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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 29th, 2015 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Opinion, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Future tourism, political fortunes at stake over response to oil spill
Just six months ago, Santa Barbara County’s oil and gas industry was sailing on smooth waters. In the November election, broad business support and a flood of outside money helped defeat Measure P, an effort to ban fracking and a wide range of drilling activities countywide. Two companies, Aera Energy and Venoco, were in the Read More →
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By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, May 29th, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Fines, cleanup costs climbing for owner of oil pipe that leaked
The pipeline leak that released more than 21,000 gallons of oil into the ocean and soiled 9 miles of Santa Barbara coastline on May 19 will likely result in a $200,000 fine from federal regulators and potentially millions of dollars in cleanup costs and environmental penalties for the pipeline’s operator, Houston-based Plains Pipeline. An investigation Read More →
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 29th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Third Window Brewing taking shape at new SB development
Kris Parker, grandson of the late Fess Parker, is working to open Santa Barbara’s newest brewery operation. With the help of a few friends, family members and business partners, Parker is bringing Third Window Brewing to the new commercial development known as The Mill at the corner of Laguna and Haley streets. He’ll be joined Read More →
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 22nd, 2015 / Real Estate / Comments Off on Tri-Counties fertile ground for shopping center deals
Shopping centers continue to be a hot commodity on the South Coast as retail developments renovate and reposition with new tenants. Following the trend, Santa Barbara-based real estate firm Investec recently purchased the Village at Newbury Park, a power center at 1015-1025 Broadbeck Drive in Thousand Oaks. The deal adds to Investec’s growing portfolio of Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 22nd, 2015 / Columns, Energy, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Refugio oil spill raises important questions for South Coast
The estimated 105,000-gallon oil spill that will ruin Memorial Day for thousands of visitors to Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County is a reminder of how much environmental issues have become economic stories. Santa Barbara County is so heavily dependent on hotel-related taxes that it literally can’t afford the kind of environmental disaster that Read More →
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