Caruso breaks ground on Miramar resort not a moment too soon
You might call it “Rick Caruso moment, take two.” A couple of years ago I coined the phrase “Rick Caruso moment” to describe the curious phenomenon on the Central Coast where projects don’t really begin – they just move forward on their own momentum after the last opponents fade away. Such was the case, I Read More →
Read More →Confessions of a Digital Heretic: Nonprofit journalism crashes the paywall
By Henry Dubroff When Pacific Coast Business Times staff writer Alex Kacik won a USC Annenberg School fellowship in health journalism this year, the last thing on my mind what that his project would run head-on into our paywall. But that’s precisely what happened after he wrote the first in a series of stories about Read More →
Read More →Rocket launch delays just a fact of life for space industry
SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance both experienced several delays while trying to launch rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base last month, but bear with them. The delays are necessary. Launching rockets is an art that private space companies haven’t quite mastered. The Central Coast found that out last month when a rocket explosion in Read More →
Read More →SLO County formulating plan to encourage affordable housing
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with a plan that aims to facilitate more affordable housing development. Policy recommendations included streamlining the permitting process, expanding multifamily residential zoning, reducing fees for affordable housing developments and scaling them to unit sizes rather than number of units, allowing secondary dwelling units in Read More →
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Direct Relief growing to meet the world’s needs
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Read More →California blocks workers’ path to small business ownership
The lack of serious attention to the dismal state of small business formation in California and across the nation has been one of the most disappointing aspects of the 2016 campaign. Small business gets a lot of lip service but scant real attention. Meanwhile, the number of small business failures continues to outpace new starts. Read More →
Read More →Kmart sued for violating UCSB patent on LED bulbs
A South Korean semiconductor company recently sued Kmart for allegedly violating a UC Santa Barbara professor’s patent on LED light bulbs. Seoul Semiconductor sued Kmart Corp. in federal court in Los Angeles Sept. 9 for allegedly violating several patents, including one owned by UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura. The lawsuit accuses Kmart of making, using, importing Read More →
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