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Port of Hueneme prefunding retiree health care debt
The Port of Hueneme is taking steps to cure its share of the state’s $150 Read More →
Goleta imaging device maker iCRco emerges from bankruptcy
Goleta-based medical imaging device developer iCRco has emerged from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, promising Read More →
Moorpark company’s medicine bottles target elderly, opioid crisis
As the country grapples with the twin challenges of an aging population and the opioid Read More →
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Anti-smuggling program gets $110 million in federal funds
An anti-narcotic and human trafficking effort, Operation Stonegarden, received $110 million in funding on July 24 to help curb the use of so-called "panga" boats Read More →
Goleta medical device maker stocks are hot 
Investors are rewarding Goleta’s medical device producers as share prices climb for both oxygen concentrator company Inogen and breast implant developer Sientra. After a turbulent Read More →
Industrial space scarce, retail slows, office mixed
Industrial markets are hot, retail is cool and office is a mixed bag with Ventura County holding its own when it comes to lease rates. Read More →
Curvature completes merger, looks to grow
Santa Barbara-based Curvature completed its merger with SMS Systems of Charlotte, N.C., keeping the Curvature name but announcing an overhaul and expansion of the brand. Read More →
Amgen partnering to develop new drugs
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen is teaming up with Array BioPharma out of Boulder, Colo. to research and develop new treatments for autoimmune disorders. Array Read More →
Winery approved but owner worried about precedents
When Michael Larner applied to build a winery and tasting room on his family’s vineyard property in Santa Barbara County’s Ballard Canyon in 2010, he Read More →
Residents can learn from international students
By Loredana Carson International students planning to attend colleges and universities in the tri-county area may fear being unwelcome due to media coverage of negative Read More → Our view: SLO invests in future by approving housing
These days, the headlines on the housing front are grim indeed. The New York Times described Coastal California as being in the middle of a Read More →
Dubroff: Leadership needed to solve downtown Santa Barbara’s woes
You might call this Santa Barbara’s summer of discontent. From a casual chat with friends in Ventura, to a breakfast talk at East Beach Grill, Read More →
Graphiq acquired by Amazon.com
Amazon.com has acquired Santa Barbara data analysis and search engine start-up Graphiq. The tech giant bought Graphiq in May in a bid to improve its Read More →
Salem Media acquires website TradersCrux
Salem Media, a Christian and conservative radio and media company based in Camarillo, announced its acquisition of the website TradersCrux on July 13. Salem-owned Eagle Read More →
Teledyne subsidiary acquires Scientific Systems
Teledyne Instruments, an arm of Thousand Oaks-based aerospace and defense company Teledyne Technologies, announced that it would acquire Pennsylvania piston pump maker Scientific Systems, Inc. Read More →
Santa Barbara software company QAD has new product
Santa Barbara software company QAD released its newest product in its demand and supply chain planning suite July 13. “This latest version features many improvements Read More →
Next Energy gets $2.5 million grant to commercialize solar panel windows
Solar panel window maker Next Energy Technologies received a $2.5 million grant from the SunShot Initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy, the company announced Read More →
Central Coast wildfires char campgrounds, close highways
The Central Coast — the last region to emerge from the statewide drought — felt the heat once again this week as three wildfires destroyed Read More →
Apeel Sciences has room to grow in former Allergan plant
Apeel Sciences moved its headquarters to Goleta, gaining room to grow and roughly $10 million of new lab equipment to power that growth. Formerly occupied Read More →
Wanted: Skilled factory workers for Tri-Counties
At Hi-Tech Engineering, an aerospace and precision parts manufacturer in Camarillo, President Michelle Schuckmann is open to helping the competition. If she gets a resume Read More →
Balancing act: Camarillo company helps elderly with movement
A new health care company is helping Ventura County’s seniors get back on the move. Balance & Beyond, a balance, stability and exercise training service Read More →
Conejo Valley biotech scene heats up with Sienna IPO
A recent IPO filing by a biotech company in the Conejo Valley showed that the region is beginning, albeit slowly, to diversify beyond pharmaceutical giant Read More →
San Luis Obispo shopping center sold for $43.5 million
A shopping center in a prime San Luis Obispo location has sold for $43.55 million. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. said July 11 that it closed Read More →
Court allows vacation rental ban suit against Santa Barbara to continue
Vacation rental business owner Theo Kracke has succeeded in blocking an attempt by the city of Santa Barbara to have his challenge to the city’s Read More →
Cuesta College building new plant science complex
Agriculture science students will be able to get their hands dirty this fall thanks to a $1.3 million investment at Cuesta College’s North County campus. Read More →
American Riviera Bank sets sights on Paso Robles
American Riviera Bank is making a jump into the San Luis Obispo County market, opening a loan production office in Paso Robles with additional branches Read More →
Housing should be for residents, not tourists
By Anna Marie Gott “The use of residential units as short-term vacation rentals and/or only occupied as second homes poses a housing challenge to the Read More → Dubroff: Tri-Counties exploring solutions to housing unaffordability
If you decided to hold your breath until California’s coastal counties found real solutions to the housing crisis, your odds of survival would be very Read More →
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