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Marlize van Romburgh


| Friday, November 30th, 2012

Building a nonprofit hub: VCCF’s new headquarters space is filling up

Features, Nonprofits, Real Estate

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| Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Santa Barbara food market and condo project is ripening

Columns, Real Estate

The Alma del Pueblo condo and food market project on Victoria and Chapala streets in downtown Santa Barbara is moving closer to completion.

| Friday, November 16th, 2012

Funk revival: Santa Barbara’s gritty neighborhood a hub for big projects

Features, Real Estate, Small Business

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| Friday, November 16th, 2012

Buyers bag big grocery store deals

Columns, Real Estate

The long-vacant former Home Depot site in Oxnard has been sold for $7.1 million.

| Friday, November 9th, 2012

Watkins: Ventura County’s prospects are dim

Latest news, Tri-County Economy

Ventura County is going to start looking a lot more like South Santa Barbara County in coming years, with few job opportunities to match the high cost of housing. That was the view from Bill Watkins, chief economist at the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University. “Ventura County’s future has changed,” Read More →

| Friday, November 9th, 2012

$231M First California sale shakes up bank ranks

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories

With the Tri-Counties’ two largest banks being acquired by bigger players, the regional lending landscape is shifting dramatically away from community financial institutions. Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp said Nov. 6 that it is buying First California Financial Group for $231 million in an all-stock deal. At $8 per share, PacWest’s bid represents an 18.5 percent Read More →

| Friday, November 9th, 2012

Obamacare stays, California taxes rise and gridlock returns to D.C.

Columns, Opinion

The votes have been counted and now California and the U.S. face a  slightly changed political landscape but a series of new realities. Obamacare will not be repealed, Proposition 30 passed despite a furious advertising assault and Latino voters helped put a Democrat into a congressional seat that represents most of Ventura County. Some further Read More →