Bank of the Sierra reports earnings growth for Q4 and full year of 2021
Bank of the Sierra, a Central Valley-based bank with nine branches in the tri-county region, reported record earnings for 2021, with net income up more than 20% from the previous year. Sierra Bancorp is the parent company of Bank of the Sierra and is headquartered in Porterville, in Tulare County. It reported net income of Read More →
Cities move toward permanent outdoor dining
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Ventura County, Palmdale water districts team up
As the need for water increases in drought-battered California, one water district in the region is looking at pooling resources as the best strategy to meet those needs. The United Water Conservation District, which oversees groundwater and other water resources in western Ventura County, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Palmdale Water District Read More →
Our View: Redistricting shakes up Central Coast politics
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January slump has many of region’s stocks near 52-week lows
The stock market downturn that brought the Nasdaq close to correction territory has taken its toll on tri-county companies, with more than a dozen trading at or close to a 52-week low at the close of trading on Jan. 19. Among larger cap stocks of companies headquartered in the tri-county region, Olaplex, based in Montecito, Read More →
Blood banks report severe shortages
With winter storms across the country and the recent COVID-19 surge, a “national blood crisis” is stressing the fragile health system devastated by the pandemic and prompting nonprofits leading collection efforts to put out a call for blood donations. Vitalant, the nation’s largest independent nonprofit blood bank, said in a Jan. 10 news release that Read More →
Health care providers deal with yet another COVID wave
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