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Editorial Department


| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Bank, builder duel again

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Santa Barbara contractor David Lack and Bank of Santa Barbara are at it again, and this time the builder has fired the latest round in his ongoing battle with the bank. On March 19, Lack Construction filed a lawsuit in Santa Barbara County Superior Court alleging that Bank of Santa Barbara, the firm’s creditor, had Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Hotel could change hands

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The 135-room Country Inn & Suites in Port Hueneme might change hands soon as its owners face foreclosure on $53.2 million in debt. The loan dispute is between two obscure partnerships that ultimately lead to the Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse, two of the largest investment banks in the world. It also represents Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

The future of the Valley

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The battle lines for the future of the Santa Ynez Valley are drawn. On one side, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians put a $40 million recorded value on a 1,390-acre ranch it recently bought from the family of the late actor and Santa Barbara County developer Fess Parker. It’s a signal that the Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

$10M State Street Borders deal is a bright spot in a dull market

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The $10 million sale of 900 State St. in Santa Barbara makes for the largest retail real estate deal in the city in more than two years, but the outlook for the South Coast’s commercial real estate market remains shaky. The 38,000-square-foot retail space where Borders bookstore is housed was sold on April 5 to Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Tri-county tech stocks make market moves

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Ventura County tech companies inked big sales, swung back to profits and traded at heavy volumes in early April. Oxnard-based CalAmp Corp., a communications gear firm, signed contracts for $15.2 million in new wireless networks sales, sending shares up. After paring itself down to basics and tightening its manufacturing to deal with heavy losses, Camarillo-based Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Another LAX flight

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United Airlines added a sixth flight from San Luis Obispo Regional Airport to Los Angeles. The flight will be in a 30-seat Embraer 120 turboprop similar to those currently used to service LAX and San Francisco, the airport said. It will be operated by United’s regional partner SkyWest Airlines and will depart at 2:23 p.m. Read More →

| Monday, April 12th, 2010

Business school battle shapes up in Santa Barbara

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A three-way fight is breaking out to offer evening master’s of business administration classes in Santa Barbara. The latest entrant is Pepperdine University, which struck a sponsorship deal April 8 with the University of California, Santa Barbara, Alumni Association to tap the association’s events and e-mails to advertise the school’s nighttime MBA program in Westlake Read More →