Staff Report | Pacific Coast Business Times - Part 2
October 9, 2026

		


| Monday, September 28th, 2026

Street smarts: Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber announces endorsements

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Tourism

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| Monday, September 28th, 2026

CRE: State gives $42 million to protect thousands of acres in SLO County

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Sunday, September 20th, 2026

Tri-county companies make key additions

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Technology

• Santa Barbara-based Bitwarden announced the appointment of Mary Writz as chief product officer. Writz brings more than 20 years of cybersecurity and product leadership experience and will lead product strategy and portfolio development for the company, which serves more than 15 million users and over 80,000 businesses across 180 countries. • Westlake Village-based Turn Therapeutics, Read More →

| Friday, September 18th, 2026

Street smarts: ForestWatch expands leadership team with fresh roles

Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Philanthropy, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, September 18th, 2026

CRE: Santa Barbara-Santa Maria region has the most expensive coworking spaces in the U.S.

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, September 18th, 2026

Cal Poly hires NASA astronaut to propel its Learn by Doing charge

Higher Education, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

By Stephen Ellison Special to the Business Times He has spent much of his adult life soaring through Earth’s atmosphere and beyond, and now retired U.S. Navy pilot and NASA astronaut emeritus Victor Glover has embraced a future planted firmly on the ground, starting a new chapter back where his story lifted off. Glover, the Read More →

| Friday, September 11th, 2026

MCSC Women’s Business Center Celebrates 20 Years

Latest news, middle, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

By Stephen Ellison Special to the Business Times It’s a milestone year for the Mission Community Services Corp. Women’s Business Center as it celebrates its 20th anniversary supporting and guiding local small business owners and entrepreneurs in San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Kern counties. Since its start in 2006, the nonprofit program, partially funded by Read More →