Fires put pressure on tri-county nonprofits
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Central Coast must build brand so it can grow as a technology hub
Tri-county communities need to lean into the Central Coast brand in order to advance the Read More →
Mass shooting in T.O. prompts donations, safety concerns
Support poured in for the Thousand Oaks community following the mass shooting at the Borderline Read More →
Marijuana industry boosts demand for tri-county industrial space
Demand is growing in Santa Barbara County for industrial spaces and especially facilities for the Read More →
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Trump in Ventura County in wake of mass shooting, deadly fires 
President Donald Trump visited Ventura County Nov. 17 after spending the morning in Northern California, seeing for himself the ravages of California’s deadly wildfires that Read More →
Craig Zimmerman to resign from the Towbes Group
Craig Zimmerman, president of the Towbes Group in Santa Barbara, will resign at the end of 2018, according to a Nov. 16 news release. For Read More →
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians suing California cardrooms
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, along with another California tribe, has filed a lawsuit against multiple cardrooms in California, including the Players Poker Read More →
PG&E stock soars as CPUC president says company too big to fail
Bloomberg News PG&E soared the most in 17 years after the head of California’s Public Utilities Commission said he can’t imagine allowing the company to Read More →
Mergers shake up ranks of tri-county law firms
A mini-wave of consolidation will mean new ownership for well-known law firms in San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties. Sinsheimer Juhnke McIvor & Stroh, a Read More →
Blazes cause widespread damage to region’s wineries
John and Donna Freeman, owners of Colcanyon Estate Wines, were away in New Jersey when they learned that their home on a vineyard estate overlooking Read More →
Small businesses suffer due to twin tragedies
For Ventura County small businesses, the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks was compounded by the outbreak of the Hill Read More →
Dubroff: Ventura County shows resiliency in coping with tragedies
Ventura County has a hard earned reputation for being resilient. Over the decades it has suffered devastating floods, earthquakes, drought and fire. And it has Read More →
Our view: Society must decide to end gun violence
With fingers crossed that the fires of early November are coming under control, we return to the Borderline Bar & Grill shootings with sadness and Read More →
Suchman: Weathering the Thomas and Woolsey fires
By Tyler Suchman From our home at Meditation Mount, in the east end of the Ojai Valley looking toward Santa Paula, the wildfire glowed red Read More →
Five tri-county companies on Deloitte Fast 500 list
Five tri-county companies are on the Deloitte North America Technology Fast 500 list for 2018. Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk ranks No. 65 with 2,298 percent revenue Read More →
FedEx buys Santa Maria airport property for $4.5 million
FedEx purchased 21 acres of Santa Maria Public Airport property for $4.5 million on Nov. 9, according to airport officials. The property had previously been Read More →
Sonos beats analysts’ revenue estimates
Sonos’ earnings report for the final quarter of the year came as a pleasant surprise for investors, with record revenue of $273 million topping analyst Read More →
San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce hires CEO
The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce has tapped a longtime economic development professional to succeed Ermina Karim, who stepped down as CEO this summer. Read More →
Chiquita renews banana shipping contract with Port of Hueneme
Chiquita, which together with Del Monte imports $885 million worth of bananas through the Central Coast every year, renewed its contract with the Port of Read More →
Lompoc medical center may acquire Sansum’s Lompoc clinic
Lompoc Valley Medical Center is looking to acquire Sansum Clinic’s Lompoc facility after indications that the clinic would be closed, requiring patients to travel to Read More →
Marijuana market boosts industrial space demand in Santa Barbara County
Demand is growing in Santa Barbara County for industrial spaces and especially facilities for the burgeoning marijuana market. Industrial space rates are up, almost neck-in-neck Read More →
Mindbody hires Rajasekar as chief technology officer
San Luis Obispo-based MindBody brought on former Silicon Valley exec Sunil Rajasekar as its chief technology officer. Rajasekar most recently headed up engineering and product Read More →
Health care improves at VA clinics in Tri-Counties
Health care clinics operating under the Veteran’s Administration’s Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, including four in the Tri-Counties, have shown slight improvements in overall quality Read More →
Tri-county economies face challenges
San Luis Obispo County has some economic challenges, noticeably the impact of the Diablo Canyon closure and a share in the statewide housing shortage, but Read More →
CSUCI’s STEM Carnival uses exhibits to engage students
Gummy bears burst into flames. Pumpkins carved themselves. Robots swarmed over Rio Vista Middle School, where people in lab coats made touchable, edible or glow-in Read More →
Westmont honors Nobel economics laureate
Psychologist and Nobel economics laureate Daniel Kahneman added to his hardware collection on Nov. 2 when he was awarded the inaugural Westmont Global Laureate award Read More →
Voter turnout for midterm election high in Tri-Counties
Registered voter turnout on the Central Coast was high, according to clerk recorder offices in the three counties, but final numbers on mail-in ballots were Read More →
National Philanthropy Day honorees announced
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Santa Barbara/Ventura County Chapter has selected the 2018 honorees for National Philanthropy Day. Carrie Hughes was named 2018 Professional Fundraiser Read More →
San Luis Obispo hotel upgraded and renamed
The Holiday Inn Express SLO reopened as The Kinney San Luis Obispo last month, following renovations at the 1800 Monterey St. property in downtown San Read More →
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