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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 11th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Common sense wins in elections
We were pleased to see a pair of common sense candidates win city council seats in elections held Nov. 8.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, November 10th, 2011 / Latest news / Comments Off on Former telecom mogul dies at 52
Chris Edgecomb, co-founder and CEO of Star Telecom, once one of Santa Barbara’s largest public companies, died Nov. 7. He was 52. Star Telecom was among the nation’s largest telecommunications companies. Edgecomb led the firm’s spectacular rise from $67 million in revenue in 1995 to more than $1 billion in 1999 — before it crashed Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 4th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: emPower calls for a sunnier Santa Barbara
A revised emPowerSBC program for energy efficiency upgrades was unveiled in Santa Barbara County on Nov. 1.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 4th, 2011 / Features, Nonprofits, Real Estate / Comments Off on At home on the coast: Housing Partnership turns 25
Coastal Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization that helps South Coast employers provide housing assistance to their employees, turned 25 this year.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 4th, 2011 / Columns, Restaurants, Tourism / Comments Off on Santa Barbara Public Market close to signing tenants, starting construction
Over the last year, the developer has been doing indoor work on the old grocery story building and has “curated” tenants for what will be called the Santa Barbara Public Market.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 4th, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Big name in backup: Global Power Supply keeps Facebook’s lights on
GPS customers are “critical facilities” such as law enforcement operations centers, hospitals, payment servers at big financial firms or data centers for top-shelf tech companies.
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 31st, 2011 / Latest news, Technology / 1 Comment
New Noise Santa Barbara, a digital music conference featuring industry panels and 50 bands in three days, is gearing up for its third year. New Noise will happen from Nov. 3-5 and is the smaller West Coast analogue to South by Southwest, the massive festival held every year in Austin, Tex. that brings together technology Read More →
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