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Oasis Apartments scores $10.5M from LA lender

By   /  Thursday, July 2nd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Oasis Apartments scores $10.5M from LA lender

Johnson Capital’s Los Angeles office funded $10.5 million in permanent financing for the privately held entity that owns the 125-unit Oasis Apartments in Goleta. This is the fifth loan Johnson Vice President Kevin Burkhalter has closed in the South Coast area in the past two years. “In my 25 years in this industry, I’ve never Read More →

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Building a smarter grid – AML diversifies its defense operations

By   /  Thursday, July 2nd, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Building a smarter grid – AML diversifies its defense operations

AML Communications built a solid business over the last 20 years supplying the defense industry, but a small company it bought last year could prove a big win as the federal government pushes to make the U.S. electricity grid more efficient. The Camarillo-based company makes microelectronics that deal with microwave signals and has turned a Read More →

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Wind power chief says Santa Paula wooed him

By   /  Monday, June 29th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Wind power chief says Santa Paula wooed him

Santa Barbara-based Continental Wind Power, a startup planning to build mid-sized wind energy turbines, has chosen Santa Paula as the site for its proposed factory, the company said June 29. Continental will open an office in Santa Paula this summer to begin recruiting potential workers for the plant, which it hopes will employ between 300 Read More →

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Elective energy – Hospitals take independent path to power

By   /  Sunday, June 28th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Elective energy – Hospitals take independent path to power

With healthcare costs rising at double-digit rates, the gap simply can’t be closed with one or two big ideas alone. But some Central Coast medical campuses are doing their part to generate small savings through energy efficiency. Two area hospitals, Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria and Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, have taken steps Read More →

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Court clears way for infrared venture

By   /  Sunday, June 28th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Court clears way for infrared venture

The engineers of one of the largest South Coast technology deals of the decade are one step closer to starting a new company after a state appeals court ruled in their favor in a years-long legal fight with their former employer and upheld a $1.6 million award for attorney’s fees. Bill Parrish and Tim Fitzgibbons have Read More →

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Business failures piling up

By   /  Sunday, June 28th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Business failures piling up

Tight credit markets and slumping revenue are forcing more entrepreneurs into bankruptcy. Tri-county bankruptcy filings have shot up nearly 65 percent so far this year. The court doesn’t break out business bankruptcies in its data, but recent filings have included small firms and entrepreneurs as diverse as a flooring contractor, a filmmaker, a chiropractor and Read More →

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Recession catches up to ag – Citrus, wine feel global slowdown

By   /  Sunday, June 28th, 2009  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Recession catches up to ag – Citrus, wine feel global slowdown

If life gives you lemons, sell them and be glad you didn’t get high-end wine grapes. That’s the takeaway from recent updates from tri-county agriculture veterans and experts. Lemon prices will probably be down this year, and high temperatures mean the third paltry California avocado crop in a row. But with wine consumers trading down Read More →

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