Santa Barbara startup to close crowdfunding’s missing link
By Erika Martin / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Barbara startup to close crowdfunding’s missing link
GroupGets is an online platform that hopes to democratize access to high-tech components.
Independent bookstores on decline as Granada Books shuts doors
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Independent bookstores on decline as Granada Books shuts doors

With the rise of book-selling giants like Borders and Barnes & Noble in the 1990s, followed by digitized selling popularized by Amazon in the new millennium, independently owned bookstores like Granada have become a rarity.
Nanotech firm quietly doubles footprint in new Goleta space
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Nanotech firm quietly doubles footprint in new Goleta space
Applied Cavitation plans to move into its new home at 44 Castilian Drive sometime in mid-April.
As access to health care spreads, costs need reining in
By Erika Martin / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on As access to health care spreads, costs need reining in

Leaders in Santa Barbara’s health care community gathered for Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care’s second-annual PHorum at the Fess Parker last Thursday evening to discuss the state of health services in the region.
Public market project celebrates one year
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Latest news, Real Estate, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Public market project celebrates one year

Although patrons initially recoiled from sticker shock, the market continues to grind it out and some tenants are thriving.
Dubroff: One doctor’s take on the state of Obamacare in 2015
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: One doctor’s take on the state of Obamacare in 2015
Sansum Clinic CEO and Medical Director Dr. Kurt Ransohoff shares notes from inside the a White House conference on Affordable Care Act issues.
Calavo gains with avocados, strawberries blossom statewide
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Agribusiness, Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Calavo gains with avocados, strawberries blossom statewide
The Tri-Counties was hit with at least $10 million in lost crop revenue last year, but there are still a good number of bright spots in ag.