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Dubroff: Small Business Saturday adds up for Orcutt’s Mark Steller

By   /  Friday, December 5th, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Small Business Saturday adds up for Orcutt’s Mark Steller

In a year where Black Friday disappointed the big boxes and Cyber Monday was not as strong as online giants might have liked, Mark Steller is happy about the smaller scale results that Small Business Saturday delivered for Orcutt’s Old Town Market. I first met Steller in August when he was our North Santa Barbara Read More →

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With advent of cyber funding, it’s hard to stand out in a crowd

By   /  Friday, December 5th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on With advent of cyber funding, it’s hard to stand out in a crowd

The crowdfunding model has proven efficient in launching products, but can it be the basis of success?

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Subcontractors file liens against Toby Keith’s eatery

By   /  Friday, December 5th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Subcontractors file liens against Toby Keith’s eatery

If the story of Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill at The Collection in Oxnard is itself the plot of tired, old country song, someone is about to lose a good dog and the love of an honest woman.

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Dubroff: From Main Street to Wall Street, it’s time for a Christmas spree

By   /  Friday, November 28th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: From Main Street to Wall Street, it’s time for a Christmas spree

With the holiday retail season getting under way, it’s time to do a bit of shopping of our own — with a look at a few retail stocks to watch.

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The Collection falls out of love with Toby Keith’s bar and grill

By   /  Friday, November 28th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on The Collection falls out of love with Toby Keith’s bar and grill

After opening in June, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill at The Collection at Riverpark in Oxnard is under the gun for more than $605,000 in unpaid rent.

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Allan Hancock College rolls out a new winery on campus

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Allan Hancock College rolls out a new winery on campus

This fall, students at the community college in Santa Maria moved to a new campus winery that has the look and scale of a commercial operation.

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SLO land-use battle continues over update to general plan

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on SLO land-use battle continues over update to general plan

Resident Kevin Rice announced recently that he is organizing a committee and seeking contributions to support a referendum election to overturn any future city council vote overruling the Airport Land Use Commission’s charge that the General Plan’s Land Use and Circulation Element doesn’t fit the Airport Land Use Plan.