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By Staff Report / Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 / Latest news / Comments Off on Allan Hancock College selects new leader
Allan Hancock College has named Kevin Walthers its new president and superintendent. Walthers, who will take up the top post at the Santa Maria campus in early July, comes from Las Positas College in Livermore. Allan Hancock said he was selected after a nationwide search that was launched when former president and superintendent José Ortiz Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news / Comments Off on In ‘financial emergency,’ SB Neighborhood Clinics could close without funding
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics is in danger of closing its doors by the end of July if it doesn’t raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in the next few months. The nonprofit clinic, which provides free health care to uninsured and underserved members of the Santa Barbara community through its four branches, held a press Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, May 20th, 2013 / Latest news / Comments Off on SBA honors Trust Automation with small-business award
Ty and Trudie Safreno of Trust Automation have been honored with this year’s Central California Small Business Person of the Year Award. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Fresno District Office selected the Safrenos for their company’s contribution to the region’s economy. The San Luis Obispo-based small business, which makes devices that control high-precision electric motors Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on E&Y Entrepreneur awards should consider impact of region’s finalists
Three companies from our region will be competing next month in the Greater Los Angeles segment of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Medicare data reveals big price discrepancies
Why does a hospital in San Luis Obispo charge tens of thousands dollars more for major joint replacement surgery than one across the Santa Barbara County line? And what’s behind a hospital in the city of Santa Barbara asking twice as much as a facility in nearby Lompoc? And perhaps more puzzling, why is the Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Shopping for shipping: ShipHawk aims to make sending stuff easier
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Central Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on KCLU, KCBX to battle it out in Santa Maria
A radio battle is shaping up on the Central Coast, with two similar stations preparing to face off for audience share from the Santa Ynez Valley to San Luis Obispo. But it’s not another clash of commercial giants such as Cumulus Media and Clear Channel Communications. The contenders are KCBX and KCLU, two nonprofit public Read More →
