These towns are not afraid of big chances
ColumnsThrow deep. That’s not always the best economic development strategy. But in the case of North Santa Barbara County, there are two large-scale projects in the very earliest of stages that could become the job-generating engines for the next economic cycle in the Tri-Counties. Before you put down your newspaper and wonder out loud what Read More →
Conjeo Valley
FeaturesShe’s been at the job for less than a year, but former Domino’s pizza queen Jill Lederer’s kingdom may already be expanding. Lederer is the president of the Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce, an organization that may just add Agoura Hills to its title if city officials decide to swap chambers next month. Read More →
Westlake
FeaturesMove Inc., the realty-related Westlake Village online firm that has only turned in a profit three times since 1993 and whose stock has lost more than 90 percent since its bubble-fueled peak, has moved. Sort of. The company is the parent of Move.com and Realtor.com, Web sites aimed at selling homes and connecting Realtors Read More →
Landscaper wins in suit against producer
UncategorizedWhen a powerful Hollywood producer tried to stiff Santa Barbara small-business owner Arturo Gonzalez on half a million dollars of work, the landscaper stood up to the producer in court. And he won. Gonzalez’s landscaping firm, Progressive Environmental Industries, sued two entities controlled by Jon Peters, Barbara Streisand’s ex-husband, producer of “Rain Man” and Read More →
