Beyond war games
UncategorizedIf a terrorist attack or natural disaster hit the Tri-Counties, the first businesses asked for help might not be the ones you’d think. “When you have a mass-casualty event, one of the first businesses that gets tapped is the ice cream companies,” said David Banks, executive director of the Center for Asymmetric Warfare at Point Read More →
Carp fights oil
UncategorizedCarpinteria’s City Council voted 4-1 on Aug. 10 to appeal a defeat it suffered in a challenge to oil firm Venoco’s efforts to get a drilling initiative on the ballot this fall. The city council voted in closed session to continue its legal efforts after it lost a Santa Barbara County Superior Court case Read More →
These execs could shape region
ColumnsDo individuals really make a difference?Or is our fate—in business and in life — determined by trends that are largely out of our control? This is a debate that goes on in my head constantly as I try to understand how the Great Recession is playing out in our small corner of the global economy. Read More →
Coast Village Shopping Center will become country-style market
ColumnsIn one of the largest retail deals in California this year, an investment group led by J.S. Rosenfield & Company has purchased the 30-year ground lease from Pacific Capital Bancorp on the Coast Village Shopping Center in Montecito. The Santa Monica-based real estate company plans to convert the 45-year-old center into a country mart, said Read More →
