The newest speaker from Sonos, Roam, made its debut April 20 and has the potential to help the Santa Barbara smart-speaker company grow in 2021 and beyond. Roam is Sonos’ first attempt into breaking into the portable Bluetooth speaker market, a market that is expected to see an annual growth rate of 11.71% from 2019 Read More →
Editor’s note: Henry Yang, the chancellor of UC Santa Barbara since 1994, is this year’s entry into the Pacific Coast Business Times tri-county business Hall of Fame. He will be honored in a virtual event on May 20. Register for the event here and check out the entire Hall of Fame special section here. He’s Read More →
By Victor Dollar After more than a year of restrictions, California’s tourism sector reopens for small gatherings, meetings and events this month — the first step on the state’s journey to economic recovery. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” and “Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy” lays out the COVID-19 safety requirements Read More →
UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Channel Islands and the other 30 public four-year universities in California will require students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they return to campus in the fall, the University of California and California State University systems announced April 22. The requirement will only go Read More →
At the end of the month, the executives and furloughed employees from Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara will sit down for a mediation, the latest step in a conflict between the two parties over whether the workers are owed severance from the Biltmore’s closure. The hotel closed in March 2020 and has remained Read More →
Citizens Business Bank saw its net income rise more than 30% in the first quarter of 2021 as it blew past analysts’ estimates. The Ontario-based bank, which has five branches in the tri-county region, recorded a net income of $50.1 million, or 47 cents per diluted share, compared to $38 million, or 27 cents per Read More →
PacWest Bancorp saw its net income soar a year after a devastating low. The parent company of Pacific Western Bank, which is based in Los Angeles and has 15 branches in the Tri-Counties, reported net income of $150 million, or $1.27 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021. In the first quarter of Read More →