Yardi Leasing Space at The Collection
Yardi Systems, a Santa Barbara-based company that develops software and apps for small and large real estate managers, will open an office at The Collection in Oxnard. Yardi Systems employs about 4,800 employees worldwide. Yardi will lease 28,887 square feet of space on Park View Court in Oxnard occupying two floors in the building. “The Read More →
Rams to practice at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks
The Los Angeles Rams will call Thousand Oaks home for at least the next two years. The Rams and California Lutheran University announced an agreement March 30 for the Rams to build two practice fields, a paved parking lot and temporary modular offices containing training areas and locker rooms. The facilities will be built on Read More →
Santa Barbara’s Invoca raises $30 million
Invoca, a Santa Barbara-based call intelligence company, raised $30 million in its latest funding round the company announced March 30. The Series D funding round was led by new partner Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners as well as existing partners Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures, Santa Barbara’s Rincon Venture Partners and Stepstone. Invoca has now raised Read More →
Heritage Oaks Bank president retiring
Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bank announced the retirement of President and Chief Banking Officer Rick Arredondo on March 28. Arredondo, who joined the bank in early 2015, said he is retiring to pursue other interests but did not specify further. Simone Lagomarsino, president and CEO of the bank’s parent company, Heritage Oaks Bancorp, will reassume Read More →
Carpinteria beach dune restoration project gets $204K grant
The California Natural Resources Agency awarded $203,862 to the Carpinteria State Beach Dune Restoration Project on March 28. The funds will be used to remove invasive plant species and replace them with native vegetation. The project also includes improving public beach access by building a boardwalk with interactive educational elements. The project is one of Read More →
Top 50 Women in Business: Class of 2016
The Business Times is pleased to announce our 2016 class of Top 50 Women in Business. This annual special report published with the March 25 print edition. An evening awards reception for the honorees will be held on Thursday, April 14 at Deckers Outdoor Rotunda in Goleta. [Click here for event ticket information.] As with Read More →
Cal Poly SLO gets $1.5 million to study wave energy
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue testing the feasibility of a Central Coast wave energy facility. Cal Poly’s Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy is testing the feasibility of building a Central Coast wave energy park through its CalWave project. The $1.5 Read More →
