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By Amber Hair / Thursday, January 28th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on PPP loans drove income growth at American Riviera Bank
Net income at American Riviera Bank increased in both the fourth quarter and full year of 2020, on the back of high loan growth and other positive factors, the bank announced Jan. 28. The Santa Barbara-based bank said its annual unaudited net income was up 15% from the previous year. In 2019, American Riviera Bank Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Thursday, January 28th, 2021 / Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news, Restaurants, right, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Stop-and-start reopening starts again
Restaurants are open outdoors again, as California is back under the county-by-county tiered reopening system after more than a month under a stay-at-home order that split the state into five regions. Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are all again in the state’s purple tier, the most restrictive one, as cases in the Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Pacific Premier sees bump in income, assets in fourth quarter
Pacific Premier Bancorp’s net income rose in 2020 on the back of strong overall performance, causing the company to approve a new $150 million share repurchase program, the bank announced Jan. 26. The bank’s net income increased more than 63% from the previous year, going from $41.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 to Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Bank of the Sierra reports higher loan volume but income drop
Sierra Bancorp announced a slightly-lower net income when it released its fourth quarter 2020 earnings amid high deposit growth and record growth in loans and leases. The parent of Bank of the Sierra, which is based in Porterville but has 11 branches in the Tri-Counties, announced a fourth quarter net income of $9 million, or Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, January 22nd, 2021 / Education, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on CSUCI’s interim president begins 18-month term
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By Amber Hair / Friday, January 22nd, 2021 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Real Estate: Planned mixed-use property in SLO sells
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By Amber Hair / Thursday, January 21st, 2021 / Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news, Restaurants, Small Business, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura County sues more gyms, restaurants for defying health order
Mrs. Olson’s Coffee Hut in Oxnard lost its permit to serve food on Dec. 22, but it was open and serving customers both inside and outside as recently as Jan. 20. None of the restaurant’s neighbors at Channel Islands Harbor were serving diners on-site, following the state’s ban against indoor and outdoor dining service in Read More →
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