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Semtech makes $34M data center purchase

By   /  Wednesday, March 4th, 2026  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Technology  /  Comments Off on Semtech makes $34M data center purchase

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Former Ventura County CEO settles sexual harassment lawsuit

By   /  Wednesday, March 4th, 2026  /  Latest news, Law & Goverment, middle, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Former Ventura County CEO settles sexual harassment lawsuit

Ventura County and its former CEO, Mike Powers, have agreed to a settlement with a former employee who sued him for alleged sexual and racial harassment and discrimination from 2019 to 2021. A notice of a conditional settlement was filed in Ventura County Superior Court Feb. 24. Terms of the settlement are not disclosed in Read More →

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Wyatt family makes historic $5M donation to SB Neighborhood Clinics

By   /  Wednesday, March 4th, 2026  /  Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content  /  Comments Off on Wyatt family makes historic $5M donation to SB Neighborhood Clinics

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Santa Barbara Rental Property Association files legal challenge to halt city’s temporary rent freeze

By   /  Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026  /  Latest news, Santa Barbara County  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara Rental Property Association files legal challenge to halt city’s temporary rent freeze

In an effort to call the city of Santa Barbara’s temporary rent freeze ordinance illegal, the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association is taking legal action against the city to invalidate the freeze, according to Cappello & Noël LLP, the Santa Barbara-based law firm representing the association The move comes after the Santa Barbara City Council Read More →

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CCIA 2026: Area 805 Advanced Air Mobility Test Range poised for takeoff

By   /  Monday, March 2nd, 2026  /  Latest news, Technology, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on CCIA 2026: Area 805 Advanced Air Mobility Test Range poised for takeoff

Waiting for FAA approval, the Area 805 project is expected to launch into the skies over Ventura County later this year. The enterprise consists of 500 square miles of proposed airspace that would serve as a primary site for advanced air mobility testing for both commercial and defense industry partners. Encompassing airspace over Camarillo, Oxnard, Read More →

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CCIA 2026: Longtime friends find niche in logistics

By   /  Monday, March 2nd, 2026  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, left, Technology  /  Comments Off on CCIA 2026: Longtime friends find niche in logistics

Matt Lafferty and Brian Gonzalez have been doing things together for a long time. The two met through some like-minded friend groups while Gonzalez was attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and stayed connected even when the early parts of their career took them to other places. Even with Lafferty living in Southeast Asia for Read More →

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CCIA 2026: Workforce doubles at automation pioneer

By   /  Saturday, February 28th, 2026  /  Latest news, middle, San Luis Obispo County, Technology  /  Comments Off on CCIA 2026: Workforce doubles at automation pioneer

By L. Wayne Hicks Special to the Business Times The business of Trust Automation is looking up, literally.  The San Luis Obispo company has secured a U.S. Air Force contract worth as much as $490 million for drone detection and drone mitigation systems, which has propelled Ty Safreno’s employee count skyward. Safreno, who founded the Read More →