Dubroff: Hotel Californian poised to leverage Funk Zone proximity
Columns, Latest news, South Coast, TourismThe next piece to the puzzle of Santa Barbara’s waterfront redevelopment will fall into place this summer with the opening of the three-building Hotel Californian. Management is being coy about the opening date for the 121-room hotel, which straddles lower State Street. It incorporates the original Hotel Californian, which pioneered the city’s Spanish Colonial Revival Read More →
Our view: Towbes, Morton, Lacayo were rare type of leaders
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionIn the normal course of business relationships, men and women build companies or lead nonprofits and then retire to leave the operations to a new generation or a new team. More rare is the circumstance where leaders are so committed to an enterprise or so intrinsically identified with their organization that they stay at the Read More →
United Auto Workers leader Hank Lacayo dies at 85
East Ventura County, Higher Education, Latest newsHenry L. “Hank” Lacayo, a union leader with strong ties to political and business leaders across California and the nation, has died. The 85-year-old rose to prominence organizing aircraft workers for the United Auto Workers in the early 1950s. After leading the UAW’s western regional office, he moved to UAW national headquarters in Detroit in Read More →
Dubroff: Rising stock market fuels changes for tri-county companies
Columns, Latest newsConventional wisdom holds there’s not much correlation between a short-term jump in stock prices and impact on the real economy. But this time may be different. It may mark a rare moment when developments on Wall Street have a profound impact on what happens along the Highway 101 corridor. Three announcements made during an eight Read More →
Our view: Two Trees preservation wonderful for Ventura
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionConcerned citizens, community advocates and one of Ventura County’s emerging power couples has made an impressive effort to preserve the city of Ventura’s iconic “Two Trees” hilltop gathering place. On Earth Day, Rich and Bonnie Atmore led a volunteer effort to plant a new eucalyptus tree to begin the process of replacing one of the Read More →
Dubroff: Michael Towbes’ legacy of giving lives on after his death
Columns, Latest newsAfter a successful career as a developer and banker, Michael Towbes spent the last two decades of his life with an increased focus on philanthropy. He was not simply giving back. He was deliberately creating a legacy for his enterprises to remain rooted in the community, while shaping and guiding the region’s cultural institutions. That Read More →
Our view: Shuttered oil pipelines too much for Venoco
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionUpdated at 12:05 p.m. April 24: When a Plains All American pipeline broke, spilling 142,000 gallons near Refugio Beach two years ago, few would have foreseen the unintended consequence that played out in a Delaware bankruptcy court on April 17. Venoco, a capable operator and the largest corporate taxpayer in Santa Barbara County, announced it Read More →
