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Nursing the job market: City colleges promote health care programs

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Features, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Nursing the job market: City colleges promote health care programs

Community colleges throughout the Tri-Counties are promoting their high-tech programs to produce nurses and other health care professionals to fill the upcoming job gap.

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Port Hueneme trade zone opens up

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  2 Comments

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Wine, tech key to Central Coast outlooks

By   /  Wednesday, November 9th, 2011  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Wine, tech key to Central Coast outlooks

The Central Coast’s economic future is tied to its ability to capitalize on its burgeoning wine and agriculture, smart manufacturing, high technology and tourism industries. That was the view from two separate economic events in San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria on Nov. 8. In San Luis Obispo, forecasters from Beacon Economics weighed the growth Read More →

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Tri-Counties at center of critical doctor deficit

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  2 Comments

The Tri-Counties is among the most affected regions as California suffers from a statewide physician shortage that’s expected to become more critical as the years go by. In the epicenter of the crisis are the cities of Santa Barbara and Lompoc, which are both having trouble attracting and retaining primary care physicians — but for Read More →

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How screwed are we? NPR reporters explain

By   /  Thursday, October 27th, 2011  /  Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  2 Comments

“So, like, how screwed are we?” That was the question that the presenters of “Planet Money,” the popular and humorous economics segment on National Public Radio, posed to a lively audience at UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 26. Correspondents David Kestenbaum and Alex Blumberg did a live stage version of their popular NPR series,  which Read More →

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‘Planet Money’ comes to UCSB

By   /  Monday, October 24th, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on ‘Planet Money’ comes to UCSB

When you speak the language of economics and finance every day, it’s easy to forget that to your non-business-class friends and family, you might as well be speaking Greek. Coming to your rescue is Planet Money, National Public Radio’s team of economic translators, which will present at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The Read More →

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Festivals go green: Food events around the region focus on recycling

By   /  Friday, October 21st, 2011  /  Features, Green Coast  /  Comments Off on Festivals go green: Food events around the region focus on recycling

Earth Day doesn’t arrive until April, but tri-county festival-goers are getting the chance to go green this fall.

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