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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, July 21st, 2017 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Winery approved but owner worried about precedents
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By Guest commentary / Friday, July 21st, 2017 / Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Residents can learn from international students
By Loredana Carson International students planning to attend colleges and universities in the tri-county area may fear being unwelcome due to media coverage of negative comments, but once they arrive they are generally met with a lack of attention. Students in my classes have expressed dismay to me that they don’t often have the opportunity Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 21st, 2017 / Editorials, Latest news, Opinion / Comments Off on Our view: SLO invests in future by approving housing
These days, the headlines on the housing front are grim indeed. The New York Times described Coastal California as being in the middle of a full blown crisis with average home prices crossing $500,000 and making much of the state out of reach for all but the wealthiest families. Gov. Jerry Brown has not yet Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 21st, 2017 / Columns, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Dubroff: Leadership needed to solve downtown Santa Barbara’s woes
You might call this Santa Barbara’s summer of discontent. From a casual chat with friends in Ventura, to a breakfast talk at East Beach Grill, to dinner on the patio at Brent’s Deli in Westlake, to more formal conversations with retail and banking experts, the same issue keeps popping up. What’s going on with downtown Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, July 20th, 2017 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Graphiq acquired by Amazon.com
Amazon.com has acquired Santa Barbara data analysis and search engine start-up Graphiq. The tech giant bought Graphiq in May in a bid to improve its Alexa virtual assistant, according to a July 20 report in the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that the deal was valued at about $50 million. Graphiq was the PacificCoast Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, July 14th, 2017 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Salem Media acquires website TradersCrux
Salem Media, a Christian and conservative radio and media company based in Camarillo, announced its acquisition of the website TradersCrux on July 13. Salem-owned Eagle Financial Publications owns several similar websites and publishes financial and investing-related content, making the acquisition a complementary offering, Vice President and Publisher Roger Michalski said in a news release. “With Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, July 14th, 2017 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Teledyne subsidiary acquires Scientific Systems
Teledyne Instruments, an arm of Thousand Oaks-based aerospace and defense company Teledyne Technologies, announced that it would acquire Pennsylvania piston pump maker Scientific Systems, Inc. Teledyne is one of SSI’s larger customers, Teledyne President and CEO Robert Mehrabian said in a news release. “SSI will provide Teledyne greater access to life sciences customers and markets, Read More →