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By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 25th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories / 1 Comment
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 18th, 2015 / Columns, Energy / Comments Off on Dubroff: South Coast oil production could be off-line for very long time
Houston, we have a problem. More than three months after a Plains All-American Pipeline pipe burst, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara, a big chunk of the region’s oil and gas industry remains shut down. That’s partly because there is simply no way for ExxonMobil, Venoco and Freeport-MacMoran Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 18th, 2015 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Project to build hotel, housing in Carpinteria up for review
The Carpinteria City Council and Planning Commission will review a proposal next week for a 154-room hotel, 45 single-family houses and 40 multifamily apartments. The 23.4-acre project is slated for the Bluffs 1 property between the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve and city hall, which is currently home to a driving range and blueberry crops. Jack Read More →
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, September 18th, 2015 / Columns, Small Business, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Vintner uncorks his best in second Santa Barbara venture
Synergy convinced David Potter to locate his second Santa Barbara wine venture at The Mill, a newly renovated 1904 building that has been converted into an artisan marketplace. Since 2007, Potter has owned Municipal Winemakers, whose no-frills tasting room in the city’s Funk Zone offers his everyday-priced wines. His new brand, named Potek after Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 11th, 2015 / Columns, Personal Finance / Comments Off on Dubroff: Investors should be skeptical about exchange-traded funds
Exchange-traded funds are the newest, latest, greatest Wall Street creation. In the past decade and a half, they’ve grown from a niche product with just $72 billion in assets invested to a behemoth totaling $2.7 trillion. Thanks to real-time daily pricing and low fees, ETFs are rapidly supplanting mutual funds in retail accounts. But the Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 11th, 2015 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Santa Barbara Museum of Art plans $50M renovation project
The proposed overhaul of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is going through the final stages of approval. The $50 million renovation, which will be privately funded, includes $42 million in construction costs and $8 million in ongoing maintenance, SBMA Director Larry Feinberg said at a planning commission meeting. The remodel will include roofing and Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, September 11th, 2015 / Columns, Law & Goverment / Comments Off on Bill would require equal pay for ‘substantially similar’ work
What was once a taboo question in the workplace may become a more explicit employee’s right. “How much does my co-worker make?” Even though workers are allowed to ask such a question under the protection of the National Labor Relations Act enacted in 1935, employees were often told — either overtly or implicitly — to Read More →
