Businesses feel the heat – Blackouts dim stores, restaurants
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, July 11th, 2008 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Businesses feel the heat – Blackouts dim stores, restaurants
Smoke, ash and recurring power outages caused by the Gap Fire have hurt commerce on the South Coast, cutting into sales, forcing early closures and leaving business owners weary of white flakes and flickering lights. In Goleta, the area hardest hit by the fire, Kristen Amyx, president and chief executive officer of the area’s chamber Read More →
Why we love organic
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Why we love organic
When Albertsons decided to remodel one of its two Goleta supermarkets in April, it focused on two areas: its produce section and a new, all-natural, organic foods aisle. Albertsons’ high-ups saw a trend that many tri-county vendors have observed in recent years – Central Coast and South Coast residents love buying fresh and often organic Read More →
McCain’s green agenda
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 27th, 2008 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on McCain’s green agenda
At times, it seemed like Sen. Barack Obama was talking to a group of some 150 guests at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on June 24, touting incentives to entrepreneurs who create zero-emission vehicles and replace the federal government’s vehicle fleet with fuel-efficient cars. But it was John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential Read More →
Dealing with drought – Tri-Counties feeling its effects
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 27th, 2008 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Dealing with drought – Tri-Counties feeling its effects
It’s not easy being downstream. Much of Southern California relies on water piped from Northern California and the Colorado River. Dry years and a judicial action to protect endangered fish up north are acting as a dam to slow the flow southward, where voluntary water use reductions are touted as a way to stave off Read More →
Green light to build
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 20th, 2008 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Green light to build
It’s been a rough year for most businesses related to the housing market. However, companies in the “green building” sector have seen sales go up “drastically” and expect demand to climb, according to many such tri-county companies. Seventy-four eco-conscious businesses gathered at the first-ever BuiltGreen Expo and Conference at Santa Barbara City College on June Read More →
Rise to the top
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 13th, 2008 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Rise to the top
After starting her new job April 1, Marty Robinson said she still is getting used to being Ventura County’s chief executive officer. “I’m still settling in,” said Robinson, the first woman to be appointed Ventura County’s top administrator in its 135-year history. But after spending the previous three decades as a county employee, Robinson, 58, Read More →
Diesel distress
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 6th, 2008 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Diesel distress
Diesel fuel, once a bargain compared to its refined cousin gasoline, has leapt to more than $5 a gallon in the Tri-Counties, rocking transportation-reliant companies. Local business owners are feeling the pinch, whether they haul their products or pay someone else to do it. For Baroda Farms, it means artichokes with no place to go. Read More →
