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Solar advocates hail bill to give non-property owners access

By   /  Friday, September 27th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Green Coast, Real Estate, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Solar advocates hail bill to give non-property owners access

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Cities open door to Airbnb tourism taxes

By   /  Friday, September 20th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Cities open door to Airbnb tourism taxes

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Dreaming big: Arroyo Grande mattress retailer plots national expansion

By   /  Friday, September 13th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Features, Small Business  /  Comments Off on Dreaming big: Arroyo Grande mattress retailer plots national expansion

When partners Jimi Breazeale and Hector Amaya opened Get-A-Mattress in Arroyo Grande in 2009, they wanted to transform the mattress-buying experience from what Breazeale calls “dirty window” into a showroom atmosphere. After all, with the average mattress costing around $2,000, it’s a considerable consumer purchase.

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SB County last in regional pension performance

By   /  Friday, August 23rd, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on SB County last in regional pension performance

Thanks to rising U.S. and foreign stock markets, major public pension plans in the Tri-Counties exceeded expected investment return rates for the last fiscal year. But Santa Barbara County’s performance lagged far behind its peers. Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association and San Luis Obispo County Pension and Trust saw net returns of 12.8 and 12.9 Read More →

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Topaz flips the switch: Massive SLO County project nears completion

By   /  Friday, August 16th, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Features, Technology  /  Comments Off on Topaz flips the switch: Massive SLO County project nears completion

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Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care

By   /  Friday, August 16th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care

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Hospitals contest surgery safety rankings

By   /  Friday, August 16th, 2013  /  Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  1 Comment

Surgery safety ratings at tri-county hospitals ranged from the highest possible rank to second-to-lowest in a recent nationwide assessment released by Consumer Reports magazine, but many hospital officials dispute whether the methods used by the report accurately depict surgical quality. Released earlier this month, the report aims to provide a generalized standard of surgical safety Read More →

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