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| Friday, January 6th, 2012

Cottage Hospital showcases new building

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Six years after breaking ground, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is hosting an open house this weekend to show off one of the most expensive construction projects in the history of Santa Barbara County. The 370,000 square-foot building is the latest addition to a $700 million construction project to rebuild the entire hospital. Hospital officials say Read More →

| Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Yardi buys health record firm

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology

Yardi Systems, a Goleta-based property management software firm, has acquired a company that makes electronic health record software for nursing homes and other facilities. Yardi said it bought Eagle, Idaho-based ALMSA Corp., which makes software for both electronic health records and electronic prescriptions. The companies did not disclose terms of the deal, but said ALMSA Read More →

| Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Letter to the Editor: CEO defends oil company

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Since its inception 50 years ago, Tri-Valley has endeavored to be a careful steward of our environment and a positive addition to the communities where we live and work.

| Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Op-Ed: Five questions to ask your favorite charity

Op/Eds, Opinion

Whenever you make a gift, you also want to be sure that your money will be used wisely.

| Friday, December 16th, 2011

SB Foundation elects trustees

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The Santa Barbara Foundation, the largest grantmaker in the county, announced that Jennifer Murray, Polly Firestone Walker, and Michael G. Mayfield were elected to the Foundation Board of Trustees. They each begin a three-year term in January 2012. Peter MacDougall will take the helm as the new Board chair. He has been on the Santa Read More →

| Friday, December 16th, 2011

Op-ed: Health care reform – Coming to a checkbook near you

Health Care & Life Science, Op/Eds, Opinion

It’s been just over a year since some of the most significant mandates under the massive health care reform bill, dubbed Obamacare, went into effect. But, as the saying goes, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

| Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Amgen CEO to step down

Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Kevin Sharer, chairman and CEO of Amgen, is set to retire in May, the Thousand Oaks-based company said on Dec. 15. Current president and chief operating officer Robert Bradway will become the company’s new CEO. Sharer led Amgen, the largest private-sector employer in Ventura County, for 11 years. He oversaw the company’s transition from the Read More →