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 | Monday, October 26th, 2020

								
Firestone, Ventura Coast clean up at virtual beer festival

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 | Monday, October 26th, 2020

								
Driven by pandemic loans, American Riviera Bank reports record earnings

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies								
American Riviera Bank saw its net income rise sharply this year, with a 46 percent increase in net income in third quarter earnings year-over-year. The Santa Barbara-based bank reported $2.26 million in net income the quarter, or 45 cents per share. For the same quarter in 2019, the bank had $1.55 million in net income, Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, October 26th, 2020

								
Earnings up at Community West Bank

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies								
Community West Bancshares, the holding company for Goleta-based Community West Bank, saw net income and net interest income rise in the third quarter, according to the company’s latest financial filings. The bank reported a net income of $2.9 million, or 33 cents per diluted share, as compared to $2.2 million, or 25 cents per diluted Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

								
Nomad Goods pledges to donate one million masks

								Columns, Nonprofits								
Nomad Goods, a Santa Barbara company that makes phone cases and other electronics accessories, is donating 1 million COVID-19 prevention masks to nonprofits and community organizations. Earlier this year, Nomad began producing masks and other personal protective equipment, along with it usual offerings. On Oct. 9, it announced that it was taking nominations of relief Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

								
Earnings down, assets up at Community Bank of Santa Maria

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies								
Total assets at Community Bancorp of Santa Maria rose in the third quarter of the fiscal year, even as net income fell, the bank announced Oct. 20. The parent company of Community Bank of Santa Maria saw total assets rise to $327.6 million, an increase of 24 percent from the same time in 2019. Net Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Monday, October 19th, 2020

								
Income up at Bank of the Sierra

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County								
Sierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, announced a record quarter as net income grew by 16 percent from a year earlier. Bank of the Sierra is based in Porterville, in the San Joaquin Valley, and has 12 branches in the tri-county region, the result of a series of acquisitions of Central Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, October 16th, 2020

								
Cal Poly kicks off startup competition

								Central Coast, Higher Education, Latest news, Small Business, Startups, Technology, Tri-County Economy								
Central Coast companies looking for equity-backed funding now have the chance to make their case to investors through Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.  Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center SBDC opened its application for AngelCon 2021 on Oct. 16. AngelCon, an annual event heading into its fourth iteration, is a Read More →