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Drone maker Aerovironment moves headquarters to Simi Valley
Drone manufacturer AeroVironment shifted its headquarters to Simi Valley on Nov. 29, consolidating its operations Read More →
The Trade Desk expanding by adding Santa Barbara outpost
The Trade Desk is joining the scrum for workers and real estate in Santa Barbara Read More →
Wells Fargo grants will help small businesses recover from fire
Small businesses in the Tri-Counties continue to move forward after the Thomas fire last December, Read More →
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SLO drone developer WhiteFox nets $12 million in seed funding 
San Luis Obispo drone technology developer WhiteFox Defense Technologies netted $12 million in seed funding for investors to scale and launch new product lines. Returning Read More →
Amgen to pay dividend to shareholders
Thousands Oaks’ biotech heavyweight Amgen announced a $1.45 per share dividend for shareholders Dec. 7. The dividend is a 10 percent increase over the past Read More →
Rocket launch from Vandenberg to deploy satellite delayed
Updated at 1 p.m. Dec. 8: The Delta IV rocket launch slated for the evening of Dec. 7 was postponed at least 24 hours. The Read More →
Qualstar shares soar after announcing stock repurchase program
Simi Valley data storage company Qualstar announced a $2.4 million stock repurchase program Dec. 6. Shares shot up more than 23 percent following the news Read More →
Pay increased for federal employees in SLO County
Federal employees in San Luis Obispo County saw an increase in their salaries Dec. 7, putting them on par with pay rates in Los Angeles Read More →
Investor buys Westlake Village medical buildings for $30 million
Two medical buildings in Westlake Village sold for $29.95 million to an Ohio real estate investment company, according to a Dec. 7 news release. Totaling Read More →
Landmark equine brick barn turned into wine venue
What once was Santa Barbara County’s most elegant barn, built of red bricks and a Spanish tile roof to house Arabian horses, is now an Read More →
Our view: Wells Fargo grants will help businesses recover
When it comes to small business and disaster, the Business Times has firsthand experience in how difficult things can be. Operations get disrupted, staff morale Read More →
Goleta’s Surforce measures interaction between surfaces
Jet airplanes hitting concrete runways, how wine feels in the mouth and the friction between joints are just a few of the research questions being Read More →
Dubroff: Developer Jerry Beaver went from outsider to insider
It’s hard to write about the late Jerry Beaver, a well-known South Coast real estate developer, without making reference to another respected leader whose funeral Read More →
Khan: Remittances have benefits for U.S.
By Sabith Khan I spoke at a Rotary Club event recently where an audience member asked me if the net effect of remittance was to Read More →
Blair: Tiny homes might be big solution to Central Coast housing crisis
Tiny homes have become a hot topic in the cities of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. In SLO, the City Council unanimously approved criteria Read More →
San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay join Monterey Bay Community Power
San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay are the latest Central Coast cities to take their utilities into their own hands, announcing Dec. 5 that they Read More →
Forecast predicts little economic growth in Ventura County through 2020
After two consecutive years of economic contraction, Ventura County’s GDP will neither grow nor shrink in 2018 and it is expected to grow only slightly Read More →
LTC Properties reports lessee filed for bankruptcy
LTC Properties, a real estate investment trust in Westlake Village that primarily invests in senior housing and health care properties, reported on Dec. 5 that Read More →
Safran shareholders approve Zodiac Aerospace merger
Shareholders of French aircraft equipment manufacturer Safran overwhelmingly voted Nov. 27 in favor of a merger with Santa Maria employer Zodiac Aerospace. The company took Read More →
Amgen immunotherapies show positive results
Amgen released positive data for two immunotherapies in its BiTE platform, treating acute myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma, the latter of which has been fast-tracked Read More →
Chief operating officer leaving The Trade Desk
Ventura advertising platform The Trade Desk announced the departure of Chief Operating Officer Rob Perdue on Dec. 4. The company has launched a search for Read More →
Ventura County harbor, port projects get $14.8 million in funding
Dredging projects at the Ventura and Channel Islands harbors and Port of Hueneme were budgeted a combined $14.8 million in federal funding through the U.S. Read More →
Wells Fargo, WEV present $450,000 in grants to 60 small businesses
A partnership between Wells Fargo and nonprofit Women’s Economic Ventures presented $450,000 in grant money to 60 small businesses impacted by the Thomas fire and Read More →
Reagan Library replaces catering contract
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley will be switching its catering contract from a small company located in Moorpark to international food services Read More →
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
After being postponed three times, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 10:34 a.m. Dec. 3, bearing 15 micro satellites Read More →
South Coast developer Jerry Beaver dies
Jerry Beaver, a leading Santa Barbara commercial real estate developer who built or remodeled more than 30 buildings on the South Coast, died at age 86 Read More →
Aerovironment releases quarterly earnings report
Aerovironment shares plunged ahead of its earnings report Nov. 30, losing more than 16 percent to $76.60. Earnings for the Simi Valley manufacturer of unmanned Read More →
Stellar reports decline in third quarter earnings
Stellar Biotechnologies reported a 7 percent drop in revenue for the third quarter, and net losses stayed flat at $5.03 million. Shares shot up after Read More →
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