Deckers Outdoor is on the hunt for a new home in SB County
ColumnsDeckers Outdoor Corp., the maker of the Ugg boot, is looking for a new stomping ground. The shoemaker wants to move its Goleta headquarters to a new location in the greater Santa Barbara area sometime in 2012. The company’s third-quarter report showed substantial growth, and Deckers Executive Assistant Michelle Apodaca told the Business Times that Read More →
Pizzeria goes online to save itself
Small BusinessLou Torres isn’t on Facebook, but as of Jan. 13 he had 6,116 supporters of his failing restaurant on the social networking site. Torres owns Deano’s Pizzarama in Santa Barbara, a 50-year-old landmark heading for closure in the face of an ugly economy and tough competition. He owes his landlord two months in back rent Read More →
Fair pay may be key issue for our time
ColumnsDoes the position of state or local bureaucrat come with entitlement to a job and retirement that far exceed those in private industry? Does the job of public company CEO come with an entitlement to get fabulously rich? These are two of the most important questions of our time. My own answer to both questions Read More →
Not drilling leaves money on the table
Opinionke for the state Land Board to spurn a hard-fought agreement between South Coast environmentalists and PXP over the future of the so-called Tranquillon Ridge project. To refresh, the agreement would have allowed PXP to drill new wells on an existing platform and drain the field in return for abandonment of the platform and an Read More →
