Home prices skyrocket in region
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Santa Barbara Bowl set for August reopening
A concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl in 2012 (photo courtesy A. Arthur Fisher) The Read More →Simi Valley not worried about AeroVironment’s headquarters move
Ingenuity, a helicopter drone made by AeroVironment in Simi Valley, is lowered from the Perseverance Read More →UCLA Health continues northward march
Eight years ago, UCLA Health made its first move up the Central Coast, opening a Read More →
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Jobs, Workers Up as Area Unemployment Falls
The latest state numbers show more people in the region's workforce, as well as consistently decreasing rates of people on unemployment. (File Photo) The tri-county Read More →
Mission Produce CEO a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year
Mission Produce CEO Steve Barnard at the company's distribution plant in 2017. (file photo) Steve Barnard, the CEO of Mission Produce in Oxnard, is a Read More →
UCLA Health continues northward march
Eight years ago, UCLA Health made its first move up the Central Coast, opening a clinic in Westlake Village. Now, UCLA Health’s expansion has reached Read More →
EPA fines two Ventura County auto parts companies for emission control violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced settlements with four California automotive parts distributors, including two based in Ventura County, for violations of the Clean Air Read More →
Simi Valley not worried about AeroVironment’s headquarters move
Ingenuity, a helicopter drone made by AeroVironment in Simi Valley, is lowered from the Perseverance rover onto the surface of Mars on March 30. (courtesy Read More →
Our View: United water drills for solutions; Cal-OSHA comes to its senses
At a time of high fire danger and extreme drought, one of the deeper questions about climate change is the ability of West Ventura County Read More →
Home prices skyrocket in region
This 3-bedroom house in Santa Barbara is listed at $1.6 million, below the city’s median sale price of $1.7 million. The median price in Santa Read More →
Dubroff: MacKenzie Scott’s $35M will go a long way for CSUCI, SBCC
Someday, somebody will write a book about what happened when Ventura County finally got its four-year public university. There were decades of frustration as environmentalists Read More →
Biotech’s movers and shakers gather for BioMedley
As more and more people are getting their COVID-19 vaccinations, one of the companies responsible for their creation is still looking for ways to improve Read More →
Street Smarts: Top Sonos lawyer takes his case to U.S. Senate
Sonos, the Santa Barbara-based audio innovator, continues to speak out about how tech giants squelch innovation. Chief Counsel Eddie Lazarus offered testimony to the U.S. Read More →
Santa Barbara Bowl set for August reopening
A concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl in 2012 (photo courtesy A. Arthur Fisher) The Santa Barbara Bowl canceled the first three shows on its Read More →
Trade Desk shares up 5% after split
The Trade Desk’s previously announced 10-for-1 split of its common stock took when the market opened on June 17. The Ventura advertising technology company’s stock Read More →
Startups take center stage at Cal Poly’s AngelCon
Judy Mahan, director of the Cal Poly SLO Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Liz Fisher, the center's program manager, hold a check for Tallyfor, Read More →
Scenes from the reopening: lottery winners, maskless customers
Addison Hunter puts on a mask before entering Crushcakes in downtown Santa Barbara on June 15. Masks are no longer required outdoors but many restaurants Read More →
CSUCI, SBCC get multimillion-dollar gifts from MacKenzie Scott
CSU Channel Islands received $15 million from MacKenzie Scott, the largest gift in its history. (courtesy photo) Amazon billionaire MacKenzie Scott gave away another $2.7 Read More →
AeroVironment moves headquarters out of Simi Valley
This building in Moorpark is one of AeroVironment's facilities in the Simi Valley area. (file photo) Fifty years after it was founded and two and Read More →
Sientra closes sale of miraDry at $10M loss
Sientra, a Goleta-based plastic surgery device company specializing in breast implants, announced June 11 that it had closed the sale of miraDry, a non-surgical dermatological Read More →
American Riviera moves up to top OTC marketplace
American Riviera Bank is now listed on the OTC Markets Group's Best Market. (file photo) American Riviera Bank, the second-largest bank based in the Tri-Counties Read More →
Mission Produce earnings up, buoyed by rising avocado consumption
Rising avocado sales helped Mission Produce turn a profit in the second quarter of 2021 after posting a loss a year earlier. The Oxnard-based avocado Read More →
Our View: A better way to build in fire-prone regions
At a time when reservoirs are drying up fast and memories of deadly fires have not faded, it’s hard to swallow the fact that we Read More →
Opinion: We might not see the inflation bus coming until it’s run us over
By John Grace Everybody wants to know the date things go sideways. As I am fond of saying, if we are jaywalking across the street Read More →
Real Estate: Vernon Group on a building spree
The Vernon Group broke ground on a new apartment complex in Santa Maria on June 9. The complex, Elements Apartments, will have nearly 170 luxury Read More →
Street Smarts: Bill Foley pairs Santa Barbara wine, Las Vegas hockey
The NHL’s Las Vegas Golden Knights are in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and they come with a Central Coast connection. The franchise’s primary owner is Read More →
Region’s universities strive for workplace inclusiveness
The tri-county region’s universities and colleges teach tens of thousands of students and employ thousands of people to do so. Creating a welcoming and inclusive Read More →
Pride’s new faces in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
Tess Allen at the Ventura office of Diversity Collective Ventura County. She was hired early this year as the group's first executive director. (Rob Varela Read More →
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