Minuteman 3 missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
The U.S. Air Force conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile test from Vandenberg Air Force Base in a week Feb. 25. An unarmed Minuteman 3 launched at 11:01 p.m. from Vandenberg on Feb. 25 only five days after the U.S. launched another Minuteman 3. The missile traveled about 4,200 miles and hit a target near Read More →
Caruso’s Miramar hotel revival gets OK to begin construction
The controversial multimillion-dollar revival of the Miramar Hotel and Resort in Montecito is moving forward after the Montecito Water District allowed developer Rick Caruso to increase the size of the project’s water meters. The MWD initially denied the newest iteration of the long-debated Miramar project because of the district’s severe water shortage. The issue at Read More →
Central Coast Innovation Award honorees announced
This year the Business Times introduced its newest venture, the Central Coast Innovation Awards. The inaugural awards featured a series of tri-county companies, both startups and established, who are revolutionizing the way business is done in the region. The Innovation Awards will be culminated with a ceremony on March 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Read More →
Startup Village to showcase 31 spinout companies
Startup Village will showcase 31 of the most promising spinout companies from UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and California Lutheran University. They will be interacting with sponsors and guests from 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, prior to the inaugural Central Coast Innovation Awards. Startup Read More →
Hospitals hurt as nurses fight for better pay
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Santa Barbara County to regulate short-term rentals
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Dubroff: UCSB vice chancellor takes expertise to Berkeley lab
When Mike Witherell moved back to UC Santa Barbara in 2005 to become vice chancellor for research, he left behind a job running Illinois-based Fermilab, one of the world’s leading places for research into high energy physics. Now, after helping to forge much closer ties between the university, corporate funders and spinoff companies, he’s moving Read More →
