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By Staff Report / Friday, July 6th, 2012 / Latest news / 1 Comment
KEYT Channel 3 anchor Paula Lopez will co-host Pacific Coast Business Times’ inaugural Latino Business Awards reception Thursday, July 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Ventura. The awards program is the first regionwide effort to recognize top Latino business leaders from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. “Paula is the perfect person to Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, June 22nd, 2012 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: A bond for Cuesta is not a matter of if but when
A bond is in the college’s immediate future.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 18th, 2012 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Building on Buffet’s $2B Topaz Solar Farm heats up
First Solar and Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Solar have started major construction on a 550-megawatt photovoltaic solar project on northern San Luis Obispo County’s Carrizo Plain. The $2 billion Topaz Solar Farms hopes to be the largest solar-electric plant in the world. The developers said the project will create about 400 construction jobs over the next Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, May 4th, 2012 / Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Hampton Inn marks first new hotel in SLO since recession
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 20th, 2012 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Area’s airports debut new routes, airlines and runways
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Umpqua moves in with $44.7M bank buy
American Perspective Bank, a San Luis Obispo County lender founded five years ago, is being purchased by Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. for $44.7 million. If the deal gains the approval of banking regulators and American Perspective shareholders, Umpqua will pay $10 per share in cash for the San Luis Obispo-based bank, a 12.4 percent premium Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, April 12th, 2012 / Central Coast, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Four Scolari’s stores to close; developer buys three properties
Scolari’s, a chain of regional grocery stores founded in the Central Coast more than three decades ago, is closing its four tri-county locations within the next 60 days. The real estate under three of the properties, in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, has been sold to NKT Commercial, a San Luis Obispo-based Read More →
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