Guest commentary: Early childhood investment helps the tri-county community thrive
By First 5 Ventura County, First 5 San Luis Obispo County & First 5 Santa Barbara County Our community’s well-being and economy improve when we invest in early childhood. Economists and brain researchers alike agree the prenatal period and first five years of a child’s life are critical for developing lifelong social, emotional, and learning Read More →
Guest commentary: Space innovation is the Central Coast’s legacy — and its future
By Melissa James Here on the Central Coast, we have long looked to the sky and dreamed big. The Loughead brothers and a 20-year-old Jack Northrop began designing and building aircraft in Santa Barbara in 1916 — barely a dozen years after the Wright brothers’ first flight — launching what would eventually become the aerospace Read More →
Vital signs: The 15 most valuable college degrees come from STEM
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UCSB’s Montell wins $5.5M from NIH
UC Santa Barbara Professor Denise Montell was awarded a Pioneer Award by the National Institutes of Health which comes with $5.5 million of funding over the next five years to further develop her work on immunotherapy, the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. She said in a press release that she Read More →
Agilent, Carpinteria thrive together building a strong area workforce
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CRE: SLO County winery finds its way back to local ownership
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