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By Staff Report / Monday, October 5th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Haggen lines up buyers for 10 stores in Tri-Counties
Haggen is looking to sell some of its soon-to-be vacant stores in the Tri-Counties to Gelson’s Markets and Smart & Final pending bankruptcy court approval, the company announced Oct. 5. Gelson’s and Smart & Final got the first pick of 127 shuttering Haggen stores. The high-end Encino-based grocer Gelson’s signed an asset purchase agreement Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, October 2nd, 2015 / Latest news / Comments Off on IDE Americas to refurbish, operate Santa Barbara desalination plant
Carlsbad-based IDE Americas will refurbish, operate and maintain Santa Barbara’s desalination plant. IDE’s reverse osmosis solution will help Santa Barbara’s Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant efficiently convert seawater to potable water, the company said. It would produce 3,125 acre feet of water per year initially, meeting 26 percent of the city’s water demand. The plant Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, October 2nd, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Feds propose tougher oil pipeline safety rules
The federal body governing pipeline safety has proposed new regulations that would change how oil and gas pipelines are operated, inspected and maintained. The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration came out with a draft of new rules on Oct. 1 in response to an oil spill in 2010 that leaked Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, October 2nd, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Haggen store closings taking toll in Tri-Counties
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 2nd, 2015 / Editorials / Comments Off on Wind power project great for San Luis Obispo County
Just a year ago, Dynergy, a Texas-based energy firm, shut down the aging power plant that’s loomed over the city of Morro Bay for decades, idling the three 450-foot-tall smokestacks that are part of the city’s skyline. Now Trident Winds, a British company, has proposed something new in the field of power production: a floating Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, October 2nd, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Equipment company leasing printer’s former spot in Goleta
Garden tool seller and repair business A-OK Power Equipment is expanding into Old Town Goleta. The Santa Barbara-based company recently signed a lease at a 5,562-square-foot space at 5777 Hollister Ave. Owner Jim Gally, who also owns Carpinteria Valley Lumber and Cantwell’s Markets, is expanding into his fifth location. A-OK Power Equipment is taking over Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, September 28th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital finds buyer for outpatient surgery center
Cottage Health Systems and Sansum Clinic moved a step closer to their proposed merger as Cottage found a potential buyer for its Santa Barbara Outpatient Surgery Center, Cottage announced Sept. 28. Cottage tasked New York-based investment banking firm Cain Brothers & Co. to find a possible suitor and they came up with United Surgical Partners International, a Read More →
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