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 | Friday, January 4th, 2013

								
The good, the bad and the fake: Santa Barbara firm double checks sales leads data

								Features, Small Business, Technology								
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 | Friday, December 21st, 2012

								
Editorial: One hotelier’s pluck snags Amgen tour

								Opinion								
 Sometimes you just have to lead, dammit. That’s what happened in San Luis Obispo County this fall when hotelier John King stepped up big time to garner a huge prize, time trials and an overnight in Avila Beach for the Amgen Tour of California.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 21st, 2012

								
Infrared pioneers return with $20M in funding

								Technology, Top Stories								
[Editor’s note, Dec. 24, 2012: The story originally contained multiple inaccuracies about the history of the infrared sensor industry in the Tri-Counties. A corrected version has been posted below.] A pair of entrepreneurs who built up and then sold Goleta-based Indigo Systems to Flir Systems are back in action with $20 million in fresh capital Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 21st, 2012

								
Avila arrives: Beach town’s hoteliers led bid for Amgen cycling tour

								Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism								
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 | Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

								
Melchiori takes the Fifth on asset transfers offshore

								Latest news								
Embattled contractor Mark Melchiori pleaded his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked questions about money transfers and offshore accounts during a Dec. 19 bankruptcy hearing at the U.S. Trustee’s office in Santa Barbara. During a ninety-minute hearing, Melchiori invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions about whether he transferred money between his company Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, December 14th, 2012

								
Dry run: Jimmy Towel tests product on KickStarter

								Central Coast, Features, Green Coast, Small Business								
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 | Friday, December 14th, 2012

								
Hollister & Brace recovers millions from Ponzi schemes

								Columns, Law & Goverment								
Hollister & Brace has quietly become one of the top firms at recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for investors Ponzi schemes arising from so-called 1031 Exchanges.