SLO County leaders study Colorado tech ecosystem
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California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks looking to expand
If a group of business leaders in Thousand Oaks gets its way, the Conejo Valley Read More →
Plains submits $300 million plan to rebuild oil pipelines 901 and 903
The future of Santa Barbara County’s offshore oil industry got a lot clearer on Aug. Read More →
Marketing analytics firm Invoca banking on artificial intelligence
As machines and software get smarter, so too will telemarketers. Santa Barbara-based phone call marketing Read More →
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Cuesta College President Gilbert Stork retiring
Gilbert Stork, superintendent and president of Cuesta College since 2010, has announced his retirement as of June 30, 2018. Stork, who has been employed at Read More →
The British are coming — to woo Central Coast firms 
If only Paul Revere was around to taste the fried chicken sliders. The head of trade and investment for the British Consulate-General in Los Angeles Read More →
Revenue, net income soar at The Trade Desk
The consumer shift away from traditional TV and radio has The Trade Desk looking for more places to spend its cash. The Ventura-based advertising software Read More →
Land trust not bluffing about Carpinteria sale
One of the last untouched portions of the Carpinteria Bluffs will soon be safe from development thanks to a $7.9 million financial campaign completed by Read More →
Solar energy project will power Vandenberg AFB
Construction is underway for a solar project that will make one of the largest employers in the Tri-Counties also one of the largest renewable energy Read More →
Firestone Walker expansion boosts brewing capacity
Firestone Walker’s brewery in Paso Robles was operating at a stressful pace — around the clock, seven days a week — until a brewhouse extension Read More →
Our view: Break the gridlock on economic vitality
It’s time for communities across the tri-county region to cast off their legacy of squabbling over sales tax revenue and work together on a robust Read More →
Align employees with your company culture
By Sumantra Sengupta Over the years, I have had the pleasure of serving a range of organizations from cool startups to the Fortune 100 global Read More →
Dubroff: Trump’s behavior causing world to lose confidence in dollar
The fading of the stock market’s “Trump bump” has been accompanied by a steady drop in the value of the U.S. dollar. And it is Read More → 29 tri-county companies on Inc. magazine’s list of 5,000 fastest growing
For the second year in a row, 29 companies from the Tri-Counties were included in Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies Read More →
Amgen partnering with Humana to study diseases
Thousand Oaks biotechnology giant Amgen announced a collaboration agreement with Louisville, Ky.-based Humana on Aug. 17 to study conditions like cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, neurologic disorders, Read More →
Study finds Puente Power Project alternatives could meet energy needs
A combination of energy storage, additional solar energy generation and demand-response energy sources could meet the needs of the Ventura County region that would be Read More →
First Solar sells 40 megawatt Cuyama Solar Project to DESRI
San Luis Obispo-based First Solar announced the sale of its 40 megawatt Cuyama Solar Project to D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, or DESRI, for an Read More →
Santa Maria City Manager Rick Haydon retiring
City Manager Rick Haydon, who has spent two decades serving the city of Santa Maria, announced his retirement Aug. 16. Haydon, 55, began his tenure Read More →
Plains All American files plan to rebuild oil pipelines 901 and 903
Plains All American Pipeline has filed paperwork to rebuild a pair of aging oil pipelines in the Tri-Counties, including a line that caused the worst oil Read More →
Leaders tour Ventura County Medical Center’s new North Tower
Business, government and medical leaders on Aug. 14 toured the Ventura County Medical Center’s new North Tower, which is slated to start serving patients on Read More →
Clean Diesel Technologies reports higher net loss for second quarter
Second quarter revenues remained flat at $8.4 million for Clean Diesel Technologies compared to 2016 but net losses increased to $385,000. The Oxnard-based company makes Read More →
Our view: Carrizo Plains monument not right for development
Now that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has begun removing some of the 21 land-based national monuments from consideration for energy or other commercial development, he Read More → Commercial sales down but office leasing rebounds
Strong demand carried the South Coast commercial real estate market through the midpoint of the year. Hayes Commercial Group’s Midyear Review said that despite demand Read More →
Ojai explores using surplus school property for startup incubator
Story updated at 2:20 p.m. Aug. 11: Facing financial hardships due to declining enrollment, a surplus property for the Ojai Unified School District could become Read More →
Cal Poly SLO HotHouse incubator takes on three new startups
The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo HotHouse accepted three new startups to its incubator program, the first to come from the greater regional community as Read More →
Immigration plan alarms economists
Two of the tri-county region’s top economic forecasters are warning that the Trump administration’s recent moves to endorse steep cuts in immigration — combined with Read More →
AppFolio changes C-Suite as income grows
AppFolio reported an increase in its net income and the retirement of its president and CEO Brian Donahoo effective Aug. 8. Donahoo, 53, will be Read More →
Highway 1 closure takes toll on SLO County tourism
San Luis Obispo County’s North Coast businesses will have to ride out declines in visitors and hotel occupancy after Caltrans announced its plan to rebuild Read More →
Mission Produce automates avocado processing in Oxnard
Mission Produce has flipped the switch on a new processing plant in Oxnard, transforming a former postal service bulk mail facility into a 200,000-plus-square-foot example Read More →
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