Business Briefs: Pacific Capital reports net income of $21M
Pacific Capital Bancorp, the parent company of Santa Barbara
Fifth Street Coffee celebrates grand opening
Almond coffee to almond champagne, there was a beverage for everyone at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting celebration Nov. 21 at Fifth Street Coffee, 7501 Monterey St. Owner Yolanda Castaneda, her husband Daniel, their family, friends and Gilroy Chamber of Commerce ambassadors helped her snip the red ribbon and welcome the shop to downtown Gilroy.
County offers to buy St. Louise Hospital
Santa Clara County this week is offering to buy Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy and O’Connor Hospital in San Jose for an undisclosed sum, the Gilroy Dispatch has learned.
“We would be the perfect purchaser, from our perspective,” County Executive Jeff Smith said in...
Calera celebrates 50 years of winemaking
Most true lovers of pinot noir have made a pilgrimage to Calera Winery in Hollister, the place that firmly established North America’s ability to produce “the heartbreak grape.”
Calera Wine Company, established in 1975 in the remote hills of San Benito County, was the beautiful...
Business Briefs: Mission Bell receives $5.5M in financing
Bridge Bank announced that it has provided $5.5 million in
Conservation groups buy 668 acres of South Valley farmland
Three connected agricultural properties straddling the border of San Benito and Santa Clara counties were recently purchased by conservation organizations, ensuring the lands totaling more than 600 acres will remain an active link in a vital regional ecosystem.
The Peninsula Open Space Trust on Oct....
DeRose Winery is steeped in South Valley history
In my last column I highlighted Rosy and Rich Bergen’s Little Uvas Vineyard (LUV) and their facility called “The Garage” at 255 Fitzgerald Ave. in San Martin. Their long range plan is to have other businesses, like other wineries and eateries, help fill the...
