CRE: Santa Maria apartments open for move-ins
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Founders share secrets to launching successful companies
Santa Barbara is known for several things, but it’s not seen as a startup hub like its neighbors to the south, Los Angeles, or the north, San Francisco. But Dan Engel, the founder of FastSpring, a software e-service platform, sees Santa Barbara’s quietness as a positive, not a negative. When he founded FastSpring in 2005, Read More →
UCSB patents power region’s tech sector
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Economist spotlight: Housing forecasts earn awards for CLU’s CERF
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Ventura County to pay $3 million to settle sexual harassment suit against former CEO
Ventura County will pay $3 million to a former employee who sued her boss, then-county CEO Mike Powers, for alleged sexual and racial harassment and discrimination from 2019 to 2021. A notice of a conditional settlement of the lawsuit between the county and the plaintiff was filed in Ventura County Superior Court Feb. 24. But Read More →
Guest commentary: Support employee health and wealth
By Brian Hutchin In today’s economy, it’s more important than ever for employers to focus on attracting and retaining employees. The current competitive market environment and higher expectations from candidates mean employers need to differentiate themselves, and one way to do this is with workplace benefits. WORKFORCE RETENTION SOURCES While some employment metrics are promising — Read More →
Top women 2026: Michelle O’Malley
She’s engineering nexgen biology By L. Wayne Hicks Special to the Business Times When Michelle O’Malley’s older brother went off to college to study chemical engineering, she was at a loss. She wasn’t quite certain what that was, but she became a quick study. Her initial understanding was that it involved “making oil and chemicals Read More →
