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By Dana Olsen / Friday, May 31st, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on State exec to shed light on insurance exchange costs
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 31st, 2013 / Features, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
Ventura-based developer Ronald W. Hertel has filed for personal bankruptcy, listing assets of $591,000 and debts of $118.4 million, likely signaling the final chapter in the spectacular collapse of his business empire. At his peak, Hertel claimed large stakes in homebuilder R.W. Hertel & Sons, private jets, vineyards and a thoroughbred horse ranch. He tried Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, May 31st, 2013 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Mission and State to launch in early June
Come next week, there will be a new voice in Santa Barbara’s journalism market. Mission and State, a nonprofit news website that’s been in the works for more than a year, will consist mostly of in-depth, long-form stories about the Santa Barbara area and its residents. Joe Donnelly, Mission and State’s executive editor, told the Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 24th, 2013 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on As Santa Maria unemployment dips, valley looks to rebound
The Santa Maria Valley is on the upswing, and builders and businesses are taking note. In April, Santa Maria saw its unemployment rate dip below 10 percent for the first time in more than four years, according to a report released by the Santa Barbara County Workforce Investment Board on May 17. “Going below double Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 24th, 2013 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on TrueVision Systems steps into world of 3D with Leica deal
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 24th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Jackson bill could change California e-commerce rules
State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, has introduced a bill that would sharply limit the information that online sellers can gather and keep when customers use a credit card to pay for a transaction. The bill, SB 383, is designed to address the outcome of the California Supreme Court decision earlier this year in Apple Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Medicare data reveals big price discrepancies
Why does a hospital in San Luis Obispo charge tens of thousands dollars more for major joint replacement surgery than one across the Santa Barbara County line? And what’s behind a hospital in the city of Santa Barbara asking twice as much as a facility in nearby Lompoc? And perhaps more puzzling, why is the Read More →
