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Dubroff: With California in decent shape the good times will roll on into 2015

By   /  Friday, January 2nd, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: With California in decent shape the good times will roll on into 2015

Forecasting is a dangerous game, but from this writer’s perspective, the relative good times enjoyed by the Central Coast during the past year should continue into 2015.

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Santa Barbara stock promoter charged with fraud

By   /  Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Law, Personal Finance, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara stock promoter charged with fraud

The SEC alleges that instead of purchasing the shares in the secondary market as promised, Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos and his firm Prima Capital Group misappropriated investor funds.

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Caffeinated growth: French Press to open in Goleta

By   /  Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014  /  Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Caffeinated growth: French Press to open in Goleta

French Press owners Julia and Todd Mayer opened their first location in downtown Santa Barbara in 2009.

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Remembering the banking visionary who built SBB&T

By   /  Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Remembering the banking visionary who built SBB&T

Donald M. Anderson, a Minnesota native whose vision drove Santa Barbara Bank & Trust’s rise to the top of the region’s financial institutions, died earlier this month in Santa Barbara. He was 86.

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Albertsons & Safeway to sell 168 stores before merger is approved

By   /  Friday, December 19th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, Restaurants, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  1 Comment

The divestiture of the stores is part of another deal to secure FTC clearance for Albertons to acquire Safeway in a $9.2 billion deal. That transaction, which the companies are calling a merger, was announced in March and is expected to close in January.

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LTC Properties raises $24.5M through sale of shares

By   /  Friday, December 19th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on LTC Properties raises $24.5M through sale of shares

According to company filings, LTC will use the proceeds of the sale to pay down outstanding debt on its unsecured credit line, fund acquisitions and current development pipeline and for general corporate purposes.

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Oilfield waste firm faces curb on VC shipments

By   /  Friday, December 19th, 2014  /  Latest news, Top Stories, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Oilfield waste firm faces curb on VC shipments

Ventura County officials have confirmed that oilfield waste management company Anterra Energy Services, which has facilities in Oxnard and Santa Paula, will no longer be trucking additional waste to the Oxnard location.

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