Having a blast
Before the night draws to a close on the Fourth of July in the Tri-Counties, Santa Barbara resident Ron Smith will have highly stimulated the visual and auditory senses of thousands of tri-county visitors and residents. Smith is a veteran pyrotechnic show producer and director of sales and marketing for PyroSpectacular, which he said is Read More →
Time is right for Sierra Madre and Riverbench winemakers
With wine powerhouses Paso Robles to the north, Santa Barbara to the south and Santa Ynez to the east, Santa Maria’s role along the Central Coast remains primarily in agriculture. But two large grape growers, who have sold their fruits to area wineries for decades, decided they want a slice of the action. Fortunately for Read More →
Light shines on The Oaks as more tenants are announced
Lucky for the Macerich Corp., renovations at The Oaks mall are reaching full bloom much faster than the slow growth of its namesake would suggest. As reported by the Business Times in March, the shopping center developer had secured a slurry of new retailers at its Thousand Oaks mall, which has been undergoing extensive Read More →
Region
For any person driving around downtown Ventura in the late 1990s, it was obvious who held the power of the press. The Los Angeles Times’ Ventura County bureau dominated the Poinsettia City’s low-rise landscape, leaving no doubt about the daily newspaper’s desire to claim regional fealty over one of its outer domains. Just a mile Read More →
Voters call for changes
A university lecturer and the Paso Robles mayor each ousted pro-growth incumbents on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in the June 3 election. Although they won’t take office until January, the supervisors-elect said the election results indicate their constituents want a new direction for the county, especially on development and economic issues. Read More →
Living the sweet life
How sweet it is. For the past two-and-a-half years, Michelle Kenney has operated La Dolce Vita – or “the sweet life” in Italian – in Heritage Square in downtown Oxnard. She has run the business for three decades, but has dished out Italian classics and fusions from Oxnard’s McGrath House, which was built in 1901, Read More →
Pacbiztimes.com, Spirit Awards get fresh upgrade
The purpose of this mid-year update from the Business Times newsroom is to introduce three top priorities for the balance of 2008 – our new Web site, the Spirit of Small Business Awards and exciting new marketing programs for our print edition. As many of you have noticed, our Web site, www.pacbiztimes.com, has undergone a Read More →
