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 | Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

								
Orfalea offers advice to start-ups

								Latest news								
Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea hates working long hours — and he said that’s a big part of the reason his small business turned into one of the most successful start-ups ever to come out of Santa Barbara County. Orfalea shared personal advice on how to manage a start-up company with a group of about 200 Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, February 10th, 2012

								
Entrada poised to lead State Street revival

								Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism								
A year after 35 State Street Hotel Partners took over the long-dormant La Entrada project on the waterfront end of Santa Barbara’s State Street, plans to jolt the hotel back to life are right on schedule. The hotel partnership, led by Michael Rosenfeld of Los Angeles-based investment and development company Next Century Associates, bought the Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, February 10th, 2012

								
Hot commodities: Greenhouse tomato growers eye competition

								Agribusiness, Features								
Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo and Windset Farms in Santa Maria view Mexican farmers as their biggest competition.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, February 10th, 2012

								
Bonbon boom: Chocolate retailers expect sweetest Feb. 14 in a decade

								Features, Small Business								
It’s a sweet year to be a chocolate shop in the Tri-Counties. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, February 3rd, 2012

								
Ohana could double money on Bacara

								Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy								
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 | Friday, February 3rd, 2012

								
Wells Fargo warns growers of globalization risks

								Agribusiness, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
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 | Monday, January 30th, 2012

								
New owners field offers for Bacara

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Six months after Ohana Real Estate Investors bought Bacara Resort & Spa for an estimated $104 million, industry sources say the luxury hotel is back on the market. According to several Santa Barbara hotel operators, a major international hotel chain recently approached Ohana with an unsolicited inquiry to purchase the 360-room Goleta resort. The offer Read More →