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By Marlize van Romburgh / Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Cottage, Sansum explore merger
Sansum Clinic and Cottage Health System, already the largest health care providers on the South Coast, plan to merge. The two organizations said June 18 that they are exploring options to combine the two organizations, which each employ thousands of people and see tens of thousands of patients a year. The deal would combine Cottage Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on With maverick Murdock at the helm, Dole is better off private
At age 90, David Murdock has been alive for most of the time that 155-year-old Dole Food Co. has been in existence.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Thornberg: SLO County poised to lead regional recovery
With its wine grapes, relatively affordable housing and recovering labor market, San Luis Obispo County sits at the leading edge of the recovering in the Tri-Counties and statewide. That was the view from Chris Thornberg, founder of Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics, at the semi-annual Central Coast Economic Forecast held in Atascadero on June 6. Speaking Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Grass-to-gas firm to get $100M for first project
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By Editorial Board / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Ventura County pension issues catch AARP’s eye
Ventura County’s penchant for pension spiking has gone nationwide. It has caught the critical eye of AARP’s monthly bulletin, an influential publication seen by millions. We can debate the fairness AARP’s article attacking Ventura County, which is one of the better funded pension plans in the state. And, as the article points out, most who Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Central Coast, Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Project ‘LEEDs’ the way as east Paso Robles emerges as new growth hub
East Paso Robles is emerging as the city’s new leading corner of growth.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Response from Lompoc landowner involved in tiger salamander eminent domain case
[Editor’s note: In the June 7 edition, the Business Times wrote about the county of Santa Barbara’s effort to take part of a ranch near Lompoc through eminent domain for the endangered California tiger salamander. The Business Times left messages for the landowner, Sonia Anderson, who now goes by the surname Wisniewska, at a number Read More →