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| Friday, January 2nd, 2015

Santa Barbara stock promoter charged with fraud

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Top Stories

The SEC alleges that instead of purchasing the shares in the secondary market as promised, Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos and his firm Prima Capital Group misappropriated investor funds.

| Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

Santa Barbara stock promoter charged with fraud

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Personal Finance, South Coast, Top Stories

The SEC alleges that instead of purchasing the shares in the secondary market as promised, Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos and his firm Prima Capital Group misappropriated investor funds.

| Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

Caffeinated growth: French Press to open in Goleta

Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories

French Press owners Julia and Todd Mayer opened their first location in downtown Santa Barbara in 2009.

| Friday, December 19th, 2014

Albertsons & Safeway to sell 168 stores before merger is approved

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

The divestiture of the stores is part of another deal to secure FTC clearance for Albertons to acquire Safeway in a $9.2 billion deal. That transaction, which the companies are calling a merger, was announced in March and is expected to close in January.

| Friday, December 19th, 2014

LTC Properties raises $24.5M through sale of shares

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

According to company filings, LTC will use the proceeds of the sale to pay down outstanding debt on its unsecured credit line, fund acquisitions and current development pipeline and for general corporate purposes.

| Thursday, December 18th, 2014

Reporting oversight costs SCE $170,000 in penalties

East Ventura County, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, West Ventura County

SCE started notifying authorities of the undisclosed facilities after discovering it had not submitted reports for many of its Ventura County facilities through a self-audit.

| Thursday, December 18th, 2014

Simi chamber CEO set to retire

Latest news, Top Stories

Following a 30-year career with the chamber, Nixon will be moving to Sumerlin, Nevada, with her husband. The organization’s board of directors will be conducting a search for her replacement over the next five months.