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 | Friday, April 13th, 2012

								
Umpqua moves in with $44.7M bank buy

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
American Perspective Bank, a San Luis Obispo County lender founded five years ago, is being purchased by Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. for $44.7 million. If the deal gains the approval of banking regulators and American Perspective shareholders, Umpqua will pay $10 per share in cash for the San Luis Obispo-based bank, a 12.4 percent premium Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, April 13th, 2012

								
Hitting the target: Oxnard businesswoman launches Boys + Arrows swimwear

								Features, Small Business, Women Inc.								
Launched a year ago, the swimwear line is already selling thousands of bikinis at designer prices.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, April 13th, 2012

								
Calavo plans $200M capital raise to prep for acquisitions

								Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies								
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 | Friday, April 6th, 2012

								
Firestone Walker puts food on tap at its Paso Robles brewery

								Restaurants								
Firestone Walker Brewing Co. has opened a dinner restaurant and bar.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, April 6th, 2012

								
The Loop in I.V. closes in on final retailer, tenants for summer debut

								Columns, Real Estate								
The Loop, a $12.5 million project in downtown Isla Vista, is opening in time for the new school year.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, March 30th, 2012

								
$75M Ventura Harbor project readies for Coastal Commission review

								Columns, Real Estate								
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 | Thursday, March 29th, 2012

								
Watkins warns of shrinking Ventura County work force

								Latest news, Tri-County Economy								
Bill Watkins’ usually dour outlook for California and the local economy is only getting gloomier. The chief economist at California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting said March 29 that his outlook a year ago — already pessimistic compared to that of his fellow forecasters — was “wrong, way wrong.” Ventura County lost Read More →