How to turns heads around here: Blue building, green construction
ColumnsJoe Campanelli has been doing construction in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years, but suddenly his phone has been ringing off the hook. When he slapped a splash of bright blue on his new project, the Gateway Building on Haley Street, people took notice. “They all want to know how I got this Read More →
Cancer tech advances
UncategorizedThe Cancer Center of Santa Barbara unveiled its newest piece of technology, the Novalis Tx, on Sept. 15, heralding it as the most recent groundbreaking cancer treatment technology at its disposal. The Novalis Tx platform enables doctors to use image-guided radiosurgery to offer patients fast, non-surgical treatments for cancer and other conditions in the brain, Read More →
A CSU turf war over an MBA program
ColumnsDick Rush is not a fan of Cal Poly’s plan to study the possibility of setting up an MBA program in or around Santa Barbara. Rush, president of California State University Channel Islands, has put a lot of time and fundraising muscle behind the Martin V. Smith School of Business. He’s been wooing donors and Read More →
Duvall escapades spotlight Sacramento
OpinionTruly it is a strange bunch of creatures who inhabit the area in and around the state capitol in Sacramento. One day they are passing bogus laws designed to punish those who believe in the free enterprise system. The next day they are squabbling over issues that have nothing to do with our state’s urgent Read More →
Vote for commerce
OpinionHaving just taken our state Legislature to task over incompetence, negligence and malfeasance, we must turn to our readers with a simple request. Find the least worst miscreant in the bunch and vote for him or her. There’s no presidential election this year, which means turnout will be low. But we are voting on city Read More →
Scripps regroups
Personal FinanceIn response to plummeting advertising sales, the Ventura County Star’s parent company has completely overhauled its newspaper division, shuffling top management in an effort to cut costs. The Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps Co. said the reorganization will affect all of its 13 newspapers, which will now report to an operating committee on sales and content. Read More →
Wellness for workaholics
FeaturesExecutive and upper-management positions may earn bigger paychecks than the average man on the street, but the stress associated with those jobs also mean that the people who hold them average shorter lifespans and job terms. Institutes such as the California Health and Longevity Institute in Thousand Oaks hope to reverse that trend by focusing Read More →
