Name: Ron Whisenand

After months of speculation on whether the retailer was coming to Paso Robles, Bed Bath and Beyond confirmed plans this week to open at Golden Hills Plaza by May.

Terrie Banish is The Tribune’s new director of advertising.

Some in San Luis Obispo want the city to formally apply to become a trial location for Google’s recently announced fiber-optic experiment.

A Stanford sociologist, three Central Coast business owners, and a Los Angeles investment banker are headlining a business symposium at the Clark Center on Thursday.

Name: Tony Goetz

Two local nonprofit organizations are working to keep the now-split 211 SLO Hotline running locally as two separate entities.

A San Luis Obispo company signed on to work on NASA’s new Ares spacecraft is taking a “wait and see” approach to President Barack Obama’s intent to cancel the space program.

Atascadero’s Kitty Arosteguy has opened Haven Wine Bar at 6155 El Camino Real, a first-of-its kind business in the city’s historic Colony District.

On Tuesday, Dr. Elaine Yin of Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center performed the hospital’s first procedure using the daVinci Surgical System — a $1.8 million robot that a physician remotely controls to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures.

Name: Kari Kittinger

When heavy rains dumped as much as 10 inches on westside Paso Robles vineyards in mid-October, many zinfandel producers faced a dilemma: harvest unripe grapes or risk letting fruit rot hoping it would finish ripening.

Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton has announced it is updating and expanding its facility with $7.6 million in changes this year.

The bar and restaurant at The Carlton Hotel in Atascadero closed Wednesday, the latest bad news involving North County developer David Weyrich.

The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce has charted its path for the city’s economic future, with the release of the organization’s latest economic vision document.

What they said then: The Tribune reported in November 2008 and February 2009 that Paso Robles manufacturer Zurn-Wilkins lost 30 employees in two rounds of layoffs.

Developer Byron Davis expects to get final approval by the city in February for Prado Park, a 20-acre, seven-building commercial complex at 400 Prado Road in San Luis Obispo.

A 68-acre business park along Highway 227 near San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport — under development since 1999 but with only one building completed — is on the verge of foreclosure.

Home sales and the median price of homes in San Luis Obispo County fell in the final month of 2009 as Central Coast real estate continued to be impacted by the housing market collapse.

Businessman Don Idler, owner of the chain of appliance stores that bear his family’s name, was named the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce 2009 Citizen of the Year.