Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Nonprofits Sometimes you just need a break from saving the world. Or, as Sigrid Wright, assistant director at the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara, explains, “Sometimes you just need to be able to go into a room for two days and not have to solve a problem.” That’s what Courage to Lead, a new Santa Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Nonprofits As if raising a child with cancer isn’t tough enough, thousands of families over the past year have found it’s even tougher when the economy starts to crumble. It’s an issue that also falls into the national debate over universal health care, but for now, one private organization in the Tri-Counties has decided to take Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Columns As we approach the end of October, Halloween forces us to think about things that are typically considered scary: monsters, witches, ghosts … the real estate market. This year has seen some truly horrific home sales statistics, and now spooked real estate agents and developers can only dream of the good ol’ days when Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Opinion Bill Connell operates the ultimate small business, and now, he and his little hot dog stand in Carpinteria have had a taste of the ultimate victory. For 16 years, Connell sparred with the State Board of Equalization over the interpretation of an 1872 statute exempting from paying various taxes street peddlers who are also disabled Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Top Stories For someone driving along Highway 101 in Ventura County, it might look like the auto industry is still running on fumes. It’s easy to misinterpret the big, empty lots on either side of the freeway as a sign of dwindling business, but a few dealers beg to differ. Kevin Todey owns and operates three dealerships: Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Top Stories Sales are taking off at Hi-Temp Insulation. The Camarillo company makes heat shielding and soundproofing for the aircraft and spacecraft industries. Its products protect against fires in the engines of Boeing 777s, wrap U.S. missiles in blankets to keep them warm in Alaskan silos and prevent the space shuttle’s wings from burning up when it re-enters Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Top Stories A Ventura County lender is accusing the second-biggest bank in Los Angeles of mismanaging a real estate deal that may have given a U.S. congressman a $3 million discount on a foreclosed property. Oxnard-based Ventura County Business Bank sued Pasadena-based East West Bank in Ventura County Superior Court on Sept. 14 demanding to know more Read More →
