The tech behind the scenes
UncategorizedChances are you’ve never heard of Oxnard’s Nevion. But if you’ve watched a space shuttle launch, the past two Super Bowls, President Obama’s inauguration or the Oscars on March 7, you’ve seen the company’s products at work. Nevion makes the circuit-packed boxes that fill the broadcast trucks outside live events. Through more than two decades Read More →
PCBC turns 50 with a back-to-basics plan
UncategorizedHalf a century after its founding, Pacific Capital Bancorp, the parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, is looking to return to its roots. Santa Barbara National Bank opened March 18, 1960, at 20 E. Carrillo St. with 18 employees. A staid and tradition-bound community bank until an acquisition flurry in the 1990s, Pacific Capital Read More →
Special Comment: Remembering Fess Parker
Opinion[Editor’s note: Business Times Editor and Chairman Henry Dubroff takes a moment to remember Fess Parker business owner to business owner.] I’ve always felt there was a special bond between Fess Parker, the Pacific Coast Business Times and the pioneering spirit of entrepreneurship that’s a hallmark of this region. The man who played Davy Crockett Read More →
Santa Barbara needs its Silicon Valley link
OpinionWord that the Santa Barbara airport is about to lose its daily service to San Jose is a troubling development that threatens the 101 Technology Corridor’s link to the Silicon Valley. But examples from San Luis Obispo show that a strong lobbying effort by business interests can keep service going. We think that a coalition Read More →
Hollywood
OpinionPerhaps it was the moment that Montecito resident Jeff Bridges stepped on stage to accept his well-deserved Oscar for Best Actor on March 7. Perhaps it was the evening that music industry maven Mark Hartley turned on the lights at the Watermark restaurant in downtown Ventura. Or the moment when property titan Triliad Developers and Read More →
Teledyne assists with chemical defense
UncategorizedThousand Oaks-based defense conglomerate Teledyne Technologies said March 5 that one of its companies won piece of a five-year $485 million support contract to help upgrade the Defense Department’s chemical and biological defense equipment. Huntsville, Ala.-based Teledyne Brown Engineering did not disclose the precise value of the deal but called it a “major task Read More →
Hotelier sued over wages
UncategorizedNorth San Luis Obispo County hotelier and one-time winery owner David Weyrich faces a lawsuit from the state labor commissioner demanding $450,000 in lost wages in penalties after scores of workers complained about how he ran the Carlton Hotel in Atascadero, the Tribune reported. The historic hotel also faces the revocation of its bar and Read More →
