Stephen Nellis
Senior editor
- Groundwater rules and mandatory sick leave in spotlight
- Nellis bids farewell with final thoughts about tech corridor
- ParentSquare software helps connect classrooms
- News Corp. to buy Move for $950M
- SLO telecoms to merge
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Tony Biasotti
Managing editor
- Cal Poly study: Morro Bay wind power could bring thousands of jobs
- Region’s unemployment dropped to 6% in April, but shrinking workforce played a part
- New study puts Vandenberg at $5.8B in economic impact, 20K jobs
- Teledyne closes $8.2B Flir acquisition
- Flights to start in June between SLO and San Diego, Portland
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Marlize van Romburgh
Managing Editor
Marlize van Romburgh covers banking, finance, agricultural and viticulture. She writes a weekly column on commercial real estate and a monthly column on the restaurant industry. Follow her at @marlizevr
- Crunchies tightens its belt in Ch. 11
- Crunchies moves to block takeover bid with Chapter 11 filing
- A fungus among us: Team hopes to cultivate truffles on Central Coast
- OCB Bancorp taps Ortega to open Santa Barbara branch
- Ventura County’s ripe farm loan market drives $15.3M bank deal
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Henry Dubroff
Chairman & Editor
- Dubroff: Wind, batteries could replace nuclear power on Central Coast
- United to connect Santa Barbara and Chicago in June
- Dubroff: Our region welcomes diversity, but issues remain for Black executives
- Black Leadership Roundtable: Cautious optimism after a tumultuous year
- Colonial Pipeline fiasco looks familiar to Central Coast observers
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Editorial Board
- Our View: We’ll all be winners if a lottery ups vaccine rates
- Our View: Recovery is in the air for Central Coast tourism
- Our View: Region’s growers and farmworkers need help with labor issues
- Our View: Central Coast can prosper from tourism’s new normal
- Our View: NIMBYism cost California a seat in Congress
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Staff Report
- Alaska Airlines adds flights between Santa Barbara and San Diego
- Street Smarts: Ventura County follows yellow brick road to reopening
- Register now for our Best Places to Work awards reception and panel discussion
- Amgen reaches billion-dollar licensing deal with Japanese firm
- Good Works: Detox facility coming to San Luis Obispo after B of A donation
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Elizabeth Willhite
Tom Bronzini
- Two Central Coast Wine legends to receive major Wine Enthusiast awards
- Former Daou ambassador accused of misconduct
- Santa Barbara County wineries drop bid for BID
- Santa Barbara County wine group abandons bid for BID
- Central Coast vintners report minimal crop damage from fires
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Dana Olsen
- Waterfront Hyatt in Santa Barbara sells for $61M
- Settled in: Rooms & Gardens celebrates 20 years of interior design
- Analysis: Region’s students take on less college debt than peers do
- Bacara is home to new Foley wine ‘experience’ and tasting room
- New DenMat HQ fuels Lompoc jobs
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Jared Godinez
Guest commentary
- Opinion: Remembering David Swensen, a giant in the investment world
- Opinion: Time to polish those interview skills, whichever side you’re on
- Opinion: Source of labor shortage not so simple
- Opinion: Making real change with CLU’s new Black Lives Fellowship program
- Opinion: California can’t rest on its laurels when it comes to election security
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Dara Barney
- Blow dry on the fly: Quick-fix salons invade upscale locales
- 30 tri-county companies make the cut for Inc. 5000
- Small wetfish to fry: Region at heart of $73M squid industry
- High-tech chalk: Startup offers digital alternative to slate signs
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Alex Kacik
Real Estate & Finance Editor
- Angel investors weigh person making pitch
- A fond farewell to the Tri-Counties from Alex Kacik
- Ventura County commercial real estate market great for investors
- Mixed-use developments tapping into built-in demand
- Ventura County commercial real estate market ripe for investment
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Patrick Kulp
- The new Black Friday: Small businesses rely on Saturday promotion to boost sales
- Study: Skilled workers priced out of San Luis Obispo
- Refinery rail project would ease crude oil supply concerns
- Ratings agencies unfazed as county pension costs rise
- First coffee, then the world: Teeccino breaks into breakfast market
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Mary Ann Norbom
Contributer
- ‘Sideways’ and up: Santa Ynez Valley readies for film’s 10th anniversary
- The venture capitalist of the vineyards: Terroir’s investments range from Santa Ynez to South Africa
- The maverick of the valley: New Vintners’ chief has bold plan for Santa Barbara wine country
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Christine De La Cruz
Senior Editor
- South Coast golfers trod parched courses amid drought
- Business is brewing: Firestone Walker climbs in craft beer rankings
- Templar banks on grapes: Asset-based lender launches winery arm
- Hotel developers embrace Paso Robles wine boom
- Labor of love: Nonprofit celebrates 30 years of teaching compassion
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Marissa Wenzke
Staff Writer
- Study: Women in short supply on tri-county boards, offices
- Nitrates big problem for Central Coast water board
- Central Coast dairy industry fading away
- Jail time unlikely for Plains executives
- Santa Barbara’s A Different Point of View serves underprivileged
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Elijah Brumback
- Oriental rug store may be razed for 4-story mixed-use project
- Minus a plus for South Coast organization advocating workforce housing
- Who’s next after Firestone Walker investment deal
- Texas taxes too tempting for Ventura bra maker
- Cal Lutheran student working on long distance wireless power transfer
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Austen Hufford
- After Ventura County court battle, pension tensions endure
- Startup Weekend, en Español: Entrepreneurs pitch in Santa Maria
- A heartbeat away: Advances in diabetes tech promise better self-care
- Pension opponents won’t appeal court defeat
- Keeping Score: Nonprofit business advisers celebrate 50 years
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Cory Yniguez
Chris Officer
- Innovation Awards honorees announced; date set for live Zoom event and Startup Village
- Our view: Small business needs help, this Saturday and beyond
- PureSpectrum headlines region’s companies on Deloitte’s Fast 500
- Our View: Our economy needs more pandemic relief
- Opinion: Proposed water cuts could dry up the Paso Robles economy
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Glenn Rabinowitz
Managing Editor-Pacific Coast Business Times
- Private, public sectors step up with COVID relief funds
- Our view: Kobe Bryant’s desire to be great was an inspiration
- Rubicon supporters decide that the show must go on
- Our view: Regional collaboration necessary for Central Coast
- Public-private partnership intends to build conference center in Paso Robles
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Manny Araujo
- Santa Barbara prime location for Tesla Motors showroom
- Help Unlimited celebrates 40 years of pairing caregivers with patients
- New Cancer Center of Santa Barbara aims for better collaboration
- Electrician turns Santa Barbara building into gallery
- Vapur relocates distribution center from Midwest to Oxnard
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Philip Joens
- UCSB plans to upgrade or replace baseball stadium
- Sientra settles lawsuits over public offering
- Lockheed Martin’s 100 years on the Central Coast
- Joens: A fond farewell to the tri-county technology scene
- Sientra settles public offering lawsuits for $10.9 million
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Marissa Nall
- South Coast Biz Tech Awards return with same winners, new challenges
- Feds, state reach agreement for Morro Bay offshore wind project
- With Newsom’s proposal, oil industry’s clock starts ticking
- From PPE shortages to vaccines, nursing programs adapted to the pandemic
- From black gold to green power: Solar project on Fillmore oil refinery site nears completion
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Natasha Moss
Supriya Yelimeli
- Businesses in the Tri-Counties want to keep 805 area code
- Tax measures could alter tri-county marijuana market
- Some chambers back candidates, others neutral
- Habit markets burger everywhere except Santa Barbara
- Persona Pizzeria’s fast oven, Italian training leads to expansion
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Katie Swalm
- Tri-county hospitals fill new wings with art
- CSUCI nursing graduates score perfect test pass rate again
- Westmont takes on global leadership training
- Yes Store celebrates 50 years as showcase for artists
- Titanic exhibit boosts attendance at Reagan library and museum
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Joshua Molina
- Goleta imaging device maker iCRco emerges from bankruptcy
- Sharky’s Woodfired Mexican Grill opening soon in Hollister Village
- Landmark hotels in Tri-Counties thrive as tourism grows
- Togo’s sandwich shops coming to Santa Maria
- Federal rule on joint employment rolled back
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Amanda Rosengarten
- Pedego trying to dominate e-bike market
- Santa Barbara doctor writes memoir of Vietnam War
- Enegren lager lauded at Casa Pacifica’s beer competition
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Matt Ackerman
- 29 companies on Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing list
- Santa Barbara photographer turns love of sailing into business
- Bill fast-tracks highway repairs throughout the Tri-Counties
- Tri-county art museums raising the stakes with visions of the future
- Port of Hueneme prefunding retiree health care debt
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Robert Shutt
Editor-PCBT
- Sears will close store in Thousand Oaks
- Hispanic Business Association helps promote products, services
- Cracker Barrel restaurant coming to Santa Maria
- Santa Barbara affordable housing projects funded
- Target looking to replace Kmart store in Goleta
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Megan Mineiro
- Business picking up at Seymour Duncan in Goleta
- Assessors moving paper property records into cyberspace
- State Street becoming a hot spot for pot shops
- Use of pesticides growing at Central Coast strawberry farms
- Tri-county employees look for flexible work environments
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Evan Swerdfeger
Annabelle Blair
Writer-Pacific Coast Business Times
- Impact Hub rebrands itself as Kiva Cowork so it can expand
- 13 projects in the works for downtown San Luis Obispo
- South Coast hotels find luxury niche
- 57 health care workers to be laid off in Simi Valley
- New luxury apartments online at Seabridge marina in Oxnard
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Vianna Mabanag
Sanya Kamidi
- Sohn says longevity of economic recovery a surprise
- SLO County scenery makes great backdrop for shooting movies
- Western art show SLOPOKE popular with tri-county collectors
- 31 tri-county companies on the Inc. 5000 fastest growing list
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Vianna Mabang
Daniel Kong
- Startup wins $100,000 in Cal Poly SLO competition
- Startup founder goes from dropout to inventor and CEO
- Butterfly population dwindling in Pismo Beach
- Goleta startup Ferno Grills founder fired up about ‘firewheel’ feature
- New West Symphony helps community overcome crises
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Veronica Graff
- San Luis Obispo County homeless population growing
- DA sues company over claims that product protects homes from fires
- Cannabis firm Canndescent raises $25 million for expansion
- Institutional investors pile into tri-county stocks
- Cannabis firm Green Flower Media raises $20 million
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Carly Kay
- 215-room Hyatt House hotel coming to Channel Islands Harbor
- Tri-county businesses want consumers to ‘shop small’
- Westlake native promoted to top job at Conejo Valley chamber
- UCSB No. 2 in grads leading 2019 IPOs
- Retired Limoneira executive publishes seventh book
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Elizabeth Braun
- Tri-county Christmas tree sellers have fewer days, fewer trees
- South Coast auto body shop driven to donate
- SLO County hospitals get ‘A’ grades for safety
- Panelists ponder gender bias and inclusion
- EVC celebrates 25th anniversary
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Amber Hair
Staff Writer at Pacific Coast Business Times, Inc.
- Festivals and fairs plan summer comeback
- ‘A big change’ on the way as some companies continue remote work
- Real Estate: With drought looming, Cayucos gets 420,000 gallons of new water storage
- Real Estate: Ventura County and Oxnard reach harbor deal; industrial complex coming to Simi Valley
- Lumber shortages drive building costs through the roof
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Cage Englander
- Concerns raised over consumer privacy law
- PennyMac shares soar after earnings beat estimates
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Jade Martinez-Pogue
- Direct Relief and FedEx Cares partner to distribute PPE
- LifeCube, ShelterBox pivot for pandemic
- Empowered Bakery helps fund fight against domestic violence
- Tri-county chocolate stores get ready for Valentine’s Day
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Abigail Napp
- Wine Buzz: Santa Barbara County loses a true pioneer in Jim Clendenen
- Community foundations helped small businesses survive during pandemic
- Wine Buzz: Native winemaker blazes a trail in the Santa Ynez Valley
- Santa Barbara Film Festival makes do without crowds
- Wine Buzz: In Los Alamos, a winemaker who both draws and gives inspiration
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Pat Maio
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Jorge Mercado
- Limoneira, Calavo both report earnings growth as produce industry continues recovery
- New name, new plan for economic growth at Vandenberg
- Amgen’s new drug could be a blockbuster
- Farmers, water agencies brace for drought
- ‘A big change’ on the way as some companies continue remote work
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Jake Piazza
- Region’s companies meet state mandate for women on corporate boards
- Restaurant losses mount since outdoor dining ban
- Thousand Oaks mayor lauds ‘balanced growth,’ cites new mixed-use project
- Amgen joins new cooperative trials for COVID treatment
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