One Carpinteria vendor
OpinionBill 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 →
Navy
OpinionWhen Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus came to Santa Barbara to speak before the regional chapter of the Navy League, not many people had heard of the “Green Fleet.” And, indeed, there is a fair amount of public relations value involved — just as Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” which sailed the Pacific at Read More →
Warner credit watch
UncategorizedTy Warner, Montecito resident and luxury hotel magnate, may be in danger of defaulting on debt and faces a potential ratings agency downgrade on $425 million debt backed buy four resorts, including Four Seasons in New York, according to Bloomberg News. Standard & Poor’s placed Warner’s debt on “credit watch with negative implications” after net Read More →
Santa Barbara startup probes the market for bio-jet fuel
UncategorizedBio-jet fuel isn’t commercially available yet, but one Santa Barbara company already has a deal to sell 4 million barrels of it. BioJet Corp. has been working since January to lay the groundwork for a supply chain for renewable aviation jet fuel. The company doesn’t make the fuel itself; it organizes and strikes deals for Read More →
An idea that holds water
Small BusinessSome innovations seem to be born almost by osmosis; you put the right brains in one room and the great ideas just flow. At least that’s how the idea for Vapur was born. The start-up company, not even a year old, is the producer of a reusable, foldable plastic water bottle by the same name. Read More →
Solar
UncategorizedScientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have unlocked a process that could speed the development of plastic solar cells, a technology that could make solar energy cost a fraction of its current price. In a paper published Oct. 18 in the online version of the journal Nature Chemistry, a team led by professor Read More →
