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With new owners, Chapala One and La Entrada look to finish line

By   /  Friday, November 30th, 2012  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on With new owners, Chapala One and La Entrada look to finish line

Rosenfeld’s $30 million bet on downtown Santa Barbara seems to count on three things.

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Ventura County hotel efforts appear to be paying big dividends

By   /  Friday, November 23rd, 2012  /  Columns, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Ventura County hotel efforts appear to be paying big dividends

Hotels in the western part of Ventura County are on track to have one of their best occupancy years ever.

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Santa Barbara food market and condo project is ripening

By   /  Friday, November 23rd, 2012  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara food market and condo project is ripening

The Alma del Pueblo condo and food market project on Victoria and Chapala streets in downtown Santa Barbara is moving closer to completion.

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Buyers bag big grocery store deals

By   /  Friday, November 16th, 2012  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Buyers bag big grocery store deals

The long-vacant former Home Depot site in Oxnard has been sold for $7.1 million.

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Bank profits pay Community Dividends as $1M event salutes 10 years

By   /  Friday, November 16th, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Bank profits pay Community Dividends as $1M event salutes 10 years

More than a decade ago, banker and developer Michael Towbes came up with the idea of turning Montecito Bank & Trust into an S Corporation.

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Amgen case before SCOTUS could stymie new class-action suits

By   /  Friday, November 9th, 2012  /  Columns, Law, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen case before SCOTUS could stymie new class-action suits

On Nov. 5, Thousand Oaks-based Amgen argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could make it much harder for shareholders to form a class when suing a company for making misleading statements that distort its stock price. The outcome, which is likely to be decided by the politics of the individual justices, could Read More →

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Obamacare stays, California taxes rise and gridlock returns to D.C.

By   /  Friday, November 9th, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  1 Comment

The votes have been counted and now California and the U.S. face a  slightly changed political landscape but a series of new realities. Obamacare will not be repealed, Proposition 30 passed despite a furious advertising assault and Latino voters helped put a Democrat into a congressional seat that represents most of Ventura County. Some further Read More →

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