Restaurant Group Purchases Freebirds World Burrito
California-based restaurant group Tavistock Restaurants officially completed the acquisition of Freebirds World Burrito on 7/16. The first Freebirds-which is now
Year: 2007
Hedge Fund Chairman Buys Property in Carp
Bruce Kovner, chairman of the New York-based hedge fund Caxton Associates, LLC, reportedly purchased 12 adjoining beachfront acres in Carpinteria for an estimated total sum of $70 million.
Dos Pueblos Graduate Receives Scholarship
James Kanter – a 2006 graduate of Dos Pueblos High School and psychology student at San Diego State University –
Coastal Commission Keeps an Eye on Butterfly
The California Coastal Commission is looking into complaints that Ty Warner is “privatizing” Butterfly Beach by setting up a kiosk
New Christian High School in the Works
The Alliance for Christian Education will open a new Christian college-prep high school in September if all goes according to
MTD Governing Board Gets Two New Members
The cities of Goleta and Carpinteria will each appoint a member to the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District’s governing board,
City Seeks to Regulate Growth of Pot Dispensaries
Responding to pleas for greater regulation from medical marijuana advocates, the City of Santa Barbara appears poised to pass a
Planning Commission Approves Mixed-Use Building
The Santa Barbara Planning Commission approved a new three-story industrial-chic mixed use project in the Funk Zone, despite its parking
County Sues Civil Service Commission over Fired Social Worker
The County of Santa Barbara is suing the Civil Service Commission over its ruling in the case of fired Lompoc
City Awarded $142,000 in Prop. 46 Allocations
More Proposition 46 allocations were announced by the state on 7/19, awarding the City of Santa Barbara $142,572 for 66
