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Woman charged by Santa Barbara prosecutors with elder swindle

By   /  Monday, August 11th, 2025  /  Latest news, Law & Goverment, Santa Barbara County  /  Comments Off on Woman charged by Santa Barbara prosecutors with elder swindle

Santa Barbara County prosecutors have charged a woman in a suspected fraud scheme targeting an elderly victim. Caihong Lei, 34, is charged with multiple felonies, including conspiracy to commit theft from an elder, attempted theft from an elder, and attempted theft by false pretenses, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office announced Aug. 7. She Read More →

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Guest commentary: Santa Barbara’s Coastal Intelligence is redefining tech community

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2025  /  Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Guest commentary: Santa Barbara’s Coastal Intelligence is redefining tech community

By Starr Hall In a world where most AI conversations occur behind screens, in data centers, or on Zoom calls, a new wave of collaboration is quietly unfolding in Santa Barbara, marked by handshakes, laughter, and genuine eye contact. Coastal Intelligence, founded by longtime community builders Jim Sterne, Mark Sylvester, and Mike Wald, is creating Read More →

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Guest commentary: Changes in estate laws mean it’s time to streamline your trust

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2025  /  Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Guest commentary: Changes in estate laws mean it’s time to streamline your trust

By F.T. “Ted” Muegenburg Less than 1% of estates are subject to estate tax – sometimes called “death tax” — under the current exemption limit of $13,990,00, but come January 1, 2026, the Estate, Gift Tax and Generation Skipping Tax Exemptions will bump up further to $15 million.  This means even more people will take Read More →

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Street smarts: CoastHills Credit Union donates thousands to help students at AHC

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2025  /  Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Street smarts: CoastHills Credit Union donates thousands to help students at AHC

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Good works: Santa Ynez Chumash, local nonprofit, team up to renovate tennis & pickleball courts

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2025  /  Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Philanthropy  /  Comments Off on Good works: Santa Ynez Chumash, local nonprofit, team up to renovate tennis & pickleball courts

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CRE: Vacancies in Ventura County industrial market up in Q2

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Focus on finance quarterly roundtable

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2025  /  Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Focus on finance quarterly roundtable

Welcome to Focus on Finance, a new report from the Business Times. We’ve had such a strong response to our Spring and Fall forecasts that we’re adding March and August panel discussions to give you a quarterly look at the markets. For our Q3 Focus on Finance panel, we asked five experts to weigh in Read More →