October 7, 2025

		

Mike Harris


| Thursday, April 18th, 2024

SLO County unveils $852 million proposed budget for 2024-25

Central Coast, Economy, Latest news, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

San Luis Obispo County’s $852 million proposed budget for 2024-25 was unveiled at its inaugural State of the County program April 11. “This is hot off the press,” Rebecca Campbell, the county’s acting administrative officer, said at the event at the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo. “Our board (of supervisors) hasn’t even reviewed this Read More →

| Friday, April 12th, 2024

Community West, Central Valley Banks complete merger

Banking Industry, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, April 12th, 2024

ShelterBox USA hires former Tesla exec as new COO

Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, April 12th, 2024

FDA gives nod to Affinity Biosensors’ flagship product

Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Tri-County Economy

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| Monday, April 8th, 2024

A2 Bio’s new CEO aims to grow platform

Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Technology

James Robinson, the new CEO of Agoura Hills-based A2 Biotherapeutics, has several priorities he wants to tackle, not the least of which is to accelerate the company’s proprietary Tmod cell therapy platform. “First principle for us is to maximize the value of the platform that we’ve built,” Robinson, 54, told the Business Times on April Read More →

| Thursday, April 4th, 2024

Grand jury says Lompoc tourism district under-reported $500k to city

Central Coast, Latest news

Visit Lompoc, the city’s Tourism Business Improvement District, under-reported more than $500,000 in annual reports to the city over the last five years, the Santa Barbara County grand jury has determined.  The 2023-24 grand jury also discovered that Visit Lompoc had transferred $800,000 out of its checking account into a separate money market account without Read More →

| Monday, April 1st, 2024

Grand jury says $500k under-reported in Lompoc tourism pact

Central Coast, Latest news, Law & Goverment, middle

Annual reporting by Visit Lompoc LLC shows hundreds of thousands of dollars in unaccounted-for funds, according to a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report. Released March 22, the report says that over the first five years of the current agreement between Visit Lompoc and the City of Lompoc, the cumulative value of those under-reported funds Read More →