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Cheesecake prez now serving The Habit

By   /  Friday, June 6th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Cheesecake prez now serving The Habit

  If its new chief executive officer is any sign of things to come for The Habit Burger Grill, the Santa Barbara-based restaurant chain born out of a single Goleta location more than 30 years ago may soon become a household name. On June 3, the company announced the appointment of Russ Bendel, former president Read More →

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Vineyard grows veggies

By   /  Friday, June 6th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Vineyard grows veggies

Before the morning fog had even untangled itself from the rows of grapevines in Paso Robles, nearly two dozen volunteers dug through dirt and punched holes through slow-drip irrigation hoses. Mostly locals, the volunteers sifted and seeded their way through nearly an acre of land Saturday, May 31, for one purpose: to end hunger in Read More →

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Let

By   /  Friday, June 6th, 2008  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Let

When it comes to the long-delayed Miramar Hotel redevelopment, there have been two realities going on at the same time. For developer Rick Caruso, there is the problem of endless delays and new roadblocks. A Santa Barbara County Planning Commission meeting scheduled for June 10 has been pushed back to July amid talk of neighborhood Read More →

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Pro-business measures get clean sweep

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Business-related ballot measures fared well in the June 3 election as a Thousand Oaks traffic initiative that was expected to slow commercial development was voted down and passage of a Santa Paula ballot measure will be a boon for the northeast Ventura County economy. Meanwhile, in Santa Barbara County, a $77.2 million college bond measure Read More →

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Goleta, SLO state their cases

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San Luis Obispo wants to speed up, and Goleta wants to keep up. The Tri-Counties’ oldest municipality, San Luis Obispo, and its newest one, Goleta, both gave “state of the city” addresses late last month. In San Luis Obispo, the speeches detailed slow times with a silver lining in surging enrollment at California Polytechnic State Read More →

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Diesel distress

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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 →

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Community Partners

By   /  Monday, June 2nd, 2008  /  UNKNOWN  /  Comments Off on Community Partners

  Below are the names and links to many Business Times partners in the Tri-Counties.   SB Downtown VCEDA Small Business Administration Gold Coast Broadcasting SLO Economic Vitality Corp. UCSB Economic Forecast Ventura Downtown   Chambers: Santa Barbara SLO Chamber Santa Maria Chamber Thousand Oaks/Westlake Camarillo Oxnard Paso Robles Simi Valley Lompoc Santa Barbara Santa Read More →

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