Dubroff: Spainhour, a confident banker who leaves behind a rich legacy
Latest news, OpinionI first met Dave Spainhour when I stumbled into a Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Branch on Halloween in 1999, hoping to find someone to notarize a document. The branch was decorated to the nines and amid the spiderwebs and massive amounts of candy, I met Kathy Kerstiens, who helped me get the right signatures Read More →
Bravery in early Santa Barbara banking
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top StoryDavid Spainhour, who played a lead role in the rise of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust to become the region’s dominant banking institution in the 1990s and early 2000s, died in Santa Barbara on May 28. He was 91. Spainhour, a native of Los Angeles, took the biggest risk of his career in the 1960s Read More →
Dubroff: U.S. and tri-county economies are in a wait-and-see mode
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Dubroff: Small businesses have an uphill battle
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Sansum, Sutter rekindle talks to merge
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Sansum, Sutter Health in talks to merge
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top StorySanta Barbara-based Sansum Clinic, one of the largest health care nonprofits in the Tri-Counties, said May 5 that it entered into exclusive negotiations for a possible combination with Sutter Health, a Sacramento-based organization that operates a network of hospitals and clinics in Northern California. Sansum and Sutter said in a combined statement to community stakeholders Read More →
Dubroff: Banking crisis hits Central Coast with First Republic seizure, sale
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