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			By Staff Report  /  Tuesday, October 14th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Spacecraft set to land near Lompoc
			
						
			An unmanned space plane resembling a miniature space shuttle is expected to end a nearly two-year classified mission with a not-so-secret landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, perhaps as early as Oct. 14. One of two X-37B robotic space planes in the Air Force fleet, the California landing may be one of the Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Staff Report  /  Monday, October 13th, 2014  /  Latest news, Real Estate, Small Business, South Coast  /  Comments Off on CircaTerra revives Magellan’s history in Santa Barbara
			
						
			A former South Coast standard in travel gear is returning to its Santa Barbara roots and operating under a new name. CircaTerra Travel Outfitters is planning an Oct. 24-26 grand opening with former Magellan’s Travel Supplies CEO Mark Gallo and his wife Kathy at the helm. The pair bought the former Magellan’s retail store in Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Marissa Wenzke  /  Friday, October 10th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Herds shrink, ranchers suffer as drought takes toll
			
			
			
			Cattle ranchers all over the Tri-Counties are reeling from the effects of the drought, with the last decade of unusually warm, dry conditions making the industry especially difficult to continue in the county where it has previously prospered most — San Luis Obispo.
			
	        
		 
		
		
		
		
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			By Erika Martin  /  Thursday, October 9th, 2014  /  Latest news, South Coast, Technology  /  Comments Off on Channel Technologies buys Massacusetts defesnse firm
			
						
			Santa Barbara-based military contractor Channel Technologies Group announced today that it has acquired Materials Systems Inc., a producer of sonar technology. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The Massachusetts-based firm will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Channel Technologies, which is owned by private equity group Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Both companies use Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Elijah Brumback  /  Wednesday, October 8th, 2014  /  Real Estate, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Shopping Center trades hands for $23.3M in Ventura
			
						
			Sizable retail-based transactions keep popping up along the Highway 101 corridor. The latest of these is the Ventura Village Shopping Center in Ventura, which was recently sold to an undisclosed  private company for $23.3 million. The seller was Regency Centers, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Ventura Village is an approximate Read More →