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| Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

Invoca’s new CEO former Salesforce.com executive

Latest news, Technology

A Salesforce.com executive is the new CEO of Santa Barbara call intelligence company Invoca, the company announced Oct. 11. Greg Johnson took over at the beginning of October for former CEO Mark Woodward, who stepped aside after 15 months as Invoca CEO because of personal matters. Johnson, formerly a senior vice president of product management Read More →

| Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

Avis Rent a Car property in Funk Zone purchased for $2.5 million

Latest news, Real Estate

The Avis Rent A Car location in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone was purchased in a sale-leaseback transaction for more than $2.5 million, Lee & Associates announced on Oct. 11. The transaction of the 1,350-square-foot property at 34 E. Montecito St. marked a record-setting price per square foot at $1,866, said Lee & Associates’ Rob Adams, Read More →

| Monday, October 10th, 2016

Lure Fish House property in Westlake Village sold

East Ventura County, Latest news, Real Estate

Story updated Oct. 13 at 10 p.m.:  The Lure Fish House property in Westlake Village was sold for $6 million to private investor Lucrit LLC, Westcord Commercial Group announced on Oct. 10. The 7,470-square-foot property sits on a 1.76-acre parcel at 30970 Russell Ranch Road. Tony Principe of Westcord and Kamal Banki represented the buyer Read More →

| Monday, October 10th, 2016

Lloyd Properties donates 860 acres on Ventura hillsides to conservation trust

Agribusiness, Latest news, Real Estate

Owners of the Lloyd Ranch in Ventura donated 860 acres of agricultural and open space to the Rancho San Buenaventura Conservation Trust. Gary Brummett, president of Lloyd Properties, said he is proud to partner with the conservation trust to preserve part of the Ventura hillsides, an area that has been eyed by developers for many Read More →

| Monday, October 10th, 2016

Caruso breaks ground on Miramar resort

Latest news, Tourism

  What a difference a decade makes. After 10 years of community wrangling and delays obtaining financing, Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso turned a ceremonial shovelful of dirt on Oct. 10 to launch construction of the Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito. Under a blue sky broken by a few puffy white clouds, Caruso, Rosewood CEO Radha Read More →

| Monday, October 10th, 2016

Vandenberg satellite launch delayed again

Latest news, Technology, Tourism

DigitalGlobe, which owns the WorldView-4 earth imaging satellite sitting atop an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, said launch of the satellite will now probably take place sometime in late October and early November. Originally scheduled for Sept. 16, the launch was initially delayed at the last minute because of a minor leak Read More →

| Thursday, October 6th, 2016

Brown vetoes bill to cap abandoned oil wells along coast

Energy, Latest news, Law & Goverment

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would’ve capped abandoned oil wells along the California Coast. SB 900, authored by Santa Barbara Democrat Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, would’ve required the analysis of some 220 abandoned wells along the coast and capped the biggest leakers. This bill would’ve transferred $500,000 from the General Fund to the Land Read More →