Oxnard readies for its closeup
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 19th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Oxnard readies for its closeup
Oxnard is ready for a make-over. The city, tired of being perceived as nothing more than acres of crop fields and a hotbed of crime, is rebranding itself — although it doesn’t yet know what it wants to look like when all is said and done. The citywide effort is in collaboration with Destination Development Read More →
Read More →Bank, builder duel again
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 12th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Bank, builder duel again
Santa Barbara contractor David Lack and Bank of Santa Barbara are at it again, and this time the builder has fired the latest round in his ongoing battle with the bank. On March 19, Lack Construction filed a lawsuit in Santa Barbara County Superior Court alleging that Bank of Santa Barbara, the firm’s creditor, had Read More →
Read More →The future of the Valley
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 12th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on The future of the Valley
The battle lines for the future of the Santa Ynez Valley are drawn. On one side, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians put a $40 million recorded value on a 1,390-acre ranch it recently bought from the family of the late actor and Santa Barbara County developer Fess Parker. It’s a signal that the Read More →
Read More →Business school battle shapes up in Santa Barbara
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 12th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Business school battle shapes up in Santa Barbara
A three-way fight is breaking out to offer evening master’s of business administration classes in Santa Barbara. The latest entrant is Pepperdine University, which struck a sponsorship deal April 8 with the University of California, Santa Barbara, Alumni Association to tap the association’s events and e-mails to advertise the school’s nighttime MBA program in Westlake Read More →
Read More →Donation clouds Blue Shield complaint
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Donation clouds Blue Shield complaint
Thanks to a law firm’s $10,000 contribution to an assemblymember’s campaign for Insurance Commissioner, a Santa Barbara agent’s crusade to get small-business coverage looks like one more piece of political theater in a tough election year. On March 23, Brent Anderson filed a complaint with the California Department of Insurance against Blue Shield of California Read More →
Read More →South Coast Business & Technology Awards honor five
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on South Coast Business & Technology Awards honor five
An international medical nonprofit, the chairman of Oracle Corp. and a top female software entrepreneur will be honored at the region’s biggest business and technology fundraiser. The South Coast Business & Technology Awards Dinner in Santa Barbara is in its 16th year. Regularly drawing more than 600 guests and 70 corporate sponsors to Fess Parker’s Read More →
Read More →Health care
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, April 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Health care
Tri-county hospitals are ready to put the recession behind them as they look toward the brave new world of health care reform. For the most part, reform means area hospitals will receive less for reimbursements but will have fewer uninsured patients coming through the system. “The net effect will be the reduction in charity care,” Read More →
Read More →Popular articles
- None Found
Sponsored content:
SHIPS SLOW TO PROTECT WHALES, BLUE SKIES
-
Sign up for email news
Get the Business Times in your inbox. Sign up for breaking news alerts, our weekly briefing, and more.Sign upFor Email Marketing you can trust.2015-2016 Giving Guide
Check out our 2015 Giving Guide special issue
