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Guest commentary: Reimagining education in the AI era
By John Garcia Imagine a classroom where artificial intelligence (AI) instantly writes essays, flawlessly solves complex math problems, and generates computer code in any programming language. Today, AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude make this a reality, fundamentally reshaping education. The critical challenge is no longer transferring information but nurturing students’ ability to critically apply knowledge and Read More →
Read More →Dubroff: The Business Times, 25, and MB&T, 50, share a unique birthday
We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this week and it happens to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Montecito Bank & Trust, also founded on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Both companies are privately held and independent, so I thought that rather than focus just on The Business Times, I’d invite Janet Garufis, Chair and CEO Read More →
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Street smarts: Ventura County Clerk/Recorder named Woman of the Year
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Read More →Our view: PCBT looks forward as we celebrate 25th birthday
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Read More →CRE: Historic 350-acre parcel in Montecito purchased, will be protected as open space
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Read More →Softec seeks to expand tech ‘ecosystem’
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Read More →Portfolio watch
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Read More →Tariff talk spooks analysts, investors
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CRE: Historic 350-acre parcel in Montecito purchased, will be protected as open space
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Read More →South Coast commercial real estate sales see strong 4Q
Commercial real estate sales in Santa Barbara County’s South Coast market saw a major uptick in the fourth quarter of 2024 over the fourth quarter of 2023. That’s according to Santa Barbara-based Radius Commercial Real Estate’s fourth quarter 2024 report released March 12 at its 15th annual real estate and economic forecast event at the Hilton Read More →
Read More →CRE: SLO design and engineering firm celebrates 40 years
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Read More →Global commercial real estate firm enters the Santa Barbara market
For years, Colliers, a global commercial real estate firm, has done business in Santa Barbara. But they, like many other global real estate firms, never committed to having an actual office on the Central Coast, instead opting to simply conduct business from its Southern California offices. That all changed on March 4 when Colliers announced it would be Read More →
Read More →CRE: Lifetech Resources goes solar
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Read More →CRE: National office market sees big bump as companies, federal gov’t mandate return to work
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Read More →Marcus & Millichap delivers best quarterly revenue in two years
Marcus & Millichap, a national real estate services firm based in Calabasas but with several operations along the Central Coast, reported its fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results on Feb. 14. For the quarter ended Dec. 28, Marcus & Millichap reported total revenue of $240.1 million, up from $166.2 million in the same Read More →
Read More →CRE: Ventura County office market sees more signs of recovery
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Softec seeks to expand tech ‘ecosystem’
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Read More →QAD appoints new CEO, Chilton steps down after 7 years
Santa Barbara-based QAD has appointed Sanjay Brahmawar, formerly CEO of Software AG, as its new CEO, the software company announced March 10. Brahmawar will begin in his new role on March 17 and will succeed Anton Chilton, who is stepping back from his CEO role after more than 20 years of service at QAD. In Read More →
Read More →Procore announces CEO succession plans
After two decades since founding Carpinteria-based Procore and serving as the company’s only CEO, Craig “Tooey” Courtemanche announced that he is planning to transition to executive chairman as soon as the company appoints a new chief executive. Courtemanche first founded Procore in 2002 and is currently the founder, president and CEO of the company. He Read More →
Read More →Mercado: Amazon’s Alexa+ puts Santa Barbara center stage
Santa Barbara is known for lots of things. Beautiful weather, the beach, the mountains, wine, Spanish architecture, UC Santa Barbara and so much more. But one of the lesser-known things that is quickly gaining more traction is the diversified tech scene that exists throughout the county, though mainly in the city of Santa Barbara. It’s something Read More →
Read More →Musubi’s AI platform helps firms sure up content moderation
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Read More →Amgen shares up on obesity drug news
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Read More →Microsoft’s newest quantum processor has UCSB roots
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Read More →MB&T, Aeluma, The Trade Desk add to their boards
• Montecito Bank & Trust has appointed two new members to its board of directors, Dr. Igor Mezic and Veronica Quintana. Mezic is the chief technical officer and co-founder of MixMode, an AI cybersecurity company based in Santa Barbara. He is also the co-founder of another AI company in Santa Barbara, AIMdyn. Based in Oxnard, Read More →
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Tri-county Medi-Cal administrators alarmed by possible cuts
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Read More →Cottage Health names Scott Wester as new CEO
Scott Wester, an experienced executive at several healthcare organizations, has been selected as Santa Barbara-based Cottage Health’s newest president and CEO, Cottage announced Feb. 26. Wester, who has three decades of experience in healthcare, will assume the post on April 7. He is succeeding Ron Werft, who announced in 2024 that he would be retiring Read More →
Read More →Doctors prescribe health tips during ‘quad-demic’ season
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Read More →Foothill Surgery Center acquires cutting-edge robotic surgical system
The Sansum Clinic’s Foothill Surgery Center has become one of the first outpatient surgery centers in the country to start using the innovative Intuitive da Vinci 5 robotic system. The $3 million investment was funded by a $1 million anonymous gift, $675,000 from community supporters and $1.3 million from Sutter Health, an integrated health system headquartered in Read More →
Read More →Health briefcase
STAYING HEALTHY As winter illness season reaches its peak, communities across the country are grappling with the combined impact of Covid-19, RSV, influenza, and norovirus. This convergence of viral threats — commonly referred to as a “quad-demic” — is placing significant strain on healthcare systems, workplaces, and families nationwide. According to recent data, influenza activity remains high, Read More →
Read More →CenCal Health programs aim to expand Central Coast healthcare capacity
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Read More →Sutter Health enters into strategic partnership
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Read More →Natural born healer: President of Adventist Health Twin Cities picked her path early
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Hub-Western Growers insurance partnership blooming
Three months after they joined forces, the Hub International Limited/Western Growers Insurance Services partnership is blooming. With offices throughout California, including the Central Coast, Hub announced in November that it had acquired the retail insurance brokerage business of the Western Growers Association. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Chicago, Hub is a Read More →
Read More →Trump policies impacting Ag in tri-county region
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Read More →Limoneira completes $1.7M water pumping rights transactions
Santa Paula-based lemon grower Limoneira announced Jan. 23 the successful completion of three water pumping rights transactions in the Santa Paula Basin totaling $1.7 million. The sales, which valued the water pumping rights at $30,000 per acre-foot, underscore the increasing value of water resources in the region and validate the company’s long-term strategy of optimizing Read More →
Read More →Calavo ends fiscal year strong, maintains focus on ‘core avocado business’
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Read More →Strong avocado sales drive revenue growth for ag companies
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Read More →Abel Maldonado on Trump short list for Secretary of Ag
Donald Trump’s return to the White House could also mark the return to the political stage for one of Santa Barbara County’s best-known elected officials. Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, now a winery owner from Santa Maria, has been shortlisted for the Secretary of Agriculture post, according to reporting from the online publication ProAg and Read More →
Read More →Tri-county crop values continue slight ascension
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Read More →Houweling’s takes final step out of Ventura County
All of the remaining operations of Houweling’s Camarillo and its proprietor Casey Houwling will leave the Ventura County area before the end of the year as the company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act with the state earlier this month. California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN, requires companies to notify Read More →
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