Pacifica buys another Cambria hotel
Latest newsPacifica Hotels has added to its Central Coast portfolio of independent hotels with its acquisition of San Simeon Pines Seaside Resort in Cambria, the company announced on Feb. 25. Pacifica has been on a hotel buying spree throughout the Central Coast. It now has six properties in Cambria and a total of 34 along the Read More →
Live streaming of Phillips 66 crude-by-rail meeting crashes
Energy, Latest newsMore people have participated in the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission discussion on Phillips 66 crude-by-rail expansion project than any tri-county topic in recent memory. So many that they crashed the county website Feb. 25. Viewers near and far were unable to tune in to the county’s live stream of the morning meeting, which Read More →
Ceres fires KPMG over financial report
Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesCeres Inc. fired its accounting firm Feb. 23 during a disagreement over a “going concern” statement in Ceres’ 2015 annual report. Ceres, a Thousand Oaks-based ag-biotech company, made the announcement in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing says Ceres hired Los Angeles-based Marcum as its new independent accountant and dismissed its Read More →
Amgen selling $708 million in bonds to Swiss
Latest newsThousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen said Feb. 23 it will sell about $700 million in bonds on the Swiss market. Amgen said it would sell 700 million Swiss Francs worth of bonds. That equals about $708 million. Amgen submitted the bonds to the Swiss market for pricing Feb. 23 and said it expected to sell Read More →
Oxnard expected to OK deal with Rams for spring practices
Latest newsThe Oxnard City Council is expected to approve a contract with the Los Angeles Rams at a meeting Feb. 23. The Rams would hold spring practices at the River Ridge Fields, near River Ridge Golf Course, from April 18 through June 17. The city expects to net about $75,000. According to the contract between the Read More →
Founder Hani Zeini resigns from Sientra board of directors
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsSientra Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Nugent sent a letter to plastic surgeons on Feb. 19 announcing that the Goleta breast implant maker’s founder and former CEO Hani Zeini has resigned from Sientra’s board of directors. “We will be forever grateful to Hani for his vision and unwavering dedication to Sientra since its founding. Hani has been incredibly Read More →
Chase Bar and Grill in Santa Barbara changes ownership
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Small BusinessChase Bar and Grill in downtown Santa Barbara has changed ownership with the help of Community West Bank and Cal Coastal. Jackie Mathis is the new owner and George Merino was the restaurant’s former owner. Mathis is a Camarillo resident who served in the U.S. Air Force, where he managed food and beverage operations. Merino Read More →
