Former Cottage Hospital supervisor charged with embezzling
A former Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital employee was charged with embezzling more than $200,000 from the hospital’s unincorporated Medical Staff Association, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney announced on Oct. 14. Cottage’s former Medical Staff Services Supervisor Pamela Cochran-Escalante is charged with one count of grand theft with the special allegation that she took more Read More →
Read More →Tri-Counties shedding fossil fuels industries
The Tri-Counties is moving away from its legacy of fossil fuels industries. The pace of that move and managing the cost of leaving oil and gas operations behind will say a lot about the region’s future prosperity. The Tri-Counties edged further away from fossil fuels on Oct. 5 when the San Luis Obispo County Planning Read More →
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Lloyd Properties donates 860 acres of Ventura hillsides to land trust
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Read More →Invoca’s new CEO former Salesforce.com executive
A Salesforce.com executive is the new CEO of Santa Barbara call intelligence company Invoca, the company announced Oct. 11. Greg Johnson took over at the beginning of October for former CEO Mark Woodward, who stepped aside after 15 months as Invoca CEO because of personal matters. Johnson, formerly a senior vice president of product management Read More →
Read More →Avis Rent a Car property in Funk Zone purchased for $2.5 million
The Avis Rent A Car location in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone was purchased in a sale-leaseback transaction for more than $2.5 million, Lee & Associates announced on Oct. 11. The transaction of the 1,350-square-foot property at 34 E. Montecito St. marked a record-setting price per square foot at $1,866, said Lee & Associates’ Rob Adams, Read More →
Read More →Lure Fish House property in Westlake Village sold
Story updated Oct. 13 at 10 p.m.: The Lure Fish House property in Westlake Village was sold for $6 million to private investor Lucrit LLC, Westcord Commercial Group announced on Oct. 10. The 7,470-square-foot property sits on a 1.76-acre parcel at 30970 Russell Ranch Road. Tony Principe of Westcord and Kamal Banki represented the buyer Read More →
Read More →SLO County formulating plan to encourage affordable housing
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with a plan that aims to facilitate more affordable housing development. Policy recommendations included streamlining the permitting process, expanding multifamily residential zoning, reducing fees for affordable housing developments and scaling them to unit sizes rather than number of units, allowing secondary dwelling units in Read More →
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