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Editorial Department


| Monday, May 10th, 2010

Power-One leads the pack in Q1 earnings

Uncategorized

Tri-county tech firms have announced strong first-quarter results, largely fueled by impressive growth at Camarillo’s Power-One. Here’s a closer look at first-quarter earnings at some of the largest firms in the region: • Power-One, a maker of power treatment products for everything from computers to trains to solar panels, turned in a $3.8 million profit for Read More →

| Monday, May 10th, 2010

Retail market heats up again in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo counties

Columns

The Tri-Counties are finally seeing some retail leasing action again, with everybody from large national chains to local mom-and-pop shops penning deals on spaces. It’s an encouraging sign that the economy is truly on the upswing. In Santa Barbara, national clothing retailer Love Culture announced that it has signed a 10-year lease on 7,000 square Read More →

| Monday, May 10th, 2010

A new deal for a new banking era

Columns

Every financial crisis breeds its own solutions. In the case of Pacific Capital Bancorp, the region’s largest financial institution, that solution is something called a “recapitalization.” As befits the era of the hybrid, the proposed $500 million cash injection by Dallas-based Ford Financial Group is part sale and part workout, all done with a wink Read More →

| Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Editorial: CEOs wanted here

Opinion

There’s nothing wrong with Santa Barbara County’s economy that a few corporate headquarters wouldn’t cure. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a close examination of the data behind the recent UCSB Economic Forecast Project report. Local government employment, the largest sector in the county, is pretty much flat at about 23,000. Given the Read More →

| Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Failed Moorpark project lands in court

Top Stories

The developers of North Park Village had their dreams to build a sprawling, luxury-home community outside Moorpark shot down years ago, but their liabilities for the ambitious project still linger. Although voters rejected plans for the 1,680-home community in 2006, its developers are still on the hook for $22.6 million, according to a lawsuit filed this Read More →

| Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Editorial: Building sale smells like another state fiasco

Opinion

For more proof that the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is living in a world of illusion, look no farther than some serious number crunching on his proposed sale of state office buildings. Once touted as a way to close the state’s budget gap, the plan to sell and lease back 11 flagship office properties Read More →

| Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Keeping the seats full: Arts organizations battle the recession

Nonprofits

A recession is never a pretty picture, especially for arts and culture nonprofits, which rely heavily on private donations and visitor attendance.   Arts organizations around the country laid off workers last year, adopted hiring freezes or cut other expenses in response to a falloff in private donations and government grants. In California, the Santa Read More →