Health clinics prep for influx of new patients
By Dana Olsen / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Health clinics prep for influx of new patients
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision to uphold President Obama’s Affordable Care Act left health care providers and consumers around the country wondering what the decision would mean for them. Across the Tri-Counties, it’s the community clinics serving low-income families and individuals that are likely to feel the most profound effects from the health Read More →
How Make It Work fell off the fast track
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / 6 Comments
With a fleet of red Mini Coopers, Eric Greenspan built Make It Work into a tech support empire that stretched from Goleta to the Mexican border along the California coast. Starting with Santa Barbara in 2001, the company’s technicians fanned out across the Southland and rolled all the way to San Diego, the Mini Coopers Read More →

Pacifica expands SLO County portfolio with hotel buys, remodels
By Dana Olsen / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Pacifica expands SLO County portfolio with hotel buys, remodels
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$135M could have Sonos singing different tune
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on $135M could have Sonos singing different tune
Santa Barbara-based wireless music gear maker Sonos has raised $135 million in new capital, the largest funding deal in the Tri-Counties so far this year and possibly a substitute for an initial public offering. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a private equity firm, led the funding round and was joined by Redpoint Ventures and investors associated with Read More →

Mentor suit sets off breast implant battle
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Law & Goverment, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mentor suit sets off breast implant battle
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Surgery center gets go-ahead from Santa Barbara planners
By Dana Olsen / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Surgery center gets go-ahead from Santa Barbara planners
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City counts on Subaru sales to rev up revenue
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, June 22nd, 2012 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on City counts on Subaru sales to rev up revenue
Banking on a boom in Subaru sales to help pad its coffers, the city of Ventura is giving financial assistance to Barber Automotive to help move its dealership to the Ventura Auto Center. Here’s the catch: Up to half of the $300,000 loan the city is making to the Subaru dealership is likely to be Read More →







