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Tric Robotics continues expansion as farmers adopt its tech

One of Tric’s robotic tractors, Luna, which cover about 30 acres of strawberries a night Read More >

Henry Dubroff

Dubroff: 25 years later, Nobel awards rock the Central Coast region

The Business Times was barely six months old in the fall of 2000 when two Read More >

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Real Estate

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CRE: ‘Prototype’ Starbucks in Santa Barbara sells for $3.7 million

The Starbucks located at 402 North Milpas Read More >

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CRE: New homes planned for SLO County; PSHH announces strategic plan

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CRE: Refinancing secured for Pacifica Hotels

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CRE: $30M loan secured for Ventura County plaza

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Technology

Jorge Mercado | Wednesday, October 8, 2025

A quantum leap for UCSB Nobel prizes

UC Santa Barbara professor John Martinis is giving a speech during a press conference held to celebrate him and Michel Deverot's Nobel prizes in physics. (Jorge Mercado / PCBT staff) Nobel prizes are returning to the Central Coast, thanks to breakthroughs in quantum mechanics that paved the way for today's breakthrough computing labs. Michel H. Devoret of Yale and UC Santa Barbara and John M. Martinis of UCSB joined John Read More >

CLU forum addresses volatile business environment

Health Care & Life Science

Mike Harris | Friday, October 3, 2025

Oncology clinical trials on verge for Ventura County Medical Center

The Ventura County Health Care Agency is on the verge Read More >

St. John’s CEO to leave post; Cottage opens new specialty clinic

Takeda completes $170M expansion in T.O.

Rose Care’s new CEO tasked with taking it to next level

Los Robles completes first ever minimally invasive TBE procedure

Agribusiness

Central Coast wine grapes value plummeted in 2024

Workers harvest grapes at Hearst Ranch Winery’s estate vineyard in Read More >

Limoneira’s bold plan has blueprint for housing fix

Mission Produce has record Q3; Limoneira, Calavo struggle

Verifying status of immigrants vexes farmers

Verifyingimmigrant employment eligibility can be a challenge, one which Glass Read More >

Central Coast ag gross value up in 2024

The gross value of agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara Read More >

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