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By Amber Hair / Monday, March 15th, 2021 / Latest news, Real Estate, right, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Macy’s building in downtown Santa Barbara to become office space
The site of the former Macy’s in downtown Santa Barbara is going to be turned into office space, introducing more than 132,000 square feet into the area’s office market. The building is at 701 State Street, in the Paseo Nuevo shopping center. It has three floors, and more than 40,000 square feet of space per Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Monday, March 15th, 2021 / Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news, Law, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Lawmakers lay out agendas for Santa Barbara chamber
Everyone is rolling up their sleeves right now, but getting shots in arms isn’t the only challenge Central Coast leaders are facing. Several area political leaders came together on March 12 to talk COVID-19, housing, clean energy, wildfire resilience and other hot-button topics in the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce Legislative Update. Santa Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, March 12th, 2021 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Real Estate: New industrial campus planned for Conejo Spectrum property
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By Amber Hair / Thursday, March 11th, 2021 / Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura County picks new Health Care Agency director
Barry Zimmerman, the chief deputy director of the Ventura County Health Care Agency, has been selected as the next director of the agency. Ventura County Executive Officer Mike Powers selected Zimmerman after a nationwide recruitment, the county said in a March 11 news release. Zimmerman, a longtime county manager, has been with the Health Care Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Thursday, March 11th, 2021 / Latest news, right, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Oxnard, Camarillo chambers plan merger
The Oxnard Chamber of Commerce has voted to merge with the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce and form the West Ventura County Business Alliance, a regional advocacy organization. Members of the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce will be voting on uniting the organizations on March 22, according to a March 11 news release from the Oxnard chamber. Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Thursday, March 11th, 2021 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Limoneira reports shrinking losses, sees start of restaurant recovery
The pandemic’s effects have depressed the lemon market for a year, as full-service restaurants and bars were forced to close indoor operations in many parts of the country, but Limoneira is looking at strong tailwinds in the market as several regions start to reopen. In an earnings report released March 10, Santa Paula-based Limoneira reported Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Calavo reports lower revenue, higher earnings
Calavo Growers saw its net income rise by millions, pulling the company out of the red, even as it reported that its first-quarter revenue shrank by 19%. The Santa Paula-based avocado distributor reported net income of $5.3 million, or 30 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021, when it released its quarterly Read More →
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