SLO County ‘playing catch up’ with housing projects
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Year-round fire season new reality for Central Coast communities
The Central Coast is at the epicenter of a new climate reality, one where hotter, Read More →
America’s Teaching Zoo planning to expand animal enclosures
A private donation topping $1 million will provide some seed capital in the construction of Read More →
Fate of Stellar Biotechnologies’ keyhole limpets up in the air
In its takeover of Canadian firm Edesa, Stellar Biotechnologies appears to be giving up on Read More →
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Farm Credit West grew net income in 2018 
Farm Credit West, an agricultural cooperative lending institution that serves the Tri-Counties, announced growth in net income, earning assets and capital for 2018. The Rocklin-based Read More →
QAD beats analysts’ revenue estimates but stock falls
Updated at 2:45 p.m. March 21: Summerland-based enterprise software firm QAD reported $333 million in revenue for its fiscal 2019, ended Jan. 31, beating analyst Read More →
E-commerce software firm FastSpring hires new CEO
Santa Barbara-based e-commerce software firm FastSpring announced March 20 that it has brought on David Nachman as CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Chris Lueck. Nachman most Read More →
Salem Media Group buying PJ Media
Salem Media Group will acquire conservative news site PJ Media, the Camarillo-based radio and publishing company announced March 19. The agreement was entered into on March 1, Read More →
Sientra stock falls after company warned by FDA over study
Updated: 5:00 p.m. March 20 Shares for Goleta-based breast implant developer Sientra fell 4.5 percent March 19 after the company received a warning letter from Read More →
Teledyne wins $20 million contract to support F-35 fighter jet
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies won a $20 million contract to support the F-35 fighter jet program March 19. The company announced that its Advanced Electronic Read More →
Ventura County projects on Pentagon list for Trump wall funding
Updated at 9:30 a.m. March 20: Three projects in Ventura County worth a combined $61 million are included in a list of some 400-plus projects Read More →
CalAmp to exit Central Coast after layoffs
With the layoff of 109 workers in Oxnard, vehicle tracking and telematics firm CalAmp plans to close its regional office and end its presence on Read More →
Sabrewing inks deal with native Alaskans to buy and test cargo drones
Camarillo-based Sabrewing Aircraft announced an agreement with the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island in Alaska, which plans to test and purchase up to 10 Read More →
Mechanics Bank acquiring Rabobank, N.A.
In a $2.1 billion deal that will once again alter the banking landscape on the Central Coast, Walnut Creek-based Mechanics Bank will acquire Rabobank, N.A. Read More →
Street Smarts: There’s nothing funny about having high cholesterol
Amgen is partnering with comedian and TV host Jay Leno on Cholesterol 911, a national program urging high-risk heart attack and stroke patients to reduce Read More →
Unemployment rates rising across Tri-Counties
The unemployment rate in San Luis Obispo County was 3.5 percent in January, up from a revised 2.8 percent in December, and above the year-ago Read More →
Cleantech will create manufacturing jobs on Central Coast
One answer to the steady loss of advanced manufacturing jobs on the Central Coast lies in cleantech and efforts throughout the Greater LA region to Read More →
Blair: Technology company Honey leasing a much bigger hive
Los Angeles-based technology firm Honey inked a six-year lease deal with The Paskin Group, a real estate and investment management company, for a space in Read More →
Bronzini: Vintners put season on the line by using mobile bottlers
Vintners have told me that the two or three days out of the year when they bottle their wines can be among the more stressful Read More →
Westlake Village considers retail, housing with industrial
A plan for revitalizing a heavily commercial sector of Westlake Village with mixed-use developments has been in the works for over a decade. Currently, city Read More →
Dubroff: Sports at epicenter of college admissions fraud scandal
For a region that’s heavily dependent on higher education for its economic success, there is very little to celebrate in the fact that area institutions Read More →
Khan: Splintered internet result of freedom of speech
By Sabith Khan Will “fixing” the internet in terms of bridging the digital divides bring us closer? I have thought about this question for quite Read More → Our view: Low state tax revenues warning for Sacramento
Thanks to tax reform and choppy markets, there may be some fiscal headwinds ahead for California and the Central Coast. State Controller Betty Yee reports Read More →
Report finds SoCal Edison to blame for starting Thomas fire
A report by the Ventura County Fire Department and Cal Fire released March 14 names Southern California Edison electrical lines as the source of the Read More →
Mission Bank expanding into San Luis Obispo County
Bakersfield-based Mission Bank is planning to expand into San Luis Obispo with a temporary office in the city and a more permanent office to follow. Read More →
Sienna Biopharmaceuticals misses estimates as net losses grow
Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals reported that operating expenses rose 41 percent for its fourth quarter to $19.8 million, topping $76 million in 2018. The pre-revenue Read More →
Semtech earnings beat estimates but stock down after outlook lowered
Semiconductor and Internet of Things company Semtech said it had record sales in 2018, and adjusted earnings beat analyst estimates, but a lower outlook for Read More →
Impact raises $75 million in funding round
Santa Barbara digital advertising and marketing firm Impact, formerly Impact Radius, announced March 12 that it had closed a $75 million equity investment round led Read More →
Amgen partners with Jay Leno to warn patients about ‘bad’ cholesterol
Amgen is partnering with comedian and TV host Jay Leno on Cholestrerol 911, a national program urging high-risk heart attack and stroke patients to reduce Read More →
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