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 | Friday, December 16th, 2011

								
Suit says oil company fouled land, deal

								Top Stories								
The owners of 200 acres of farmland along the Oxnard plain claim a Bakersfield oil company polluted their water through drilling leases on their land and then failed to tell the investing public about it, scuttling a deal to sell the ranch for $15 million. In a complaint filed  Nov. 29 in Ventura County Superior Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 16th, 2011

								
A model of cancer care: Facility will put services under one roof

								Features								
Come March, the Tri-Counties’ first and only free-standing cancer center will be up and running in Santa Maria. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 16th, 2011

								
Tourism tapping into apps: Visitors bureaus bet on ubiquity of smartphones

								Features, Tourism								
The tourism bureaus in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties have gone mobile with apps targeted at the region’s visitors. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 16th, 2011

								
More than muscle: National group honors Meathead Movers

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Business at Meathead Movers is stronger than ever after the San Luis Obispo company received a national award recognizing young entrepreneurs. 

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 9th, 2011

								
Magellan’s merger may give sales a lift

								Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
Santa Barbara-based Magellan’s Travel Supplies and Colorado Bag’n Baggage are joining forces to battle the difficult retail climate. The two companies, both of which are considered leaders in the U.S. luggage and travel products industry, announced the merger on Dec. 1. Magellan’s operates mainly as a catalog business, with a customer base of 1.8 million Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 2nd, 2011

								
Getting a lift: Holiday traffic grows at airports

								Features, Tourism, Tri-County Economy								
The holiday season is expected to mark the start of a slow climb back to cruising altitude for area airports.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 2nd, 2011

								
Successful formula: Thousand Oaks woman rethinks the baby bottle

								Features, Small Business, Women Inc.								
Seven years after Christine Barlow’s son was born with a birth defect, the baby bottle business she launched to help other infants avoid the same problem is up and running.