Central Coast agriculture gross value up in 2024
The gross value of agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties increased by 7% in 2024 over 2023, according to their recently released annual crop and livestock reports. In 2024, Ventura County’s estimated gross value was $2.3 billion, its findings, made public June 24, said. Santa Barbara County’s was $2 billion, its report, released July Read More →
Special comment from the editor
As CSU Channel Islands prepares for the departure of President Richard Yao on August 1, some Ventura County insiders think former President Dick Rush could provide an interim solution. Yao stunned many observers when he announced on July 1 that he was leaving to become president of DataPhilanthropy, the grantmaking arm of Trade Desk Founder Read More →
CSUCI president steps down, joins DataPhilanthropy
CSU Channel Island is undergoing a leadership change as President Richard Yao steps down this summer to join the Trade Desk founder Jeff Green’s family foundation. Yao will leave his post effective Aug. 1, an unusually rapid departure for a CSU president, and he will transition quickly to the presidency of DataPhilanthropy as the foundation’s Read More →
VC leaders stand in solidarity with undocumented farmworkers
Ventura County officials, community leaders and clergy members gathered June 27 to decry federal immigration raids and to offer support to undocumented farmworkers facing possible arrest. “We’re coming together to stand in support of the human rights of immigrants,” Martita Martinez-Bravo, the executive director of Friends of Fieldworkers, told the Business Times at the Stand Read More →
Dubroff: UCSB names engineering school for former dean
When I met Teledyne executive chairman Robert Mehrabian at his office in Thousand Oaks earlier this year, I came away thinking I had just been introduced to a multi-talented scientist-entrepreneur. So, it was not entirely surprising to learn that UC Santa Barbara’s world-class engineering school will now be called the Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering, Read More →
Umbra launches new manufacturing facility in Goleta
Santa Barbara-based Umbra is furthering its investment in the region with the opening of its new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Goleta. Umbra is a space technology company that came out of stealth mode in 2021. The company provides access to satellite images and offers dedicated satellite missions. Announced June 25, the new space will boost Read More →
Camarillo company locks down deal with Derco
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