations where you can sample wines from the county’s vineyards gives a hint of why the group decided this year to formally organize as a 501(c)(6) mutually beneficial nonprofit. “It got to a point where communication wasn’t working out as well and Read More →
