Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, October 5th, 2009
Opinion Green is not exactly the new black. But federal stimulus grants are offsetting some of the serious shortfalls in the tri-county economy. For example, University of California, Santa Barbara, officials announced late in September they will receive a total of $36 million in stimulus money — mainly for research into energy efficiency and alternative energy Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Top Stories Pacific Capital Bancorp faces a fork in the road: Go it alone or find a stronger partner. Shareholders passed two proposals Sept. 29 that would let the parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust and several other tri-county banking brands go either way. The question now is what each path would hold. What’s not in Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Top Stories Businesses are some of the biggest water polluters in the Tri-Counties, and now they’re facing millions of dollars in penalties. Power-generating stations, oil wells and a high-end resort hotel have all run into allegations from state regulators that they failed to report water quality data or discharged pollutants in amounts greater than they were allowed. Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, September 28th, 2009
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California has long been famed for its sun, sand and surf, but Dutch financial giant Rabobank is only concentrating on the sunshine. The Netherlands-based bank teamed up with a solar power company from the Bay Area to install a network of solar-powered electric vehicle recharging stations that would let drivers travel from Los Angeles to Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, September 28th, 2009
Top Stories You can come out now, Santa Barbara. There isn’t going to be a food fight. At least that’s what John Jurey, manager of the incoming Whole Foods grocery store, says. When Whole Foods announced that it would open a Santa Barbara store in fall 2009, the city braced itself for an Old West-style showdown between Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, September 28th, 2009
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Over the past decade, the digital revolution upended the recorded music business and the industry’s biggest players have struggled to find a business model. But that same digital revolution has opened a plethora of new ways to scratch out a living making, recording or promoting music. The future shape of the music business is being Read More →
Pacific Coast Business Times Staff | Monday, September 28th, 2009
Top Stories It may have been a sour year for the national economy, but bottle it up and 2009 will probably taste better on reflection. Up and down the Central Coast, wineries are frantically bringing grapes in for the crush by the truckload and, by and large, the feedback seems to be that it’s going to be Read More →
