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By Tom Bronzini / Monday, July 18th, 2011 / Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Group lends business voice to city hall
“You can’t fight city hall.” So goes the old saying. But in Thousand Oaks, business owners are part of city hall through a group called the Business Roundtable.
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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, January 14th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Postal cutbacks signal crunch in public sector
Between the rise of e-mail and the Great Recession, the U.S. Postal Service hasn’t had an easy decade. Mail volume is down 20 percent since 2006 and the agency has even discussed eliminating Saturday delivery.
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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, January 7th, 2011 / Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Postal Service weighs cuts in Oxnard
The U.S. Postal Service is considering closing its processing and distribution facility in Oxnard and moving the work to its Goleta facility, a move that would save about $1.8 million and cost the region 79 jobs. The Postal Service has scheduled a public meeting for Jan. 20 in Oxnard to review the proposal. At that Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Monday, December 27th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Editorial: Fix the 1099 rule, the sooner the better
While restaurants and small businesses up and down the Central Coast are fuming about the need to send 1099 forms to their best customers, a fix for this foolish piece of the health care reform law languishes in the Congress.
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 20th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Businessman tapped for City Council seat
Santa Barbara businessman Randy Rowse was selected to fill a Santa Barbara City Council seat vacated by Das Williams, who was elected to the State Assembly
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 17th, 2010 / Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Breaking news: Santa Barbara snags $152M courthouse
The California Judicial Branch has zoomed in on a downtown Santa Barbara location where it plans to build a $152 million criminal courthouse, a massive project that would create an estimated 3,500 direct and indirect jobs in the area as the South County’s criminal and traffic court operations are consolidated under one roof. The state court Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 13th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Pismo councilwoman named to Coastal Commission
Pismo Beach City Councilwoman Mary Ann Reiss was appointed Dec. 7 to the California Coastal Commission.
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