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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, August 31st, 2026 / Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County / Comments Off on A sitdown with Santa Barbara County’s new executive officer
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By Staff Report / Sunday, August 30th, 2026 / Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Portfolio watch
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, August 24th, 2026 / Latest news, left, Real Estate, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Goleta retail center sells for $11.3M
Kellogg Square, a retail center located at 5555-5585 Hollister Avenue in Goleta, fetched $11.3 million in a sale brokered by Colliers, the national commercial real estate firm announced Aug. 24. The Colliers advisory team, made up of Vice President Miles Waters, Executive Vice President Austin Herlihy, Vice President Chris Parker, and Associate Mike Chung, represented Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, August 24th, 2026 / Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Santa Barbara-based Quintessent raises $40M in Series A
Santa Barbara-based Quintessent, a semiconductor company that specializes in resilient and low-cost AI datacenter optical interconnect products, announced it has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. Announced Aug. 24, Quintessent also announced the start of a customer sampling of its single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser — a new class of light Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, August 24th, 2026 / Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Unemployment continues rising on the Central Coast
The Central Coast jobless rate is on the rise for the second consecutive month, jumping to 4.56% in July from 4.3% in June, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released Aug. 21. All three counties saw their unemployment rate increase in July. Ventura County’s rate was 4.7%, up from 4.5% in June. Read More →