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Read More →Vital signs: Half of U.S. workers are ‘job-hugging’ as economy, AI drives fear
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Read More →Goleta’s True Digital Surgery acquired for undisclosed amount
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Read More →Mixed reviews for felony charge against CSUCI professor
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Read More →Letter to the editor
Editor’s Note: In 2011, our friend, Ritch Eich, published an article in the prestigious Proceedings Magazine (a monthly published by the U.S. Naval Institute founded in 1874) calling for Marines to be considered for the helm of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. 14 years later, he finally got his wish. Here are parts of his Read More →
Read More →UC Santa Barbara leases Goleta building for tech innovation
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Read More →South Coast Chamber study finds immigration activity is hurting local businesses
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Read More →Census report shows U.S. Latino population larger than expected
A new report from Cal Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Forecasting sifted through the recent United States Census Bureau report, believing that the Bureau’s “recent June 2025 official U.S. population estimates indicate strength for the economy.” Written by Dan Hamilton, director and associate professor of the Master of Science in Quantitative Economics for CERF, the Read More →
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CRE: $30M loan secured for Ventura County plaza
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Read More →$100M multifamily asset in Ventura sold; Newmark takes control of Oxnard mall
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Read More →CRE: Bombardier chooses Moorpark for manufacturing facility
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Read More →CRE: ATSU signs new lease in SLO County; Hotel Santa Barbara completes renovations
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Read More →CRE: $28M Construction loan secured for multifamily development in Santa Maria
By Staff Report The Heritage Walk Lofts, a 104-unit, Class-A multifamily development located in downtown Santa Maria, has secured a $28.54 million construction loan courtesy of Orange County-based JLL Capital Markets. Announced Aug. 15, The Lofts is a key component of Phase I in the Santa Maria Town Center Redevelopment, a master-planned expansion initiated by Read More →
Read More →CRE: Ventura County office markets reset to 2024 levels, NAI report finds
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Read More →CRE: Vacancies in Ventura County industrial market up in Q2
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Read More →CRE: Radius releases Q2 report for Santa Barbara; Winery closes SLO County operation
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Goleta’s True Digital Surgery acquired for undisclosed amount
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Read More →UC Santa Barbara leases Goleta building for tech innovation
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Read More →Inspired Flight raises $12M to accelerate growth plans
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Read More →Amgen’s investment confirms Conejo Valley as major biotech hub
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Read More →Reach secures $9.5M to accelerate Vandenberg growth
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Read More →805 Tech: Central Coast is beginning to attract more venture capital dollars
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Read More →Dubroff: An innovation culture powered by Amgen’s big deal
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Read More →Amgen to invest $600M in new science and innovation center
Biotech giant Amgen on Sept. 2 announced plans to invest more than $600 million in a new, state-of-the-art center for science and innovation at its global headquarters in Thousand Oaks. The center is designed to bring together researchers, engineers, and scientists across disciplines to enhance collaboration and accelerate the discovery of next-generation therapeutics for patients with the most Read More →
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Rose Care announces new CEO, expansion of services
San Luis Obispo-based Rose Care Group on Sept. 3 announced the appointment of longtime healthcare veteran Alan Iftiniuk as CEO. The senior care provider also announced the addition of home health and hospice services to include its sister companies Aevum Home Health and Aevum Hospice. “I am honored to join Rose Care Group as CEO Read More →
Read More →Cottage Health, Livingston nursing credited for quality of care
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Read More →Medi-Cal cuts to impact tens of thousands on Central Coast
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Read More →Dignity Health adds second surgical robot
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Read More →Wilshire Health shutters as buyout deal collapses
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Read More →Cal Poly spinout sells to leading healthcare company
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s startup scene has only gotten stronger over the past decade and another example of that is De Oro Devices, a company founded by students in 2018 that sold to Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare in early June for an undisclosed amount. “I feel excited for the future. Honestly, I think Drive is an incredible Read More →
Read More →Los Robles Health purchases T.O. surgical building for $70M
HCA Healthcare and Los Robles Health System are now the owners of Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital after finalizing a $70 million purchase this spring, the healthcare entities announced May 28. No interruptions or changes in operation have resulted in the purchase of the Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital building by Los Robles Health System, the healthcare system said Read More →
Read More →New Gold Coast CEO lives ‘life of purpose’
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Mission Produce has record Q3; Limoneira, Calavo struggle
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Read More →Verifying status of immigrants vexes farmers
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Read More →Central Coast ag gross value up in 2024
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Read More →200 people arrested by federal agents following Glass House raid
The fallout from the federal agent’s raid of Glass House Farms’ operations in both Carpinteria and Camarillo is still being felt, with approximately 200 people across both sites being arrested, the Department of Homeland Security announced on July 11. Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security agents stormed both Glass House Read More →
Read More →Feds raid area cannabis operations
Federal agents took aim at one of the Central Coast’s publicly traded companies on July 10 when a Homeland Security Investigations unit raided Glass House Farms, a cannabis farm with operations in both Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Raids at Glass House’s farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo were conducted concurrently on July 10. Glass House Read More →
Read More →Central Coast agriculture gross value up in 2024
The gross value of agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties increased by 7% in 2024 over 2023, according to their recently released annual crop and livestock reports. In 2024, Ventura County’s estimated gross value was $2.3 billion, its findings, made public June 24, said. Santa Barbara County’s was $2 billion, its report, released July Read More →
Read More →Former Dole owner David Murdock dead at 102
David Murdock, the last of the old-school Los Angeles developers who helped transform greater Thousand Oaks into a major corporate center, has died at age 102. Murdock, a high school dropout from Missouri, built homes in Phoenix and Los Angeles in the boom years of the 1980s. After observing the growing use of leverage in Read More →
Read More →Summit addresses need for affordable farmworkers housing
The lack of affordable housing for Ventura County’s thousands of farmworkers was the focus of a May 8 conference aimed at developers. “We’re trying to bring awareness to local developers to keep their minds open to serving farmworkers in their projects,” Ken Trigueiro, who sits on the board of House Farm Workers, which put on Read More →
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