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| 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

Latest news

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 →

| Monday, December 12th, 2011

Superconductor to move HQ to Austin

Latest news

Superconductor Technologies, a company that produces high temperature superconducting materials for cell phones, is moving its corporate headquarters from Santa Barbara to Austin, Texas, the company said in a news release on Monday. The company’s Conductus superconducting wire manufacturing center will also be based in Austin. Superconducter will continue to house some of its research Read More →

| Friday, December 9th, 2011

Berkshire Hathaway buys Topaz project

Features, Green Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy

The 550-megawatt Topaz solar project in northern San Luis Obispo County landed an endorsement from Warren Buffett on Dec. 7 when a unit of Berkshire Hathaway announced it was acquiring the project from Arizona-based First Solar.