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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 27th, 2013 / Central Coast, Green Coast, Real Estate, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Solar advocates hail bill to give non-property owners access
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 20th, 2013 / Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Cities open door to Airbnb tourism taxes
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 13th, 2013 / Central Coast, Features, Small Business / Comments Off on Dreaming big: Arroyo Grande mattress retailer plots national expansion
When partners Jimi Breazeale and Hector Amaya opened Get-A-Mattress in Arroyo Grande in 2009, they wanted to transform the mattress-buying experience from what Breazeale calls “dirty window” into a showroom atmosphere. After all, with the average mattress costing around $2,000, it’s a considerable consumer purchase.
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By Patrick Kulp / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on SB County last in regional pension performance
Thanks to rising U.S. and foreign stock markets, major public pension plans in the Tri-Counties exceeded expected investment return rates for the last fiscal year. But Santa Barbara County’s performance lagged far behind its peers. Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association and San Luis Obispo County Pension and Trust saw net returns of 12.8 and 12.9 Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Features, Technology / Comments Off on Topaz flips the switch: Massive SLO County project nears completion
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories / Comments Off on Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care
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By Patrick Kulp / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
Surgery safety ratings at tri-county hospitals ranged from the highest possible rank to second-to-lowest in a recent nationwide assessment released by Consumer Reports magazine, but many hospital officials dispute whether the methods used by the report accurately depict surgical quality. Released earlier this month, the report aims to provide a generalized standard of surgical safety Read More →
